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A short history of the port. The Ferguson Terminal, on the right (eastern end), used to be the flying boat base from the 1930's through to the end of the big flying boats in 1961. Our admin building used to be the engine shop and admin office for TEAL, the forerunner of Air NZ.
Just to the left of the building were the flying boat hangars and on the current shoreline between Ferguson and the next wharf, Freyberg were the passenger terminals for TEAL and Pan Am. Do a Google search on TEAL Mechanics Bay and you'll see the history and lots of photos from those days.
The upside down V shaped wharf is Freyberg, then to the west is Jellicoe, and then Bledisloe. The next wharf would have been Kings but that was demolished when the area between the two was filled in to create the current Bledisloe Terminal.
Bledisloe is currently made up of B1, on the eastern side of the original Bledisloe wharf, only the linkspan is there now and it is not used for containers at all. On the western side is B2, and this also is not used for containers. It was at this berth that the windfarm gear was landed. The 2 linkspans date from the days of the old Union Steamship Co RoRo ships.
The main berth is B3, with 3 of the old Ferguson cranes.
Bledisloe is a small and very cramped terminal and is operated from Fergy.
In between you can see the milk powder store, then our workshops and finally the store where the paper and timber products are packed. The final large long store to the right was demolished late last year and is now where are rail boxes are stored.
You can probably see now where I am taking my photos.

All the wharves are named after former Governors General, other wharves going further to the west in order are, Marsden, Captain Cook, Queens, Princes and Hobson (Now the Maritime Museum).

Hope this all helps and is of some interest, any questions, fire away.

Rgds/Mike (hilfta)