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In 2022, Auckland Transport purchased four diesel ferries that were in dire need of repair from Fullers, [5] [6] and is upgrading them to reduce their emissions. [6] There are plans to commission five new hybrid-electric ferries, [5] with the first two expected to arrive in 2025.
Fullers Group Limited, trading as Fullers360, is a ferry and tourism company in Auckland, New Zealand. [1] It operates in the Hauraki Gulf and Waitematā Harbour . Fullers Group is the latest in a long line of almost continuous harbour and gulf ferry operations based in Auckland since the 1870s.
Waiheke Island (/ w aɪ ˈ h ɛ k iː /; Māori: [ˈwaihɛkɛ]) is the second-largest island (after Great Barrier Island) in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand.Its ferry terminal in Matiatia Bay at the western end is 21.5 km (13.4 mi) from the central-city terminal in Auckland.
Ferries also play a significant role in Auckland's transport network — more so than in other New Zealand cities. Ferries travel between the city centre and a number of destinations, including several points on the North Shore, Half Moon Bay, Waiheke Island, Rangitoto Island, and Great Barrier Island. The largest operator is Fullers360 Group.
In 2014 Explore began an Auckland to Waiheke Island service. [3] However, in 2016, plagued by infrastructure and passenger number issues, the company was forced to end the service, leaving Fullers Group the sole passenger ferry company operating services to the island. [4] Explore began expanding in July 2021 by buying Fullers GreatSights Bay ...
M.V. Kea (sometimes called the Seabus Kea) was a commercial passenger ferry that operated the busy New Zealand Devonport-Downtown Auckland express route for Fullers Ferries (Auckland's largest ferry operator). The Kea operated a regular service departing from Downtown Auckland every half-hour. [3]
In 1981 George and Douglas Hudson bought North Shore Ferries and Waiheke Shipping Co. In 1984 they founded Gulf Ferries, and their first catamaran, the $3m Quickcat, cut the Waiheke ferry time from 75 minutes to 40, [104] with Fullers putting Kea on the Devonport route from 1988. [103]
In July 2021, Entrada Travel Group sold Fullers GreatSights' operation (i.e. key assets and the Fullers GreatSights brand) to New Zealand based marine tourism operator, Explore Group. Explore Group operates cruises and tours in the Bay of Islands and Auckland and also operates out Hamilton Island in Australia.