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The Kiwi firm now eyes food and beverage logistics as its next expansion step.
Fisher & Paykel, Mainfreight and Infratil lift investor confidence.
Rickey Ward from JBWere discusses Mainfreight’s result. Video| Herald NOW Business
Australia led the group with profit up 11.1% to A$152.6m on steady transport gains.
Business with Forsyth Barr: Mainfreight full year result , Fonterra forecast for 2026/27 milk prices ahead, memory chip and AI demand driving markets. Video / Ryan Bridge Today
Higher diesel now adds almost $14m a day to national fuel costs, James Smith says.
Pallets of kibble could be seen with the contents spilled across the road.
Firefighters have contained a truck fire on State Highway 1 carrying dog food supplies that caught fire north of Silverdale shortly after 1:30am. Video / NZ Herald
Move Logistics cut its net loss to $900,000, an $8m improvement on last year.
The NZ sharemarket was down again after the Nasdaq dived 1.8%.
Ikea products can be collected from 29 pick-up points across the country, from this week.
Mainfreight will generate 10MW of solar power in FY25 as capacity grows.
Most other markets around the Asia-Pacific region were also softer.
About 20-odd companies are due to report results over the next few weeks.
BusinessDesk's Garth Bray speaks with Herald NOW about the latest in Business news
Mainfreight's half-year result was better than expected.
Net profit slid to $93.4m as higher property costs hit earnings.
The NZ sharemarket closed marginally down on Tuesday as Mainfreight readies to report.
One of NZ's largest industrial landowners and biggest builders has reached a milestone.
'Make sure you try and plan for the conditions,' says Trucking Association.
New Zealand shares lost ground after rallying on the back of a cut in the OCR.
Synlait Milk will reduce its debt with the proceeds of a factory sale.
Vista finished the busy day down 13c or 4.11% to $3.03 after reaching $4 on March 14.
