- Fullers Ferries
Fullers Ferries is a
ferry company owned by theFullers Group "$2m cat for Birkenhead commuters" - "The New Zealand Herald ", Tuesday 30 October 2007, Page A8] inAuckland ,New Zealand . In 2007, Fullers carried around 4.2 million passengers, on a total of 42,010 sailings (an average of almost 100 passengers per journey). [ [http://www.fullers.co.nz/index.php/pi_pageid/74 Fullers Today] (from the official company website)] For the transport, it received subsidies of around 84c per passenger and journey, half the subsidy ofBrisbane ferry operators and only a seventh of the subsidies paid for ferry public transport inSydney ." [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=97&objectid=10494966 Fullers floats ferry services as solution to traffic woes] " - "The New Zealand Herald ", Thursday 28 February 2008]Services
Fullers run ferries from the Downtown Ferry Terminal in Quay Street, Downtown Auckland. Fullers operate to the North Shore suburbs of Devonport, Bayswater, Birkenhead, Northcote and Stanley Bay, as well as Half Moon Bay near the eastern suburb of Howick.
They also operate tourism / excursion ferry services to the Hauraki Gulf Islands of
Rangitoto ,Waiheke , andGreat Barrier Island (seasonal). Services to Rangitoto are via Devonport, and Fullers also operate a Half Moon Bay - Waiheke service. For the tourism services, two new catameran ferries were recently (2006 and 2007) purchased for NZ$ 3 million and NZ$ 2 million, the "Adventurer" and "Wanderer". These vessels will also assist on the company's main ferry routes during peak hours.Vessels
* "Adventurer" - Catamaran
*Harbour Cat - Catamaran - Originally Pakatoa Cat
*JetRaider - Mono-Hull - Built 1990
*Quickcat - Catamaran - Built 1987 - dedicated to the Auckland - Waiheke service
*Quickcat II - Catamaran - Built 1993
*Seaflyte - Catamaran - Built 1993
*Seabus Kea - Catamaran - Built 1988 - a longitudinally symmetrical ferry used on theAuckland CBD -Devonport
*Starflyte - Catamaran - Built 1999
*Superflyte - Catamaran - Built 1995 - Operates Waiheke and Great Barrier services
* Tiger Cat - Catamaran
* "Wanderer" - CatameranSee also
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Public transport in Auckland References
External links
* [http://www.fullers.co.nz/ Fullers Auckland] (official company website)
* [http://www.maxx.co.nz/ Maxx] (official website of Auckland's public transport brand)
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