Revenue: up 12.5% to $225m on total trade of 12.4m tonnes
Profit: net profit after tax up 27.4% at $60.2m
Main takeaway: A positive year on a bumper Kiwifruit export crop, amid concerns as to the laggard consenting process via the courts.
Port of Tauranga has shelved its time-consuming consenting process through the Environment Court and will rely on the Fast-Track Approvals Act to get its Stella Passage project over the line.
That was after the court received several appeals following its interim approval for the first stage of the