The crippled MV Rena could be a blot on the Bay of Plenty coastline well into next year if bad weather doesn't smash it apart and the cost of the clean-up and long salvage operation could stretch to $100 million.

Normalising profits to bury the bottom line shouldn't be the norm.

ort of Tauranga is expecting a big jump in container traffic after being chosen by the MSC shipping line as its only New Zealand stop off.

Union workers are threatening to picket the arrival of a shipment of Chinese-made railway wagons at the Port of Tauranga.