Access to the Port of Auckland is going to get more expensive for truck drivers. 

Peak access charges for trucks entering the Fergusson Container Terminal will increase from $130 to $180 in January.  

It will be followed by a further increase to $230, six months later.   

Port of Auckland CEO Roger Gray told Mike Hosking they've given transport operators plenty of notice. 

He says one of them happens in seven months and the other in 13 months, taking the port in the right direction. 

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