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Milburn Memories
Considering they have been the mainstays of the Port of Onehunga for over fifty years, it would be wholly inappropriate not to acknowledge, in some noteworthy way on this site, the significant contribution made by NZ Cement Holdings Ltd / Milburn NZ Ltd / Holcim (NZ) Ltd to life at their northernmost distribution point.

Over time, the likes of Anchor Dorman Shipping Company, Holm Shipping Company, Northern Steam Ship Company, Pacifica Shipping and Reef Shipping have been tremendously faithful to Auckland's western port, each having had ships regularly calling at Onehunga over a period of at least fifteen years - and many more than that in a couple of cases.

But with 2662 visits to Onehunga having been made by their vessels over the past 56 years - an average of 47 calls per annum over that time, it's fair to say NZ's foremost cement manufacturers and distributors will always be the company most people today associate with shipping at the Port of Onehunga.

Their five vessels - "Westport", "Guardian Carrier", "Milburn Carrier", "Westport" and "Milburn Carrier II" - have been part of the furniture at the wharf over time, and it's certainly going to seem strange no longer seeing a cement carrier alongside Onehunga Wharf discharging her load in the future.

Herewith the pick of a raft of photos and material I've gathered together over the years, celebrating the ships and silos which have been a part of our lives.