Both shipping companies had been banned from exchanging cargo at the port over recent months – MSC on a new service from Australia and Maersk attempting to reinstate a former P&O Nedlloyd service from New Zealand.
Standing 12 metres above the high-water mark, the beacon is providing real-time information on tide height, wave height and interval and wind speed, and enabling pilots to determine the under-keel clearance of vessels arriving and departing the tidal port.
