SeaLink Travel Group
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The SeaLink Travel Group is a group of companies including Kangaroo Island SeaLink
, which operates vehicle and passenger ferry services to Kangaroo Island
. This page is about SeaLink Travel Group NZ which operates vehicle ferry services on the Hauraki Gulf
in Auckland
, and is owned by the SeaLink Travel Group.
with the vessel Port Kennedy.
Later on, the company began to trade as SubritzkyLine. Before being sold to SeaLink, the SubritzkyLine fleet was as follows:
After the purchase of the Seacat, SubritzkyLine came into financial trouble.
In September 2004, SeaLink Kangaroo Island purchased SubritzkyLine. The sale included only four vessels. SeaLink brought over the vessel Island Navigator for the Great Barrier Island services.
In December 2005, the company began operating under the SeaLink brand.
SeaLink Travel Group started out as a ferry company owned by the Subritzky family in Auckland in 1960. During this time it went by various trading names including Subritzky Shipping, Subritzky Shipping Line and Subritzky on the Hauraki Gulf. A change of ownership in 2004 saw the purchase of the company by Kangaroo Island SeaLink, a leading South Australian tourism company and in December 2005 the company was re-named the SeaLink Travel Group. At this point the company started to focus on tourism and the SeaLink Holidays brand was born.
In 2011 the company quietly reverted back to New Zealand ownership after 7 successful years in the hands of SeaLink Australia and is now owned by Lyncroft Properties. Click here to read the press release.
During the Summer period, on a Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday, Seaway II operates a service from Wynyard Wharf in Downtown Auckland to Kennedy Point.
Kangaroo Island SeaLink
Kangaroo Island SeaLink is a privately owned South Australian ferry company and tour operator which has plied the crossing from mainland South Australia to Kangaroo Island since 1989. From 1989 to 1994, Kangaroo Island Sealink was owned by the Malaysian company MBF. In 1994 the company was sold to...
, which operates vehicle and passenger ferry services to Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island is Australia's third-largest island after Tasmania and Melville Island. It is southwest of Adelaide at the entrance of Gulf St Vincent. Its closest point to the mainland is off Cape Jervis, on the tip of the Fleurieu Peninsula in the state of South Australia. The island is long...
. This page is about SeaLink Travel Group NZ which operates vehicle ferry services on the Hauraki Gulf
Hauraki Gulf
The Hauraki Gulf is a coastal feature of the North Island of New Zealand. It has a total area of 4000 km², and lies between the Auckland Region, the Hauraki Plains, the Coromandel Peninsula and Great Barrier Island...
in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, and is owned by the SeaLink Travel Group.
History
SeaLink NZ started out as Subritzky Shipping in 1960. Subritzky Shipping operated the first self-propelled vehicle ferry to Waiheke IslandWaiheke Island
Waiheke Island is an island in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand, located about from Auckland.The island is the second-largest in the Hauraki Gulf after Great Barrier Island. It is the most populated, with nearly 8,000 permanent residents plus another estimated 3,400 who have second or holiday homes...
with the vessel Port Kennedy.
Later on, the company began to trade as SubritzkyLine. Before being sold to SeaLink, the SubritzkyLine fleet was as follows:
- Port Kennedy - Bowloader
- HA Subritzky - Bowloader
- MN Subritzky - Bowloader
- BK Subritzky - Bowloader - Built 2001, freight only vessel
- SeaLink - Sternloader - operated Great Barrier Island service.
- Seaway II - Catamaran - Built 1996
- Seacat - Catamaran - Built 2004
After the purchase of the Seacat, SubritzkyLine came into financial trouble.
In September 2004, SeaLink Kangaroo Island purchased SubritzkyLine. The sale included only four vessels. SeaLink brought over the vessel Island Navigator for the Great Barrier Island services.
In December 2005, the company began operating under the SeaLink brand.
SeaLink Travel Group started out as a ferry company owned by the Subritzky family in Auckland in 1960. During this time it went by various trading names including Subritzky Shipping, Subritzky Shipping Line and Subritzky on the Hauraki Gulf. A change of ownership in 2004 saw the purchase of the company by Kangaroo Island SeaLink, a leading South Australian tourism company and in December 2005 the company was re-named the SeaLink Travel Group. At this point the company started to focus on tourism and the SeaLink Holidays brand was born.
In 2011 the company quietly reverted back to New Zealand ownership after 7 successful years in the hands of SeaLink Australia and is now owned by Lyncroft Properties. Click here to read the press release.
Fleet
Sealink NZ's Fleet as of January 2010- Seamaster (Formerly MN Subritzky) - Bowloader
- Seaway II - Catamaran - Built 1996
- Seacat - Catamaran - Built 2004
Waiheke Island
SeaLink operates up to 13 services a day from Half Moon Bay in East Auckland to Kennedy Point, Waiheke Island. The vessel Seacat operates the majority of these services, with the Seaway II operating services for the morning and evening commuter runs. The vessel Seamaster (formerly the MN Subritzky) operates under the FreightLink banner on the run, and focuses on the freight and larger truck operations.During the Summer period, on a Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday, Seaway II operates a service from Wynyard Wharf in Downtown Auckland to Kennedy Point.
Great Barrier Island
SeaLink operate the only year-round service to Great Barrier Island, using the vessel Island Navigator. Services are from Wynwyard Wharf, Downtown Auckland to Tryphena, Great Barrier Island. On a Tuesday, the return sailing from Tryphena travels via Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier IslandExternal links
- SeaLink New Zealand (official company website for SeaLink Travel Group New Zealand)
- SeaLink Travel Group (official website for the SeaLink Travel Group)