Locations TPT LOCATIONS & RESOURCING Local knowledge and global thinking help us stay several steps ahead of our competitors. We also value face-to-face discussions and personal handshakes. That s why we are committed to maintaining our unique international network of offices and employees, ensuring we maintain close contact with log and forest product markets, customers and clients around the world. Our head office is based in Tauranga, New Zealand and we have offices in the United States, Australia, Korea and China. We also have representatives in India and the Middle East.
New Zealand Ports Northport Marsden Point Port of Tauranga Napier Port Port Taranaki New Plymouth CentrePort Wellington Port Nelson PrimePort Timaru Port Otago Dunedin & Port Chalmers
9:47 AMLOCAL TIME TPT NEW ZEALAND Our head office, in the North Island port city of Tauranga, manages both national and global operations. All of our executive directors work in the business and base themselves out of this office alongside sales staff, logistics experts, finance people and administrators 22 people in all. The location, in the heart of New Zealand s busiest export port, affords a clear view of vessels being loaded and unloaded. The team s expertise and communication systems ensure they re on top of everything at nine other New Zealand ports, all TPT locations and anywhere else their clients have interests, around the world. NEW ZEALAND ENQUIRIES +64 7 928 4250 info@tptforests.com
New Zealand Ports Northport Marsden Point Port of Tauranga Napier Port Port Taranaki New Plymouth CentrePort Wellington Port Nelson PrimePort Timaru Port Otago Dunedin & Port Chalmers
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LOCAL TIME TPT AUSTRALIA While ever-increasing Australian operations currently focus on ports in Victoria and Queensland, we have the capacity to ship in and out of any port in Australia. Local representative Bruce Channon, based near Melbourne s container port, has vast experience in the forest products industry and liaises directly with our Australian clients. Bruce Channon AUSTRALIA OPERATIONS Mobile: +61 407 792 586 bruce@tptaustralia.com
Australian Ports Melbourne Brisbane Portland Gladstone
USA Ports Tacoma Longview
LOCAL TIME LOCAL TIME TPT USA The USA office was established in Tacoma in early 2010, to better service our American clients and provide hands-on management of wood flow and bulk shipping port operations.
USA Ports Tacoma Longview
9:47 AMLOCAL TIME TPT JAPAN Japan is our oldest and longest serving market and was established by Peter Sigley who is one of the original founders of TPT. We have a particularly loyal customer base in Japan and work directly with our customers and traditional trading houses to provide a seamless service to market for our clients. TPT is very strong in the Japanese market and exports a significant proportion of the volume of logs from New Zealand to Japan. Mark Procter MARKET MANAGER JAPAN Office: +64 7 928 4265 Mobile: +64 21 466 349 mark@tptforests.com
Japanese Ports Kanda Matsunaga Susaki Yatsushiro
Korean Ports Incheon Kunsan Pusan Masan
9:47 AMLOCAL TIME TPT KOREA Located in Incheon, our Korean satellite office operation has been run by Kevin Seo since 1998. This was the first of our international offices and it has been critical to our offshore development. Korea has provided a key strategic market for softwood and we expect it will continue to play an important role into the future. Stuart Marshall MARKET MANAGER - KOREA Office: +64 7 928 4257 Mobile: +64 21 284 0022 stuart@tptforests.com
Korean Ports Incheon Kunsan Pusan Masan
9:47 AMLOCAL TIME TPT CHINA Shanghai-based Patrick Pfahlert manages our China satellite office and its eight staff. Patrick is a fluent Mandarin speaker who has lived in China for 20 years, with extensive forest products experience that predates him joining TPT in 2002. He and his team take care of our sales, shipping and port operations in China. Andrew Esson is TPT s New Zealand Market Manager for China and key contact.
Andrew Esson MARKET MANAGER - CHINA Office: +64 7 928 1068 Mobile: +64 27 241 9360 andrew@tptforests.com Chinese Ports (North to South) Dalian Caofeidian Tianjin Penglai Longkou Huangdao Dongjiakou Lanqiao Lanshan Ganyu
Lianyungang Dafeng Zhenjiang Yangzhou Jingjiang Changshu Meijing Wanfang TICT Shanghai Putian Zhangzhou Dongguan Shenzhen Qinzhou Fangcheng
Indian Ports Kandla Mundra Tuticorin
9:47 AMLOCAL TIME TPT INDIA TPT s in-market Indian representative Mukesh Gupta was the first importer of pine into the state of Gujarat in 1997. Mukesh has been working exclusively in the softwood business with TPT since 2008. His office is based in Gandhidham, a 30 minute drive from Kandla Port. Gavin Feast, Director of Sales & Marketing is our key contact for India. Gavin Feast MARKET MANAGER INDIA Office: +64 7 928 4259 Mobile: +64 21 882 418 gavin@tptforests.com
Indian Ports Kandla Mundra Tuticorin
9:47 AMLOCAL TIME TPT MIDDLE EAST We ve been in the Middle East market for the past 15 years and understand it well. This market is currently serviced directly from our head office. The Middle East business dropped significantly in 2010 due to the global financial crisis but demand is now increasing and we are experiencing tremendous growth. At this stage all shipping is done in containers but we will be offering break bulk shipping in the near future. Jason Smith MARKET MANAGER MIDDLE EAST Office: +64 7 928 4252 Mobile: +64 21 284 9666 jason.smith@tptforests.com
Middle Eastern Ports Dammam (Saudi Arabia) Jebel Ali (Dubai)
South East Asian Ports Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam) Jakarta (Indonesia) Surabaya (Indonesia) Sri Racha (Thailand)
9:47 AMLOCAL TIME TPT SOUTH EAST ASIA We have extensive experience in this part of the world and service all South East Asian markets directly. Our finger is kept on the pulse by visiting every two months, and we have recently employed a full-time resource to focus on sales. Jason Smith MARKET MANAGER SOUTH EAST ASIA Office: +64 7 928 4252 Mobile: +64 21 284 9666 jason.smith@tptforests.com
South East Asian Ports Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam) Jakarta (Indonesia) Surabaya (Indonesia) Sri Racha (Thailand)