Cement company takes wharf site

Golden Bay Cement is opening a $45 million service centre at Bledisloe Wharf tomorrow, securing the company's position in Auckland.

The new Eastport centre would more than double the storage and discharge capacity at the Fletcher Building subsidiary's current Wynyard Wharf site, Fletcher Building said today.

The move made way for the redevelopment of the Tank Farm on the downtown Auckland waterfront, and secured long term deepwater port access to Auckland, Golden Bay's largest market.

Fletcher Building infrastructure division chief executive Mark Binns said the facility had major strategic importance.

"This facility secures our position in the key Auckland market for at least the next 35 years. We are uniquely positioned to increase our levels of customer service in a market that is going to see a high level of market growth, particularly in the infrastructure sector, out in to the future."

- NZPA