Introducing: Seaview Water

Since establishing a trucking company which now spans the North Island, Puhoi resident Bryan Tracey has started a water transport business in Mahurangi.

Bryan started his career in transport in Mahurangi 15 years ago, getting a job carting meat for Penney’s Abattoir in Matakana and Stubbs Abattoir in Warkworth.

“My father was a truck driver and that was what I always wanted to do,” Bryan says. “I moved up here for the job opportunity, now I wouldn’t live anywhere else.”

His company Refrigafreighters is now one of the largest meat carriers in the country, with 50 trucks operating across the North Island and Canterbury.

He started Seaview Water five years ago to diversify the business and expanded to Mahurangi late last year.

“I live at Puhoi and I’m on tank water and I thought we could give people in the area a better deal. Because water cartage is just one element of our business we are able to offer competitive rates.”

But, with regular rain this summer, it has been the worst season Bryan has experienced.

“It’s a seasonal business, so these things are going to happen.”

Seaview was also the first water cartage business in the area to be registered with the Ministry of Health.

“It’s a good thing for the industry. There have been cases of people getting sick from contaminated water. All of our water comes from the Warkworth town supply and we know it is 100 per cent safe.

“We are also happy to fill school pools for free.”

The Seaview 12,500-litre truck runs from Wellsford to Albany, coast to coast.