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City councillors defend port company
Several councillors have leapt to the defence of Ports of Auckland, the council-owned company facing public and political pressure to halt work on two new wharf extensions into the Waitemata Harbour.
Several councillors have leapt to the defence of Ports of Auckland, the council-owned company facing public and political pressure to halt work on two new wharf extensions into the Waitemata Harbour.
Pressure is growing on Ports of Auckland to stop construction of two massive wharf extensions into Waitemata Harbour.
Heads could roll over Ports of Auckland expansion plans, according to a senior Auckland Council source.
Ports of Auckland is not ruling out a pause in construction on two massive wharf extensions into the Waitemata Harbour.
Ports of Auckland is planning an offensive this week to sell its expansion plans to Aucklanders, using the carrot of releasing Captain Cook Wharf for public use.
The majority of Auckland councillors now want a rethink on the controversial proposed expansion of the port.
The protest was sparked by port company plans to begin building two massive extensions and Auckland Council voting to ease rules for further reclamation.
About 2000 people and more than a hundred boats gathered today to protest plans by Ports of Auckland to reclaim more of Waitemata Harbour.
Prominent business leaders, sailors, architects, musicians have signed an open letter demanding that Ports of Auckland 'stop stealing our harbour'.
Mainfreight expects annual profit to rise as much as 7.1 per cent on revenues in excess of $2 billion.
There is a certain irony that at a time Auckland is celebrating its founding as a port city 175 years ago, calls are growing to move the port elsewhere.
A protest group of concerned Aucklanders has joined the outcry against two large wharf extensions by Ports of Auckland, which eventually wants to reclaim 3ha of seabed between the wharves.
Ports of Auckland will start work in April on the first step to reclaim more of the Waitemata Harbour.
Fliway, a transport and logistics company owned by Duncan and Gretchen Hawkesby, has confirmed it will be the first new listing on the NZX this year.
Freightways posted a 3pc gain in full-year profit, driven by growth in its express package and mail business, and said it expects further growth in 2015.
A motorist, who ignored warning lights and drove around level crossing barrier arms at a known blackspot, was seconds away from being hit by a train.
Robert Neale has hit three vehicles at level crossings, resulting in three deaths, in his nine years as a freight train driver.
Indian PM Narendra Modi is pledging $25 billion to unclog India's transportation links, spur power output and build cities.
A digger driver who was critically injured after being hit by a train this morning was carrying out work for KiwiRail.