• 2016 February 18 11:07

    New Zealand's Port of Tauranga container volumes up 10.4% to 470,928 TEUs in H2 2015

    New Zealand's largest freight gateway, Port of Tauranga, today reported continued growth in container and dairy export volumes for the first half of the 2016 financial year, offsetting a fall in log exports over the period.

    Revenue for the six months to December 2015 was down 9.8% following the exclusion of Tapper Transport revenue, equity accounting this business as an Associate Company with its merger into Coda Group.

    Reported and Underlying Group Net Profit After Tax was $38.6 million. The result was slightly ahead of the prior year's interim Underlying Profit After Tax of $38.5 million, but lower than the prior half year reported Net Profit of $42.6 million, which included a non-recurring gain on the sale of Associate Companies of $4.1 million.

    The result was supported by a strong 10.4% rise in container volumes to 470,928 TEUs (twenty foot equivalent units), reinforcing Port of Tauranga's position as New Zealand's largest container terminal and the country's premier freight gateway. These gains were diluted by a 16.2% decrease in log export volumes to 2.4 million tonnes from 2.8 million tonnes in the prior year.

    The Port of Tauranga Board has declared an interim dividend of 23 cents per share, up 4.6% on the prior year's interim dividend. The record date for the interim dividend is 11 March 2016 and the payment date is 24 March 2016.

    Infrastructure Investment
    Dredging specialist Rohde Nielsen is more than a third through the work to dredge Tauranga harbour's shipping channels to a depth of 14.5m inside the harbour entrance and 15.8m outside the harbour entrance. It is on track to complete the work under budget and ahead of schedule in July.
    The Port has expanded landside capacity at the Tauranga Container Terminal and also ordered two new container cranes and thirteen new straddle carriers, which are scheduled for delivery by September and will significantly enhance the Port's "best in class" terminal productivity.
    The Port has also focused on improving efficiency in the rail connection between the Tauranga Container Terminal and the inland freight hub at MetroPort Auckland. These efforts have been rewarded with a 24% increase in the volume of containers carried on the rail corridor compared with the same period a year ago.

    Meanwhile, the Port has agreed a ten year freight deal with kiwifruit exporters Zespri International and Tauranga Kiwifruit Logistics, which will see a long term approach taken to investing in cool storage and port operations to cope with the expected growth in the kiwifruit industry.

    Despite the 16.2% decrease in log volumes, exports still increased 0.8% overall to nearly 6.5 million tonnes. Processed forestry products saw some growth, including the introduction of a new export category, square lumber.

    Kiwifruit exports increased 22.9% to 413,102 tonnes. Dairy product exports increased 29% compared with the previous year, as the long-term freight agreement with Kotahi entered its second year.

    Imported volumes continued their steady increase, rising by 1.6% overall to nearly 3.7 million tonnes. Imported grain and stock feed supplements decreased by 14.2%, and fertilisers by 9.7%, while oil product imports increased by 14.2%.

    Associate profits were up 8.5% to $8.0 million. The largest increases came from strong performances by Quality Marshalling and PrimePort Timaru.

    Port of Tauranga's diverse operations, locations and income streams continue to provide some protection from fluctuating cargo volumes in commodities such as log exports. The Company reconfirms its full year earnings guidance to be in line with last year's underlying after tax profit of $79.0 million.


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