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Port purchase of Tapper Transport to grow MetroPort
Port of Tauranga’s deal to buy Auckland-based Tapper Transport will help grow MetroPort as an integrated freight centre and distribution hub.
Chief Executive Mark Cairns says importers and exporters will benefit from the efficiencies that the neighbouring operations will bring.
“Our customers will be able to take advantage of the proximity to Tapper’s warehousing and distribution services,” he says. “We can really grow MetroPort and Tapper Transport over the long-term by working together and continuing to provide an exceptional level of service from both companies.”
MetroPort and Tapper Transport’s location in Southdown positions them close to the origin and destination of most Auckland imports and exports.
Mark says Port of Tauranga had considered investing in infrastructure at MetroPort to offer complementary services. “But it made much more sense to work with the company that is already offering a great level of service and an innovative approach to logistics,” he says.
Tapper Transport was also a logical choice as business partner because of its compatibilities with Port of Tauranga. There are many similarities between the cultures of the two companies.
“Tapper’s is a family company with longserving staff and a strong customer service ethic, and we look forward to working together to grow both businesses,” says Mark.
Tapper Transport, which was established in 1984 and operates the largest freight container station in Australasia, offers a wide range of logistics services including:
- Wharf cartage of containers and general cargo
- Inland multimodal container hub
- Container consolidation, packing/unpacking and warehousing
- North Island distribution of bulk fluids
- Integrated transport IT solutions
- Coastal shipping via a shareholding in Cubic Transport Limited.
Unfortunately the deal could not be announced jointly with Tapper Transport Director Simon Tapper, who died on 17 March following ill health. It was Simon and his family’s wish to proceed with the announcement. He regarded it as a perfect closure for a career in the freight business that he was so passionate about. Simon’s fellow directors, Chris Tapper and Andrew Scott, will continue to run the company and there are no plans to change its name or services.
NRL Survivor Series II - update
Here are our survivors picks for the weekend:
| Player |
Pick |
| Pauly |
Sea Eagles |
| SUPER S |
Rabbitohs |
NRL Survivor Series I - Winner
Mike West presenting Mark Porter of Agility Logistics with his Sydney Travel Voucher won on the inaugural Survivor Series comp.
SUPER 14 Final
I tried not to care – I really did. I’ll even admit that I didn’t watch it live, but I couldn’t sleep in on Sunday morning for the excitement of watching what were certainly the two best teams in the Super 14 go at it in SOWETO.
The Bulls were deserved favourites and proved their worthiness in all areas of the game but their forward pack domination set up what was, in the end, a fairly comfortable win. Early on the Bulls bench was put to the test when van den Heever went off injured and the Stormers had their heads up, but it was not to last. The world’s best first-five Morne Steyn bought his kicking boots to the final and he was fortunate to be behind a pack that simply refused to take a backward step. The Stormers were reduced to the same tactics that Dirty Filthy Cheating Canterbury had to revert to in last week’s semi-finals and whilst the consistent infringing did keep the Bulls down to just one try for the match, the three pointers piled up as Steyn slotted six penalties throughout the match. The Bulls never really looked like losing the game at any point.
The Stormers best chance came late in the second half when a penalty was awarded in a kickable position that would have put them within six points but an assistant referees flag ensured the penalty was overturned and Steyn kicked another three a few minutes later to put the game beyond the Stormers.
There are two areas the newly named Mighty Mighty All Blacks will need to focus on if they want any chance of beating the ‘Bukkks in the Tri-Nations. They’ll need to shut down the best 9 – 10 combination in recent memory in Fourie du Preez and Morne Steyn. Maybe some of you will disagree but I just can’t see Jimmy Cowan and Aaron Cruden standing up to the pressure Additionally, the M.M.A.B’s will need to shut down an absolutely massive, seething and downright evil pack that will doubtless include Pierre Speis and Victor Matfield – a combination that leaves me in cold sweats. I swear I wake up screaming some nights dreaming .....
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