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1、外文翻译原文FromporttoportMaterialSource:http://unlimitedAuthor:ANDREAFOXCompetitionisaliveandwellonthewaterfrontandnowheremoresothanthebattleforbusinessbetweenthelistedPortsofAucklandandPortofTauranga.Thecompetitionbetweenthetworivalshasintensifiedoflate,despite
2、therebeingabiggerpietofightoverwithboomingimportsandincreasedcontainertraffic.HowwellisPortsofAuckland(POAL),NewZealand’slargestport,standinguptoitssecond-placedrival?Thatalldependsonwhoyoutalkto.AnalystssaythefinancialresultsspeakforthemselveswhilePOALdeni
3、esit’slosingground.Whatdoothersthink?Theworld’ssecondbiggestshippingline,MediterraneanShipping,whichissteppingupitsservicestoNewZealand,saysTaurangastandsoutfromthecrowd.“Forusit’sthemostforward-thinkingportandinourmind,themostefficient,”saysNewZealandgener
4、almanagerKevinCooper.POALreportedaflatinterimprofitinFebruaryalthoughcontainerfreightmovementhasbeengrowingattwicetherateoftheeconomy.Andthat’seventhoughNewZealand’s$318milliontradedeficitforJanuarythisyearshowedimportsof$2.57billion,againstexportsof$2.25bi
5、llion.SohowcomeAuckland,handleroftwothirdsofthecountry’simportsbyvalue,andone-thirdofexports,managedonlya2%increaseinnetprofitto$21.5milliononthepreviousyear?Containervolumesfell5%inthefirstsixmonthsofthenewfinancialyear.Bycontrast,PortofTaurangaenjoyed19.4
6、%growthincontainervolumesanda7%riseinnetprofitto$15.8million.MuchofitsincreasedcontainervolumecamethroughitsSouthAucklandinlandportMetroPort,aninnovationthatcontinuestopromptmuchteethgnashingatPOAL.NeverthelessAucklandpaidahandsomeinterimdividendof15centsas
7、hare,thesameaslastyear.Taurangaoffered7cents.POALchairmanNevilleDarrowsaysthelatestresultwasa“hellofaperformance”giventheproblemsfacedduringthatperiod:itlostashippingservicetoTauranga,alongwithit8%ofitscontainervolume;therewasafour-daystrike;andinternationa
8、lshippingcongestion.OneanalystnotesthesaleoftheWesthavenmarinaalsotookearningsoutoftheequationinthecomparativeperiod.ButTauranga’sdifficultiesduringthesametimeappearedbigger.Logexports,halfitsbusinesst
