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Domestic Forwarding<br />
14<br />
4,000 Containers<br />
On Boxing Day, two significant<br />
transport events coincided:<br />
the North Island Main Trunk<br />
railway line closed for annual<br />
maintenance between Pukekohe and<br />
Whangarei, and the new Pukekohe<br />
Container Terminal was opened. This<br />
meant, of course, that every container<br />
in and out of the new site had to be<br />
moved by road as rail was temporarily<br />
off-line. KiwiRail awarded the<br />
road-bridging contract to <strong>Toll</strong> Tranzlink<br />
and the FCL team geared up for<br />
one of the largest container road<br />
operations in Auckland’s history.<br />
The statistics of the holiday period<br />
work are truly awesome – <strong>Toll</strong> Tranzlink<br />
moved an average of 220 containers<br />
a day between Auckland, Pukekohe,<br />
Landed in 19 Days…Nice Work!<br />
A rELAXING CHRiSTMaS BREaK WAS vEry SHoRT-LiVED INDEED FOr THE TEAM AT<br />
ToLL TRanZLinK IN AuCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND.<br />
1 – 4 Moving 4,000<br />
containers by road.<br />
Hamilton, Tauranga and Whangarei.<br />
A total of 24 trucks were dedicated<br />
to the job and they worked for 19 days<br />
solid, 24/7. It’s estimated that more<br />
heavy vehicles drove through Pukekohe<br />
in this two and a half week period than<br />
during all of 2010.<br />
The project managers overcame a<br />
number of challenges including<br />
having to divert traffic to the Hamilton<br />
Container Terminal when the roads<br />
subsided around the new Pukekohe<br />
facility.<br />
The residents of Pukekohe who lived<br />
on or near the main truck route put up<br />
with increased noise, vibration and<br />
dust from the constant convoy. However,<br />
they and the local police who closely<br />
monitored the whole effort supported<br />
the whole job with generosity and<br />
good humour.<br />
When it was over and done in<br />
mid-January, the team hung up their<br />
hats and hi-viz jackets and allowed<br />
themselves a quiet celebration to<br />
mark a job well done. They had moved<br />
over 4,000 containers without mishap<br />
in 19 days; a tremendous effort that<br />
can only enhance the already strong<br />
relationship between <strong>Toll</strong> Tranzlink<br />
and KiwiRail.<br />
Greg Miller, <strong>Group</strong> General Manager<br />
of <strong>Toll</strong> New Zealand congratulated<br />
the team for their efforts and said,<br />
“Another grand effort by our road team<br />
in support of our customer KiwiRail”. n<br />
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