THE entrance to Eastland Port lights up like an airport runway with the latest additions to the Port’s navigational safety programme. Last month two mid-channel buoys were put into place – a complex logistical exercise requiring cranes, divers and tugs – bringing the number of new or updated navigational aids around the channel to seven…. Read more »
WOOD continues to flow across the wharves at Eastland Port fuelled by demand from overseas buyers and stable prices. “Commercial forestry has one of the highest yielding returns of all land based industries in New Zealand. Most logs arriving now are from the first rotation. Land owners are replanting trees as quickly as they cut… Read more »
Eastland Port recorded a hearty start to its financial year moving more tonne of product last month than any other April on record. General Manager Andrew Gaddum said forestry’s strong prices have driven the record volume of wood across the wharf. “Timber is a prime source of construction material worldwide and demand is unyielding at… Read more »
Forestry is a regional success story and as a result Eastland Port needs moderate expansion to keep up, says General Manager Andrew Gaddum. “We can handle 2.9 million tonnes of wood per year but with a predicted 5 million tonnes of wood coming by 2024, we need to make some changes.” Eastland Port is sharing… Read more »
THE level of the churning water is getting higher and the sky has turned black. Just about the whole of the North Island is on lock-down as the highly-anticipated Cyclone Cook makes landfall – and members of Poverty Bay Kayak Club are just launching their boats! “Training and discipline” is a mantra oft-repeated by the… Read more »
EASTLAND Port has broken another annual record moving 2.5 million tonnes of product across its wharves for the financial year ending 31 March. Port General Manager Andrew Gaddum says this is an 8.49% increase compared with last year and reflects the increased volume of export logs coming out of East Coast forests. “With the ever increasing demand from Asia – the… Read more »
The power of nature has been harnessed to help clean rainwater coming off Eastland Port’s upper log yard on Crawford Rd. Eastland Port now has two rain gardens on the log yard helping remove sediment and slow down stormwater before it flows into the port’s lamella filter plant, and then into the Kopuwhakapata Stream. “The addition of our… Read more »
Like the tugboats they’re working on, the newest members of Eastland Port’s tight-knit marine team exude a sense of gritty purpose, and their boss couldn’t be happier. “We respect people that can tie knots and splice ropes – we couldn’t care less what you can do on your PlayStation,” says Eastland Port Marine Manager Capt… Read more »
Working together was the key to success says Eastland Debarking team leader Chris Spurr who with an Eastland Port sponsored team scooped the prizes at this year’s Durapanel 90 Mile Beach Snapper Bonanza surfcasting competition. Spurr’s fish was the smallest snapper to win the competition in the past seven years but size doesn’t matter and… Read more »
“Eastland Port water testing proves last month’s discoloured harbour water was unrelated to port activity,” says Eastland Port General Manager Andrew Gaddum. The testing showed Kopuwhakapata Stream, upstream from Eastland Port’s discharge site, was experiencing increased suspended solids following heavy rain in February. “And increased suspended solids in that stream means dark water in the harbour”… Read more »
