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Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) has made its first foray into Australasia with an agreement to acquire a 49.9% stake in Lyttelton Port Company (LPC) and a 50.1% stake in a newly formed company – Lyttelton Port of Christchurch – to operate the port.
Lyttelton is the largest port in New Zealand’s South Island, handling 208,000TEU, 2.1 Mt of coal, 1.1 Mt of bulk fuel and around 1 Mt of general cargo in the financial year ending June 30 2005. It is listed on the New Zealand stock exchange with 69% of the shares held by Christchurch City Council’s asset company, Christchurch City Holdings (CCHL).
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