45 Minute Inquiry - Logging - #2

This logging industry is situated at 10 Rata Street near SH2. The company processing and transporting logs here profit $5.6 million dollars each year. The Tauranga Port has spent $34 million on logging throughout the life of the port. Trains, boats & trucks transport logs around the world all of the time. One of the port's major cargos are forestry.

The trees at this logging port are imported from Asia. Once they are processed the majority are sent back to Asia and a small amount are sent to Kawerau Wood Mill. At Kawerau Wood Mill they process the wood into wood chips and then in to newspaper. A company called  C3 is one of the main processors of the wood sent here from Asia. They process 300,000 wood chips every week.

The wood is used for building materials, fencing & maintenance. All of the trees at the Tauranga Port are pine trees.