The geographic positioning of New Zealand to the rest of the world and the existing port infrastructure in the North Island, suggest Auckland, Tauranga or possibly Northland would be the best site for such a facility.

With merger talks currently under way between the ports of Auckland and Tauranga, and also Lyttelton and Port Chalmers, the mood appears to exist for greater inter-port collaboration than ever before. As well as appealing to the shipping companies themselves who are increasingly building larger ships, major New Zealand shippers appear to be in favour of the apparent time and cost savings offered by the concept. Conversely, however, sceptics question whether the country generates sufficient trade to actually fill the larger vessel calls being mooted.