POAL chair to report to council as automation stutters

POAL chair to report to council as automation stutters
Brent Melville
Ports of Auckland chair Bill Osborne will front up to Auckland Mayor Phil Goff later this month, following the council's request to ‘please explain’ some of the problems plaguing the port.In mid-January, Goff and Bill Cashmore, chair of the committee that oversees council-owned organisations, wrote to Osborne's predecessor, Liz Coutts, citing several concerns, including a desire to see clear timelines for plans to berth extra-large ships and for finding alternative sites to dump dredged material.But their chief issue remains...

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