TAURANGA BOXES CLEVER

NZX service vessel Dolores was recently completely discharged at the Port of Tauranga by three cranes over a 23.2-hour period. The resulting 2064 container moves were completed at an average vessel rate of 91 moves per hour and average crane rate of 31.7 movers per hour.The world standard for crane moves is 25 per hour.

Reasons for the production shortage appear to include a huge increase in demand from China particularly and one of the main suppliers having recently experiencing a factory fire in Europe.

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