Port Taranaki is a port complex located in
New Plymouth
New Plymouth () is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, in Devon, from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. The New Pl ...
,
New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...
. It is the only deep water port on the west coast of New Zealand, and is owned by the
Taranaki Regional Council. The port handles a wide range of coastal and international cargoes, mostly relating to the farming, engineering and petrochemical industries.
Adjacent features include the city of
New Plymouth
New Plymouth () is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, in Devon, from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. The New Pl ...
, the
New Plymouth Power Station
The New Plymouth Power Station (NPPS) was a 600 MW thermal power station at New Plymouth, New Zealand, that operated from 1974 to 2008. Located at Port Taranaki, it was dual fuelled on natural gas and fuel oil. Constructed at a time of major hy ...
and the
Sugar Loaf Islands Marine Protected Area (SLIMPA).
History
The port was established in 1875, and construction of the main breakwater began in 1881 with
Frederic Carrington
Frederic Alonzo Carrington (11 October 1807 – 15 July 1901) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician and surveyor. He is regarded as the Father of New Plymouth.
Carrington was born in Chelmsford, Essex, England, in 1807, the son of Captain ...
ceremoniously laying the first stone.
In 2007, Port Taranaki became the first port in New Zealand to receive official recognition for its harbour safety management systems.
In 2013, the port purchased most of the site of the decommissioned New Plymouth Power Station. This site is adjacent to the port and provided an additional 18 ha of land.
In 2016, the port became the first port in New Zealand to be smoke free.
In 2017, the port purchased a new tug boat Kinaki which replaced a 45-year-old vessel Kupe. It joined a fleet of two other tugs Tukana and Rupe. Tug Karoo replaced the Rupe in 2024.
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Taranaki port
New Plymouth
Buildings and structures in New Plymouth
1875 establishments in New Zealand
Port operating companies
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