Long-standing scholarship New tugs tough News in brief programme encourages study enough for Port of ’s Turirangi Te Kani bigger ships Memorial Scholarships have been awarded to three new students in 2014, the awards’ 24th year.

Six previous recipients have also had their scholarships It’s a team effort in the renewed, bringing the total number of students receiving financial help towards their studies to nine. Port of Tauranga Half

The Turirangi Te Kani Memorial Scholarships honour the late Port of Tauranga’s ten sponsored teams put in Tauranga community leader and are granted for up to three solid performances in January’s Half Ironman, with years’ tertiary education to young people from the Tauranga the company’s own crew coming first in the bunch. Moana Trust Board area. The teams must complete a two kilometre swim, This year’s recipients are: 19-year-old Kalei Delamere-Ririnui, 90 kilometre bike ride and 21.1 kilometre run. studying for a conjoint degree in law and arts (majoring Results were as follows: in Maori studies) at University; Thomas Dickson From left to right: Thomas Dickson, Mark Cairns (CEO), Mihi Ngata, (aged 17), studying for a degree in physiotherapy at Otago Kalei Delamere-Ririnui Port of Tauranga...... 5:08:34 University; and 17-year-old Mihi Ngata, studying health Sofrana...... 5:20:45 sciences at Auckland University. TPT...... 5:20:52 Zespri...... 5:21:51 Maersk...... 5:23:34 Hancock Forest Management...... 5:37:14 Port of Tauranga’s long-awaited new tug boats will Oceanbridge...... 5:42:47 Port of Tauranga team left to right; In this MetroPort...... 5:45:11 Jon Mapp, Mark Pettit, John Crimmins be powerful enough to handle the increasingly larger MSC...... 6:17:14 New scholarship offer to foster issue vessels visiting the port. harbour health Port of Tauranga Operations Manager, port • New tugs tough enough A project team consisting The Ngã Mãtarae Charitable Trust has been established to Phil Julian, says the project team was Tauranga iwi and Port of Tauranga foster projects involving Te Awanui Tauranga Harbour. The for bigger ships of a Tug Master, looking for power, efficiency and have formed a partnership to promote trust is offering scholarships for study in a discipline that simplicity in the new tugs. Brown keeps crown in Port of Tauranga Half could benefit the harbour. • Rescue Helicopter Tug Engineer, Pilot, “The number and size of ships has harbour wellbeing and support Maori It was an anniversary celebration - and reigning champ The programme is open to descendants of Tauranga Moana fundraiser Port Engineer and the dramatically increased in the last decade,” says Phil. “We don’t want to Cameron Brown was determined to reach a milestone of tertiary students. iwi – Ngãti Ranginui, Ngãi Te Rangi and Ngãti Pãkenga - and his own in the 2014 Port of Tauranga Half Ironman. grants are available for up to three years. • Rolleston site is readied as Operations Manager erode our safety margins and so these new tugs will ensure we don’t have Cameron won the event for an unprecedented 10th time in new intermodal freight hub worked for 18 months to operational restrictions as ships get January, at the 25th anniversary of the annual triathlon. even bigger.” • Cruise ships load up with secure the best vessels “It’s a classic Kiwi event and an iconic race on the The new tug boats will arrive early next calendar, so I was stoked to win it again,” says Cameron. plenty in the Bay year – a delivery already much-anticipated from the market leading The Port of Tauranga Half has become an integral part of by the operations team. • Customer profile – positive designers and builders in the Brown family’s summer holiday schedule since Cameron “Everyone is pretty excited, especially first competed in, and won, the event in 1998. with both vessels arriving almost at future for kiwifruit the Asia-Pacific region. “It’s a flat race but it is also a challenging one, particularly once. It is going