



“The Ministry of Transport Future Freight Scenarios report, released recently highlighted that New Zealand faces costly inefficiencies in the domestic supply chain. It will boost the efficiency of the nationwide supply chain, remove wasted capacity and reduce the costs of consolidating the cargo necessary for big ships. Kotahi Chief Executive Chris Greenough said the formation of Coda is the next step in Kotahi and Port of Tauranga’s long-term plans to prepare for the introduction of larger ships to New Zealand. The business expects to move more than five million metric tonnes per year of containerised and bulk freight to and from freight hubs and key shipping ports. Ĭoda will be led by interim Chief Executive, Scott Brownlee who has previously been Chief Executive of DTL. The transactions will be completed Friday. Kotahi is contributing the assets of logistics and transport group Dairy Transport Logistics (DTL) Port of Tauranga is contributing the assets of wholly-owned subsidiary Tapper Transport which includes Priority Logistics container packing and unpacking facility MetroPack and its 37.5% stake in empty container repair and storage business MetroBox A new 50:50 joint venture between Port of Tauranga and Kotahi is being formed and is named Coda New Zealand’s leading freight gateway Port of Tauranga and freight and logistics management company Kotahi announced today the amalgamation of four of their complementary domestic logistics businesses to create leaner, more efficient pathways to and from freight hubs and key New Zealand ports. LOGISTICS LEADERS TEAM UP TO CREATE LEANER PATHWAYS TO PORT BackLogistics leaders team up to create leaner pathways to port, 10:18 am GENERAL
