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Port of Napier yesterday announced a rise in profit and new investment plans for facilities for container vessels. The port's 2006 profit increased to $6.82 million from $5.94 million last year.
Chairman Jim Scotland said record throughput of 142,779 standard-sized containers helped increase revenue from $37.3 million to $39.6 million. The volume of containers was up 8.7 per cent, outpacing 3 per cent growth nationally.
