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Auckland Transport (AT) has confirmed that Fullers will operate and manage a new fleet of council-owned electric ferries.
AT has been transitioning towards electric ferries and owning its own fleet of ferries. Acting chief executive Murray Burt said, “There’s two fully electric vessels under construction and also two diesel electric hybrid vessels under construction.” Work is also underway on the charging infrastructure for electric ferries but Mayor Wayne Brown challenged AT over the plan to place the infrastructure on Queens Wharf.
Brown was critical of the charging infrastructure’s impact on the wharf aesthetic, “They are hideous and I am trying to get the harbour back for the people.”
“AT has been consulting with Eke Panuku and others involved in the Queens Wharf as to the best location and this is where we have been directed,” said Burt. AT will need to go through a notified consent process, planned for later this year, which would allow for further engagement.
