Wharves too short for liners
Queens and Captain Cook wharves may have to be extended at a cost of tens of millions of dollars to accommodate the new generation of cruise ships.
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Fonterra signs up for half of new cold store
NZX-listed Scales Corp says its subsidiary Polarcold will build a new cold store at Ports of Auckland's intermodal freight facility at Wiri.
Longburn inland port venture announced
Ports of Auckland, Napier Port and Icepak have formed a joint venture to develop a $20m freight hub near Palmerston North.
Auckland Council investments sail on
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.
Record volumes for Ports of Auckland
The Ports of Auckland said it had handled a record number of containers in March, beating the previous record set last October.
Container juggle costly exercise
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.
Reorganised Auckland port back on track
Ports of Auckland chief executive Tony Gibson says the company is starting to reap the benefits of a reorganisation plan started in 2011.
Record activity for Ports of Auckland
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.
Mayor courts private cash
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.
Port calls in legal heavyweight
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.
Peter Calder: Giving berth to leviathan of the sea
'This is bloody ridiculous," says Captain John Barker as he peers westward. I can see his point.
All our yesterdays
Dionne Christian checks out activities on offer during Auckland's Heritage Festival.
Waterfront plans for possible NZ America's Cup
Waterfront Auckland has already prepared for an New Zealand America's Cup win, having earmarked land on six separate sites for possible syndicate bases.
Ships asked to slow down for whales
Ports of Auckland will ask ships to slow down in and out of the harbour to save endangered whales in the Hauraki Gulf.
Council puts brakes on port expansion
The Auckland Council is set to put the brakes this week on Ports of Auckland expanding its operations any further into the Waitemata Harbour.
Key city issues put on hold
Key issues on the future of Auckland, including Ports of Auckland expansion plans and apartments in the suburbs.
Company sticks by expansion plan
Port bosses express confidence mayoral investigation will vindicate their blueprint for further development.
Editorial: Delay sends port chiefs the right message
Like a disc stuck on replay, Auckland's port company is at it again, seeking to advance its plan to reclaim more of the Waitemata Harbour for its operations.
Brian Rudman: Let's not rush into port nightmare
The proposal to block the glorious views from Queens Wharf to the North Shore cones and the inner gulf islands is not a positive vision, writes Brian Rudman.
The Insider: Port plans
While Aucklanders debate the future of the city's port, work in progress in Wellington may decide its fate. Ministry of Transport officials are working on a National Freight Demand Study.
A container-load of trouble?
Plans to intensify transport corridors and develop the harbour edge are on a collision course with expansion and container growth at the Ports of Auckland.
Fewer cruises, more dollars
Cruise ship visits to New Zealand are set to ease from the latest bumper season, but that has not diminished hope of seeing more tourism dollars.
Ngati Whatua urges caution over city's port plans
Auckland hapu and waterfront landowner Ngati Whatua o Orakei says there is no rush to formalise expansion plans for Ports of Auckland.
Port expansion plans come under scrutiny
The latest plans to expand Waitemata Harbour for port business are set to be decided by Auckland councillors next week.
Ports and bloggers colluded: strategist
A political strategist who has trained National Party MPs says the Ports of Auckland colluded with right wing bloggers to undermine industrial action against the Ports of Auckland.
Mayor has support to reclaim more of harbour - council source
Auckland Mayor Len Brown has the numbers to push ahead with filling in more Waitemata Harbour, a senior council source says.
Fast track means dumping review
Auckland councillors are being urged to effectively dump a review of port development options in favour of fast-tracking the latest expansion plans into law.