| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Ferry & tourism company |
| Headquarters | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Website | http://www.fullers.co.nz/ |
Fullers Group is a ferry and tourism company in Auckland, New Zealand.[1] It operates in the Hauraki Gulf and in 2007, transported 4.2 million passengers.
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Fullers run ferries from the Auckland Ferry Terminal in Quay Street, Downtown Auckland. Fullers operate to the North Shore suburbs of Devonport, Bayswater, Birkenhead, Northcote and Stanley Bay, as well as Half Moon Bay near the eastern suburb of Howick, and Waiheke Island.
Fullers also operate tourism / excursion ferry services to the Hauraki Gulf islands of Rangitoto Island and Great Barrier Island (seasonal). Services to Rangitoto are via Devonport, and Fullers also operate a Half Moon Bay - Waiheke service. For the tourism services, two new catamaran ferries were purchased in 2006 and 2007 for NZ$3 million and NZ$2 million, the Adventurer and Wanderer. These vessels will also assist on the company's main ferry routes during peak hours.[1]
The vessels of Fullers include:
In 2007, Fullers carried around 4.2 million passengers, on a total of 42,010 sailings (an average of almost 100 passengers per journey).[2][3] For the transport, it received subsidies of around 84c per passenger and journey (except on the Waiheke Island service), half the subsidy of Brisbane ferry operators and only a seventh of the subsidies paid for ferry public transport in Sydney.[2] In April 2009, Fullers' Auckland ferry services were sold by Infratil to Souter Holdings, owned by Scottish passenger transport investor Brian Souter.[4]
In 2009, Fullers Ferries received a Cycle Friendly Award from Cycling Advocates' Network for the best cycle-friendly commitment by a business in New Zealand.