Dave Macintyre talks to Tauranga’s Jon Mayson about his passionate commitment to strategic cooperation and much else of value to publicly-owned ports and their prospective partners.

It would not seem immediately logical for a man who has piloted a port with probably New Zealand’s most independent spirit to say that to be successful, it is essential to partner with others. After all, the Port of Tauranga over the past 15 years has followed a progressive business strategy that has seen it evolve from a predominantly log and breakbulk port into a major container player.