$12.1 million paid to shareholder Eastland Community Trust, for the future benefit of the region. Income rose to $97 million. Profit increased to $20.1 million. New geothermal power plant, Te Ahi O Maui, made significant contribution to record-breaking results. Following on from last year’s record results, Eastland Group today announced they’ve broken records once again,… Read more »
Eastland Port staffers on hand to pick up the Eastland Wood Council Environmental Management Award have so much faith in their stormwater treatment processes they’ve drunk the water. Contracts project manager Mark Richards and project assistant Matt Schmelz have dedicated the past two years to ensure the efficiency of the port’s stormwater treatment system upgrade,… Read more »
Eastland Port achieved an annual tonnage throughput of just under 2.9 million tonnes of cargo in the year to March 2019, slightly down on last year’s record-breaking result. “The 12-month period was another very strong year for throughput at Eastland Port with vessels taking this district’s export product to South Korea, Japan, China, and Singapore,”… Read more »
THE meandering bends of the Waimata River have been chosen as the perfect terrain for Canoe Racing New Zealand’s premier long-distance kayaking event. Canoe Racing New Zealand has confirmed that, for the first time ever, Gisborne will host the Eastland Port New Zealand Kayak Marathon Championships on April 13 and 14. And Poverty Bay Kayak Club head coach Alan… Read more »
Experienced mariner and Eastland Port marine manager Captain Chris Kaye reckons he had a tear in his eye when he was reunited with the tugboat Daldy last week. Daldy is on charter from Ports of Auckland and will be easing ships into position at Eastland Port this month while Waimata has her first five-yearly slipping,… Read more »
An Eastland Port telemetric buoy weighing 300kg and normally attached to the seabed via a two-tonne concrete mooring block was brought in for routine maintenance last week. This pictured buoy captures swell height, direction and period data for the port and public to use. It was recovered using the tug Titirangi and work boat Turanganui…. Read more »
GETTING “hammered” in training by one of the country’s best triathletes may sound rough but a young Gisborne up-and-comer sees that as a win. A 2019 Eastland Port sponsorship recipient, Josiah Ney recently signed on with Tauranga-based coach Craig Kirkwood. And as part of that he got to undergo six days of training with World-ranked… Read more »
LANDING at Adelaide Airport, surf lifesaver Briana Irving realised she was there to race against the best in the world and then “the nerves hit”. The next day, the storm hit. “They said it was a one-in-50-year storm, so it was pretty wild,” says the 16-year-old Gisborne athlete, who flew to Australia courtesy of her Eastland Port… Read more »
As Gisborne’s busiest cruise ship season gets underway Eastland Port marine staff must juggle the needs of the tourism sector with the export forestry industry. In November 11 log ships took away 284,312 tonnes of logs, two fertiliser ships dropped off 1600 tonnes of fertiliser, and one cruise ship anchored in the bay. A second… Read more »
Creation of a new track on Titirangi Kaiti Hill started this week with Eastland Port footing the bill and its staff doing some of the work. Eastland Port is giving Gisborne District Council a hand with the Titirangi restoration project by building a new track around the base of the hill to Kaiti Beach. Eastland… Read more »
