Maersk, Port of Tauranga and Kotahi do a deal to bring big ships

Maersk, Port of Tauranga and Kotahi do a deal to bring big ships
By Pam Graham June 26 (BusinessDesk) – Port of Tauranga has done a freight deal with the Fonterra Cooperative Group and Silver Fern Farms-led logistics company Kotahi and container shipping line Maersk that will facilitate the arrival of 6,500 TEU ships to New Zealand by the end of 2016. Kotahi has agreed to commit 2.5 million export containers to Maersk over ten years, giving the shipping company confidence to plan for the introduction of 6,500 TEU vessels. It will put 1.8 million TEU of export containers through Port of Tauranga over...