Port of Tauranga

Port of Tauranga is New Zealand's largest port by volume of cargo and New Zealand's international freight gateway. It operates wharves at Tauranga, Mount Maunganui and Timaru, as well as MetroPort Auckland, a rail-linked inland port in South Auckland and MetroPort Christchurch, an intermodal freight hub in Rolleston. 

The Port of Tauranga Group includes: Quality Marshalling (100% ownership), a specialist cargo handling company; Coda (50% ownership), a freight logistics group; Northport (50% ownership), which operates a deep water commercial port in Whangarei; PrimePort Timaru (50% ownership), which operates the commercial port in Timaru; Timaru Container Terminal (100% ownership), which leases and operates the container terminal at Timaru and PortConnect (50% ownership), an online cargo management system.

The company was listed on NZX since May 1992 under the symbol of POT. In February 2002 it completed a $1:8 share cancellation with a price of $8.00 per cancelled share. In November 2011 it completed a 2:1 share split.



Company Details

Registered Office: Salisbury Avenue, Mount Maunganui 3116
Postal Address: Private Bag 12504, Tauranga Mail Centre, Tauranga 3143
Telephone: +64 7 572 8899
Facsimile: +64 7 572 8800
Website: http://www.port-tauranga.co.nz/
First Listed: 05/05/1992
Balance Date: 30 June
AGM: 27/10/2023

Directors and Executives

George Adams
Chairman
Sarah Hipkiss
Chief Financial Officer
Paul Izzard
Independent Director
John Rae
Independent Director
Greg Smith
Chief Executive Officer
Victor Tan
CFO / Company Secretary
Katherine Turner
Independent Non-Executive Director
Dianne Williams
Independent Director

Announcements

Title Date Type
POT Capital Change Notice Fri, Sep 05 2025 08:55 am SECISSUE
POT Capital Change Notice Thu, Sep 04 2025 09:57 am SECISSUE
POT Capital Change Notice Wed, Sep 03 2025 10:54 am SECISSUE
POT Financial Results for the year to 30 June 2025 Fri, Aug 29 2025 08:30 am FLLYR
POT fast-track application on hold Wed, Aug 27 2025 03:08 pm GENERAL
POT - Announcement of Share Buy-Back Tue, Aug 26 2025 11:24 am CORPACT
Expert panel appointed to consider fast-track application Fri, Aug 15 2025 03:26 pm GENERAL
POT Annual Meeting 2025 & Director Nominations Tue, Aug 05 2025 11:11 am MEETING
POT Annual Results Announcement Date Thu, Jul 03 2025 09:36 am GENERAL
MMH acquisition complete and POT sells Northport stake Thu, Jun 26 2025 12:09 pm TRANSACT

Major Holdings Announcements

Date Name No. Held % Current
14/07/22 Brian Edward Woolf 3,600,000 - 5.20
07/07/22 A C Timpson Trust - - -
12/09/19 Accident Compensation Corporation 1,520,000 5.42 2.21

Director’s Interests Announcements

Date Name No. Held % Details Other
02/11/22 Victor Thien Soo Tan 382,838 - - -
13/09/21 Gregory Russell Smith 500,000 - - -
09/03/18 Alan William Clarke 300,000 - - -
31/08/17 Grant Conrad Webber Bie 8,567,642 - - -
31/08/16 Dianne McAteer 5,000 0.01 - -
30/08/16 R. Booten 25,000 0.04 - -

Analysts’ Forecasts

profit2021 profit2022 eps2021 dps2021 sales2021 ebit2021 ebitda2021
mean 106.9 15.7 14.3 420.4 159.3 201.6
high 106.9 15.7 14.3 420.4 159.3 201.6
low 106.9 15.7 14.3 420.4 159.3 201.6
sample 1 0 1 1 1 1 1

Disclaimer

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Last Updated: 06/10/2023


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