Late log boost for Napier Port

Late log boost for Napier Port
Gavin Evans
A late jump in September-quarter log exports through Napier Port wasn’t enough to restore total freight volumes to year-earlier levels.Log exports in the period, the fourth quarter of the firm’s financial year, jumped to 717,000 tonnes. That was 9 percent higher than a year earlier, and 54 percent higher than in the June quarter when covid restrictions halted forest harvesting and prevented exports of other ‘non-essential’ goods.Napier Port is the country’s fourth-largest container terminal and the sixth-largest bu...

More Infrastructure

Fast-track panels to be set up from Feb 7
Policy

Fast-track panels to be set up from Feb 7

Application cost details expected in coming weeks. 

Oliver Lewis 10 Jan 2025
Rail tunnel important for coal exports to reopen
Infrastructure

Rail tunnel important for coal exports to reopen

Miner Bathurst Resources suffered a financial hit from the West Coast tunnel closure.

Oliver Lewis 08 Jan 2025
Infratil $480m injection prevents CDC devaluation
Infrastructure

Infratil $480m injection prevents CDC devaluation

The value of Infratil's holding has grown tenfold since acquisition. 

Gregor Thompson 07 Jan 2025
Fast-tracked dry dock could be delivered in four years
Policy

Fast-tracked dry dock could be delivered in four years

A rail spur, port expansion and dry dock are all in line for fast-tracking at Northport.

Oliver Lewis 07 Jan 2025