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The 45 independently owned and operated fishing boats that supply Lee Fish will pay less for their fuel, following a deal brokered by Foodstuffs North Island.
Lee Fish manager Tom Searle says the fleet is made up of small, often multi-generational family owner-operated fishing businesses, many of whom run long-line fishing boats.
“Operating costs are increasing across the board, but rising fuel costs are hitting our independent fishers particularly hard,” he says.
“It’s not something we can cut back on, as it’s fundamental to allow us to do our job. It’s fantastic to have Foodstuffs come into bat for us and for our fishers to deliver a solution that will have such a meaningful impact for our suppliers.”
The agreement with marine fuel specialists Go Fuel and on-land fuel company BP will see all boats in the fleet able to access substantial savings at the on-land stations, port pumps, as well as the use of the mini-tanker fleet.
Previously, the mini-tankers would only do deliveries for larger boats, meaning many of the small boats in the Lee Fish fleet only had the option to refuel at the port pump, which included an extra premium for docking.
The new arrangement sees the minimum fuel order requirement reduced and allows small boats to share a tanker delivery, an arrangement that was previously unavailable to them.
Lee Fish is a Foodstuffs subsidiary.
