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Wharf stoush hits port's books
Ports of Auckland has released its annual review, giving more insight into the stoush over Bledisloe Wharf extensions and its soft profit result.
Ports of Auckland has released its annual review, giving more insight into the stoush over Bledisloe Wharf extensions and its soft profit result.
The airport, port, golf courses, parks, car-parking buildings and marinas could be privatised.
Ports of Auckland's ill-fated Bledisloe wharf extensions helped drive the Auckland Council-owned company's net profit down by $10.8 million (14.6 per cent) to $63.2 million in the year to June.
Aucklanders keeping abreast of developments on the city's skyline reckon a new $50 million waterfront silo has a rather suggestive design.
More than 50 jobs could be cut at Ports of Auckland if a proposal to partially automate straddle operations is approved.
A cruise line boss says his company has been caught in the middle of the highly charged debate about the expansion of Auckland's port.
The Super City has earned $391 million from shares in Auckland Airport and Ports of Auckland, which could be sold by the cash-strapped council.
The sale of shares in Auckland Airport and Ports of Auckland will be included in a wide-ranging review of new financing sources for Auckland Council.
Auckland Council's shares in the city's international airport and port facilities would be eagerly snapped up, say market players.
A new $50 million dome-shaped silo for storing cement is due to spring up at Ports of Auckland next week or the week after.
The resignation of Ports of Auckland chairman Graeme Hawkins for health reasons gives Mayor Len Brown the chance to do what he should have done a long time ago.
Expansion constraints now mean the city and its port are about to head off in entirely different economic directions, their futures divided by widespread opposition, writes Anne Gibson.
Ports of Auckland's inability to expand could push up the price of cars and freight, while cruise ships could bypass Auckland.
My position is fairly straightforward. I'm pro business, want to see the port do well and believe that it's an important part of Auckland's infrastructure.
Recently emerged from obscurity at 81, this millionaire textile baron remains full of surprises - and that that's just how he likes it.
The Super City's hands are tied when it comes to the law and telling the port what to do, writes Charles Levin.
Editorial: Now that the project has been stopped the company should cut its losses and think again. It has reclaimed enough of the harbour.
Port opponents have won a historic victory and sunk the latest expansion plans involving filling in more of the Waitemata Harbour.
Ports of Auckland has stopped work on its wharf extension programme after a High Court judge ruled the consents are not lawful.
A complaint about an ad telling Len Brown and Auckland councillors to stop "violating" the city's harbour has been thrown out.
Aucklanders should learn the outcome of a legal challenge to the controversial wharf extensions at Ports of Auckland in the next two weeks.
Ports of Auckland has today begun presenting its case in the court wrangle over two wharf extensions to Bledisloe Wharf.
The temperature of Auckland local politics was not taken when two wharf extensions at Ports of Auckland were granted, the High Court at Auckland heard yesterday.
Urban Auckland is heading to court today to battle Ports of Auckland over the controversial Bledisloe Wharf extensions.
The port company has a history of making development decision blunders, writes Kim Goldwater. These have been brought about by an ad hoc approach to the planning of port expansion.
Labour MP and possible mayoral contender Phil Goff has joined prominent Aucklanders in a second open letter calling on Ports of Auckland and Auckland Council to stop port expansion.
Let's get rid of the single use plastic, reducing the amount of rubbish we are sending on diesel-hungry boats, writes Sam Judd. It would stop the harbour from filling up with plastic and possibly the extended port.
Len Brown’s office will offer more than $1m to fund a port future study that will take at least a year — not enough time to meet Ports of Auckland’s deadline.
Groups battling to save the Waitemata Harbour from further port expansion have found a powerful ally in the Auckland Council, the port company's arms-length owner.