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Ports of Auckland firm boosts profit to $28.9m
Ports of Auckland said its first-half net profit rose by 9.5 per cent to $28.9 million in the six months to December, driven by higher freight volumes.
Ports of Auckland said its first-half net profit rose by 9.5 per cent to $28.9 million in the six months to December, driven by higher freight volumes.
Auckland's Mayor is seeking an urgent explanation from Ports of Auckland after it announced plans yesterday to begin demolishing the end of Marsden Wharf next week.
Auckland Mayor Len Brown is seeking an urgent explanation from Ports of Auckland after it announced plans today to begin demolishing Marsden Wharf next week.
The Maritime Union have settled their long-running industrial dispute with Ports of Auckland this morning.
Auckland boaties are rallying against council plans to weaken controls over further reclamation of the Waitemata Harbour for port use.
Ports of Auckland has won a huge victory allowing it to use more of the Waitemata Harbour to park cars after Auckland councillors yesterday caved in on tough rules for reclamation.
Auckland Council has voted to delay a decision on a central wharf strategy that involves further reclamation of the Waitemata Harbour.
The Auckland Council has approved two large wharf extensions into Waitemata Harbour for port use - without notifying the public or councillors.
Capacity constraints at the Port of Auckland feature high on the list of those eager to justify its expansion through further reclamation of the Waitemata Harbour.
A plan to rearrange the uses of Auckland's downtown wharves, including a new cruise ship terminal on Captain Cook wharf, is going to an Auckland Council committee.
Auckland Mayor Len Brown will not say if he supports further reclamation of the Waitemata Harbour by Ports of Auckland ahead of a big decision on the issue.
The ferry from Half Moon Bay is a kaleidoscope of Auckland on the water.
Live music, fireworks, nearly all the oysters in the country and chainsaw-juggling buskers with a backdrop of three days of spectacular weather: Auckland's 175th Anniversary.
Eddie Haretuku and Graham Tahiwi are not afraid of heights - which is good, because their port work can take them up to 30m off the ground.
Ports of Auckland is probably one of the few ports to own and operate its own harbour pilot service, writes Phoebe Falconer.
Take a look at the German launch of a megaship so big that Auckland will expand its wharf for its visit
NZX-listed Scales Corp says its subsidiary Polarcold will build a new cold store at Ports of Auckland's intermodal freight facility at Wiri.
Ports of Auckland, Napier Port and Icepak have formed a joint venture to develop a $20m freight hub near Palmerston North.
A turnaround in the fortunes of the council-owned Ports of Auckland has helped explode the myth that companies need to be listed on the NZX in order to perform.
The Ports of Auckland said it had handled a record number of containers in March, beating the previous record set last October.
The bulk of New Zealand's imports come through the Ports of Auckland while the Port of Tauranga is the undisputed king of the export trade.
Ports of Auckland chief executive Tony Gibson says the company is starting to reap the benefits of a reorganisation plan started in 2011.
Ports of Auckland has notched up its best two months and an analyst says it has seized container volume share back from Port of Tauranga.
Len Brown wants his council to look more to public private partnership models to create new infrastructure, saying it could relieve the financial burden on ratepayers and taxpayers.
Ports of Auckland has hired top lawyer Mai Chen to help it in a row with the Auckland Council over measures to reclaim more of the Waitemata Harbour.
'This is bloody ridiculous," says Captain John Barker as he peers westward. I can see his point.