Ports of Auckland boss says sorry, 'we ignored owner and customers'

Ports of Auckland boss says sorry, 'we ignored owner and customers'
Roger Gray says: "We won't be clogging up, we have plenty of capacity." (Image: LPC)
Brent Melville
Ports of Auckland chief executive Roger Gray says the port is hoping to reinstate its berth windows next March, removing one of the major bottlenecks to import and export delays across New Zealand ports.The country’s second-largest port by volume – and biggest import terminal – suspended its berth windows in mid-2020, in the wake of covid-related vessel scheduling issues. Gray, the former CEO at Lyttelton Port Co (LPC) and in his seventh month in the job, apologised on behalf of the port for dropping customers and others...

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