Shippers have given the thumbs down to one finding from the Port Future Study - that Auckland's next major port could be sited in the Manukau Harbour.

Study of Auckland's port needs says future sea freight business should be moved to a new "super port" in the Manukau Harbour or the Firth of Thames.

Shipping operators favour a future replacement for the current Auckland port to be sited at the Firth of Thames over Manukau Harbour.

Ports of Auckland could be moved to a new "super port" in the Manukau Harbour or the Firth of Thames at a cost of $4 billion to $5.5 billion.

Sources say a long-awaited report into the future of Ports of Auckland is recommending a 25m extension into Waitemata Harbour.

Ports of Auckland boss says the company is working to repair its image here after fallout from failed attempts to extend a wharf.

Ports of Auckland has been fined and ordered to pay reparations totaling just over $60,000 after an employee fell off an unguarded edge of a container ship's hatch lid.

The Ports of Auckland must be moved for the growth and prosperity of the city, say three mayoral candidates.

Excluding Northport as a possible site for taking over some of Ports of Auckland's work doesn't make sense to Northland's economic development boss.

Auckland is being offered a list of unlikely alternative sites for wharves intruding too far into the Waitemata, writes John Roughan.

The port wants to give Waikato exporters better access to international markets.

From the flag debate to the outrage surrounding the TPPA, this year the government was at the centre of the country's three biggest PR challenges.

The partial or full sale of Auckland Airport and Ports of Auckland are the big ticket items

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.

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.

The sale of Auckland Council shares in Auckland Airport and Ports of Auckland looks set to be debated by councillors tomorrow.

Ports of Auckland is set to spread more into the Waitemata Harbour for cargo handling operations with a planned extension to the Fergusson Container Terminal.

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.