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Port of Tauranga Opens Expanded Container Terminal
4 April 2013
Port of Tauranga Opens Expanded Container Terminal
Port of Tauranga today officially opened a major expansion of its container terminal facilities.
The Port, New Zealand's largest, has expanded its container wharf length by nearly a third, installed a new Super-Post Panamax gantry crane and ancillary equipment, and grown its landside cargo capacity.
Today marks the next phase of Port of Tauranga s growth, says Chief Executive Mark Cairns.
It s a huge step-up in the capability of New Zealand s port infrastructure, he says.
We re now in an excellent position to handle new services and the growing trend to more frequent visits from larger ships.
The capital expenditure programme has included:
• The $30
million extension to wharf length at the Tauranga Container
Terminal, increasing it by 170 metres or 28%.
• The
installation and commissioning of a new Liebherr Super-Post
Panamax ship-to-shore twinlift gantry crane, increasing the
number of the Terminal s container cranes to
six.
• Purchase of six new straddle carriers to
transport containers to and from the cranes.
• Over the
last two years, increasing ground slot capacity by 30% and
refrigerated container outlets by 60%.
• The
construction of a new rail siding including reconfiguration
of the existing area to allow up to four trains to be loaded
and unloaded at once.
Mr Cairns says the investment programme in the terminal is the largest expenditure since the container terminal opened two decades ago. It will be complemented by major dredging works scheduled to begin later this year, which will widen and deepen Tauranga Harbour shipping channels to accommodate larger vessels.
Our ability to cater for larger ships will not only benefit the Bay of Plenty, but also the broader national economy, says Mr Cairns.
These investments are vital to ensure New Zealand s exporters can remain competitive globally. Port of Tauranga will continue to invest to ensure we lead New Zealand s port infrastructure developments into the future."
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