Fonterra spends $45 million on 90 tankers

This week, Fonterra announced that they have almost completed the upgrading of 67 tankers and adding 23 new ones. Once that is done, Fonterra will have the largest fleet in New Zealand. The tankers, which will be used to collect milk from farms throughout the country, are fitted with a tracking system called TAMS, and the data is reviewed to see the condition of each tanker – idling time, levels of fuel burn, braking, acceleration etc. These data are then regularly analysed to ensure that the milk collection operations remain efficient, environmentally friendly, and economical.

For the full story, please refer to Fonterra’s website.

About Peter James Moore | COO – International Farming Ventures at Fonterra

Mr Peter James Moore will be doing an opening presentation on the Agriculture Outlook for 2013 at the Agriculture Investment Summit Asia 2012.

Since March 2008, Peter has been leading the development of Fonterra’s offshore milk supply with a focus on China, India and South America. This includes responsibility for the implementation of Fonterra milk quality standards of excellence for milk collected and processed outside of New Zealand and Fonterra Farming operations in China, Brazil and India. Peter joined Fonterra in 2005 as a Business Continuity and Risk Manager and before joining Fonterra, Peter held a number of senior management positions with the Crown Research Institute, AgResearch. Previous to this Peter spent 20 years in agri-business.

For more information on the programme, please download the brochure here.