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The port in partnership with shipping company Maersk and logistics company Kotahi is working to unlock New Zealand s congested export supply chain.
On Monday a record lift of 5326 containers: of which 1914 were refrigerated were loaded on the Maersk Shams bound for export markets.
Another ship due in port next month, Sally Maersk is set to pick up a similar amount of containers.
Kotahi chief executive David Ross said exporters were seeing constant schedule slippage, loss of capacity and shortages of containers from lengthening cycle times as the global supply chain disruption continued.
He said the strong partnership with Maersk and Port of Tauranga was creating additional capacity to export New Zealand goods to global markets.