to make a massive industry as 2014 season the run around the Mount. I love that part – it is one of the difference to our efficiency,” says Phil. Each 24 metre tug will be powered by most beautiful runs in a triathlon around the world,” he says. Cameron Brown at the finish line of the Port of Tauranga Half kicks off twin 3516C Caterpillar engines operating The two new tugs will replace the “It’s in a great location and at that time of year you always 4 January 2014. Image taken by Jamie Troughton. Rolls Royce thrusters. They will have 36-year-old Kaimai and 21-year-old get good crowds coming along to support. It’s a must-do • New crane latest chapter in bollard pulls of 74 tonnes, compared with Te Matua. The third vessel in the fleet for any budding triathlete.” “There’s not many athletes that can say they have won an the current tugs’ bollard pulls of 50, 40 is the 12-year-old Sir Robert, which is 22 year story for Murray event 10 times, so I’m pretty happy to say I’ve done it in both and 28 tonnes. of a similar build to the new tugs. Cameron followed up his win with a second place in the • Long-standing New Zealand Ironman in Taupo seven weeks after the the Port Half and the Ironman,” says Cameron. Mount Maunganui race. He has won the New Zealand Cameron will look to add to his 10-win tally in the 2015 event. scholarship programme We are fundraising for the Rescue Helicopter Ironman 10 times too. “I’m not prepared to give up just yet,” he says. encourages study ISSUE by selling Entertainment Books 36: MAY 2014 20% of every membership sold contributes • New scholarship offer to to our fundraising. Help us achieve our goal by sharing this link foster harbour health with your friends and family. Port of Tauranga Limited, Salisbury Avenue, Mount Maunganui, Private Bag 12504, Tauranga Mail Centre, Tauranga 3143, New Zealand www.entertainmentbook.co.nz/orderbooks/158540v Ph: 07 572 8899, Fax: 07 572 8800, Email: [email protected] www.port-tauranga.co.nz Port of Tauranga Limited, Salisbury Avenue, Mount Maunganui, Private Bag 12504, Tauranga Mail Centre, Tauranga 3143, New Zealand Ph: 07 572 8899, Fax: 07 572 8800, Email: [email protected] www.port-tauranga.co.nz • News in brief Thanks for your support! 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621 preference as a stocking up 2.2663ha 2014 season kicks off Port for the Future 620 3102m 2 619 port for cruise ships due 2100m 671 2 2396m 2014 is already shaping up to be an 2 614 672 3616m 2369m 2 2 to its efficient handling of interesting and productive year for the E 613 622 3889m 1.2502ha 2 Port of Tauranga group. DRIV Kiwifruit loading at 612 615 time-sensitive supplies. 1.6051ha H 5207m 2 Mount Maunganui wharves We are pursuing new frontiers of growth 623 1.8477ha ELEIG611 3661m Cruise ships dock at Port of Tauranga N 616 with our acquisition of PrimePort Timaru 2 609 1.6543ha 1.6435ha H for the day and while passengers and our new plans to open a freight hub STO610 O 3657m S 2 608 K enjoy sightseeing in the , near Christchurch. 1.1097ha Y 617 N 1.7575ha S RO stevedores and the ship’s crew are busy 649 1.4482ha 607 These initiatives are part of our ongoing 675 9016m loading the food, consumables and other Supplies being loaded on board Celebrity Solstice 3913m 2 A 2 investment programme to increase 618 D necessities for the ship. 677 624 606 8790m 8240m 8760m 2 3110m 2 capacity and improve efficiency. Through 648 2 2 625 1.5394ha 678 8892m Larger vessels may need six or seven “We have got very good feedback from 1830m 2 Ships’ agent ISS-McKay handles almost 2 605 our development of Timaru into a feeder 679 8759m 1830m 626 H 2 40’ containers and up to 60 pallets – the cruise lines and the companies are 2 1.2729ha YN all cruise ships visiting Tauranga. 