Ports of Auckland, New Zealand, announce record highs

The Ports of Auckland have announced a 70 percent increase in half year profit as a result of rising productivity.

    Freight volumes lifted across the board, with a record number of containers being handled; 476,333 TEU, an increase of 15.1 percent in comparison to 413,884 TEU in 2012.

    The next phase of the port’s development will involve implementing a new terminal management system in July this year.This will include the use of optical container recognition technology that will identify each container at the port’s gate, at crane level.

New Zealand plays a Major Role in the International Market

New Zealand is an extremely beautiful country, situated in the south-western Pacific Ocean.

     The country is famous amongst the nature lovers, owing to its breathtaking landscapes, luxuriant forests, placid lakes, glacial mountains, thermal regions, semi tropical islands and exotic wildlife. Tourism plays a major part in the economy of the country. 18% of New Zealand’s export earnings are dependent on tourism.

 
    Its market economy depends greatly on international trade, mainly with Australia, the European Union, the United States, China, South Korea and Japan. The country's principle industries for export are agriculture, fishing, horticulture and forestry.

 
   It is an interesting fact that New Zealand is amongst the top five dairy exporters in the world. With year-round rainfall and a temperate climate, the West Coast has natural advantages for dairying which is why the industry is expanding rapidly. Combined with the other four biggest exporters, it supplies around 90 percent of dairy products on the international market. New Zealand seafood is also high value export that is in demand worldwide.