Gisborne's Eastland Port has been on a monumental learning curve over the last week-and-a-bit, as it prepares to unload its first container ship in more than 40-years.
The government's paying nearly $3 million for a three month coastal shipping service between Napier and Gisborne to help get goods moving again, after Cyclone Gabrielle made a real mess of the roads and there's still no timeline for reopening State Highway 2.
Right now, the MV Rangitata is en-route from Napier, currently just north of Mahia Peninsula carrying 13 empty refrigerated containers.
Waiting in Gisborne is the port's chief operating officer Andrew Gaddum.
He spoke to Corin Dann.