650 651 port, South Island importers and 503 3359m 8220m DS DRIV all of which have to be loaded around tending to use Tauranga as a major 1.605ha 647 2 2 652 604 National Manager Cruise, Douglas 8916m 627 4293m 413 7040m 2 2 exporters will be able to access the 2 HANN 5500m tidal windows and the movements of storing port,” he says. 8200m 2 2 412/11 O 653 603 601 Colaco, says Port of Tauranga has VER PL 5195m 654 4239m 7749m freight savings and efficiencies offered 7800m 2 2 thousands of passengers. 5292m 2 2 2 646 2 2 1.1910ha A E worked hard to ensure the re-stocking Port of Tauranga has made berth CE 602 R 628 by the larger and more frequent vessels 410 645 5347m 8045m 4960m 409 9996m 2 2 process is as fast and easy as possible. 414/415/416 5420m “It has to be a precise operation and it modifications to ensure vessels can 2 2 IS D DETR 644 642 calling at Tauranga. O 2 8578m 6343m 408 2 2 OIT 2 629 works well thanks to all involved – the be loaded at lower tides and has also 2 3500m 2 643 6434m Internationally-sourced supplies, 2 D 407 IZ R 1.1217ha 2 O 4200m 417 2 2 N ILLIN 2 418 E 2050m 406 port staff, security, stevedores and our reconfigured the wharf layout to D 419 630 Meanwhile, our capacity building at 511 2050m 4200m R 2 including chilled and frozen food, dry 2 2 2 2 420 405 7048m 36 2050m 2 2 2050m 2 4230m 34 2 5920m 33 branch manager and staff in Tauranga,” maximise operational space. It has 35 421 Tauranga includes commissioning our 32 2 604 4854m639 1257m 2 2047m 2 stores and linen, arrive in Tauranga via 4040m RA 31 5508m 631 2 6300m 2047m 422 Port of 2 D 30 9418m R 640 IUS L 2047m 4040m 506 2 984m says Douglas. also invested in additional gangways to 2 2047m 426 646 seventh container crane last month, and 7,190m OO 423 4165m K D 2763m638 container. Fresh produce, dairy 2 P 5990m 425 9651m 2 N 2 Tauranga 4510m 641 LI 2 1595m637 2 946m enable efficient unloading and reloading 2 IZ 29 636 ordering two new tug boats for delivery ON 2 1598m products and other last-minute “It takes a lot of juggling and a lot of 4630m 2 E D 28 2 633 Intermodal 1602m635 507 50 26 1023m R 2 C of passengers, which can number up to 7,431m 8850m 6850m 2 2655m634 E 27 1.0ha 4092m603 4564m632 LAN N 2 2 early in 2015. We also hope to be in a 607 2 TRUM requirements may be sourced locally and co-ordination by all parties. When the 6450m E R 1680m 2 51 D 3,500 on larger ships. position in 2015, to be calling for tenders Freight 1.18ha 2 2 delivered by the pallet load to the Mount pre-planning is done the sequence runs 52 LINK 8600m 2 on the first stage of our dredging 53 Maunganui wharves. like clockwork.” 66 5960m 2 Hub 2.34ha 54 project to deepen and widen the 6290m2 L 57 55 P shipping channels. 3.27ha 1.08ha ND

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2 65 I In Auckland, we are expanding our Z 3800m 56 O MetroBox container handling service 4000m N 60 E 58 2.2ha D to a second location. 7.0ha R All of these investments are driven by 59 New crane latest chapter in our goal to grow cargo volumes while 2.18ha providing the most efficient, cost- AD Kiwifruit loading on the Lapponian Reefer – effective service to our customers. ES RO photo courtesy of Zespri 22 year story for Murray ON We are making excellent progress in J reinforcing our position as New Zealand’s www.izone.org.nz volume of all Zespri varieties of around pre-eminent freight gateway. Kiwifruit growers have 85 million trays. The estimated gold volume is up from around 11 million trays Murray Rich has been involved in commissioning every single container On an operational note, I’d like to thank taken another step along harvested last season and Zespri is well everyone involved for their cooperation crane installed at Port of Tauranga since the first, 22 years ago. FOR SALE SOLD FUTURE STAGE UNDER OPTION UNDER CONTRACT the recovery pathway from on track to achieving 50 million trays of in handling the recent shortage of Lot Availability SunGold by 2018. KiwiRail locomotives. We have managed the vine-killing disease the minor impact on our rail service “SunGold (Gold3) has been the “You could say it’s old hat to me,” says on almost