Port of Tauranga is forecasting an increase in profits for the current year.
Shareholders at the annual meeting of the company were told that profit rose 7% to $42 million in the year ending June, as it moved more cargo.
That's double the $20 million made by Ports of Auckland over the same period.
Since then, the company has had a solid first quarter and it expects to exceed last year's earnings.
Chief executive Mark Cairns says there is no real evidence that any economic slowdown has hit the port of Tauranga.
Last week, the Port of Auckland announced it intends to buy Port of Tauranga's container business.
However Mr Cairns says he has seen no proposal and struggles to see how such a move would benefit his company's shareholders.
