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.