all of the seven cranes, missing accommodating despite the between Tauranga and MetroPort fully developed, 680 ground slots will provide says the Rolleston development is more and also lies at the intersection of the main PSA, with gold kiwifruit cornerstone of the industry’s recovery, Development of Murray, whose company Rich Rigging only the first crane build in 1992. inconvenience to them. That’s not Auckland by supplementing with capacity for up to 100,000 TEUs per year. than an inland port or off-site storage for trunk railway line and the midland rail line, replacing the more PSA-susceptible Gold port operations. which connects to the West Coast. It is volumes forecast to rise in specialises in crane assembly and always the case with some of the other road trains. Port of Tauranga’s new An empty container depot will also be (Hort16A) variety, with more than 4,000 “Steve’s been with me for longer than part of the Izone Industrial Park developed disassembly at ports throughout ports and it makes a big difference.” developed to receive, repair, wash and “It is a freight village that will mirror our hectares now licensed to grow in New most marriages,” says Murray. South Island freight hub, by the Selwyn District Council. 2014 after two years of Australasia. store empty containers. very successful MetroPort operation in Zealand,” says Mr Jager. The cranes take around eight weeks to “We love coming back here because the assemble and commission. The work South Auckland,” says Dan. The Izone development covers 180 hectares decline. “While we will never eradicate PSA from Murray and his team have just finished modelled on the successful A warehouse covering two hectares will be Port is so easy to work with,” he says. involves electricians, riggers, painters and is already occupied by PGG Wrightson New Zealand, the ability of the industry building the Port of Tauranga’s seventh built for storage, container packing, “It will allow exporters to aggregate cargo and engineers. MetroPort Auckland Seeds, The Warehouse and Westland The first shipment of Zespri kiwifruit for to start rebuilding volumes in such a Liebherr gantry crane. Among the team “They make sure we have enough space devanning and cross-docking operations. bound for our container terminal at Timaru Dairy Cooperative. the 2014 season left the Port of short time is testament to the was Steve Armstrong, who has worked to work quickly and safely, and are very Mark Cairns This facility will be developed progressively and similarly allow importers to efficiently CHIEF EXECUTIVE operation, is under way. Tauranga on the MV Lapponian Reefer “It’s a brilliant location,” says Dan. “It is innovative and cooperative nature of to meet demand. access the Christchurch domestic market.” for Japan on 31 March. The 15 hectare Rolleston hub will have a easily accessible, well served by road and New Zealand growers and the very Plans are well advanced and the hub is Customers utilising the Rolleston facility road and rail-linked container transfer site rail connections and it’s in a growing Zespri’s Chief Executive Lain Jager says strong support we have had from the expected to be operational by the end of will not be expected to exclusively use the Government and other industry to receive and despatch full and empty industrial area. We think other businesses forecasts are the industry will harvest this year. Timaru port. stakeholders.” containers. will be attracted to Rolleston with the up to 16 million trays of gold kiwifruit – The proposed 550 metre rail siding will be Port of Tauranga’s Property and Port of Tauranga’s site is right on State news that we are setting up a major including around nine million trays of The industry earned around NZ$1 billion able to accommodate 75 TEU trains. When Infrastructure Manager, Dan Kneebone, Highway 1, 12 kilometres south of Christchurch, operation there.” Zespri SunGold (Gold3) – and a total crop from exports last year.