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PORT OF<br />
TAURANGA<br />
New Zealand’s biggest international<br />
cargo gateway<br />
PORT OF TAURANGA IS<br />
NEW Zealand’s largest<br />
and most efficient port<br />
and the Bay of Plenty’s<br />
gateway to the world. Its<br />
success as the country’s<br />
international hub port has<br />
wide-reaching benefits for the regional<br />
economy.<br />
Port of Tauranga is not only the largest<br />
container port in New Zealand, but it<br />
is also the largest bulk cargo port. It<br />
exports the majority of New Zealand’s<br />
logs, dairy products and kiwifruit.<br />
The port is connected by road and rail<br />
to the Waikato, Auckland and central<br />
North Island regions. The company also<br />
operates a container terminal at Timaru<br />
in the South Island, and multiple inland<br />
freight hubs. It has a created a national<br />
network to give importers and exporters<br />
efficient access to markets globally.<br />
The Port’s recent growth in cargo<br />
volumes has been fuelled by investment<br />
in capacity expansion over the past<br />
decade. It is the only New Zealand<br />
port able to accommodate the largest<br />
container vessels to visit here.<br />
The investment has included deepening<br />
and widening shipping channels and<br />
expanding cargo storage and handling<br />
facilities.<br />
Extension planned to meet growth<br />
The next stage of growth will see the<br />
port’s container wharves extended<br />
using existing port land. The extension<br />
of up to 220 metres will provide a fourth<br />
container ship berth. Another container<br />
crane was delivered in early <strong>2020</strong>,<br />
38 | YEAR BOOK <strong>2020</strong>
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