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Pre Arrival:  Overview | Location | Charts | Limits   ...
Communications:  Pratique | Pre-Arrival | VHF | VTS/Radar
Berthing Ops:  Tugs | Berths
Cargo:  Breakbulk | Bulk | Containers | Cruise | Tankers   ...
Pollution:  Ballast | Pollution | Waste | Slops
Facilities:  Medical | Water | Fuel | Chandlery | Storing   ...
Security:  Police etc | Emergency | Security
Local Info:  Weather
Misc:  Authority

Summary

Max. Size:  Breakbulk:  Draft 12.5 m. Containers:  Draft 14.5 m. Bulk:  Draft 12.5 m. Tankers:  Draft 12.4 m. Largest Vessel:  Passenger vessel, LOA 294 m.
Fuel:  Available.
Airport:  Tauranga Domestic, 1.6 km. Auckland Int'l, 221 km.
Medical:  Facilities available.
Tauranga
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OVERVIEW:  A naturally sheltered and deep water port, Tauranga is New Zealand’s largest port The port comprises the main areas of Mount Maunganui and Sulphur Point. Cargo is handled in dry bulk, bulk liquid, breakbulk and containers. Main imports include cement, chemicals, coal, fertiliser, grain, petroleum products, salt, steel and vehicles. Main exports include butter, cheese, kiwi fruit, onions and other foodstuffs, livestock, logs, woodchips and wood pulp.
LOCATION:  On the shore of the Bay of Plenty on the east coast of North Island, 160 km. SE of Auckland and 210 km. NNW of Napier.
CHARTS:  NZ Charts No. 54, 541, 5411 and 5412.
Publications:  BA New Zealand Pilot, NP 51.
PORT LIMITS:  Defined by lines connecting the following positions:
  1. 37° 36.82′ S, 176° 08.13′ E, then following an arc of radius 2.0 n.m., centred on Mount Maunganui summit to
  2. 37° 37.52′ S, 176° 12.80′ E
  3. 37° 37.41′ S, 176°…