Stevedoring firm C3 and forestry processing specialist Pedersen Group have installed a debarker at Northport to process logs exported from Northland.
The companies have been working to create end-to-end solutions under one umbrella for their customers since 2018.
The equipment is owned and installed by Pedersen Group, and operated by C3. Pedersen provides staff with expert training. Commissioning and staff training started in the first quarter of 2023, with the plant entering full commercial operation this month (April 2023).
Genera, a leading provider of fumigation solutions and the company responsible for fumigating log exports from Northport, has introduced an advanced activated carbon recapture system for methyl bromide fumigation at the port.
The move comes in response to updated controls specified by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2021 for the use of methyl bromide for fumigation.
An innovative Kiwi company using a revolutionary, ‘Lego-like’ technique to carve months off building projects is bringing pre-fabricated pods to the Upper North Island from Vietnam, through Northport. TLC Modular is taking advantage of available space and competitive laydown rates at the port to store its modules (white shapes in image above) before shipping them to building projects across the upper North Island.
Northport had no calls booked for Auckland-bound container cargo at the time of Storm Gabrielle so the damage to road and rail infrastructure between Auckland and Whangarei has not resulted in cancelled calls or any drop in planned or forecast container throughput. There has been no impact to the regular Northport coastal shipping and international services offered by CMA, MSC, Pacifica and Swire.
Storm Gabrielle swept into town over the weekend of 11 and 12 February, quickly making herself felt all over Northland. We are indebted to the large number of people who worked hard to ready the port for her attack and who, once she’d left us, did everything necessary to get us up and running again so efficiently.
