Business Rural Winter 2021

| 103 New ownership boosts services Bulk truck and trailers cart stock feed, lime, fertiliser, gravel, hay, baleage, and any other bulk products on offer. Amuri Transport operates six Spreadmark certified spreading trucks equipped with mapping capabilities. RURAL SERVICES » Amuri Transport Kelly Deeks N ow under new ownership, Culverden’s full- service Amuri Transport joins the Central Can- terbury contracting, cartage, and baling firm E.D. Swain Ltd to bring an allied group of services to farmers all across Canterbury and beyond. Amuri Transport has been well known in the region and the industry as a firm that grew out of the collapsed Transpac Freight in 1988. Eight of the company’s redundant but highly experienced drivers put their livelihoods on the line to purchase Transpac’s Culverden and Waiau depots, and its high mileage vehicles from the receivers. D. Swain Ltd was established by Eddie Swain in Dunsandel in 1987, and as such, Eddie says the two firms have always been of the same ilk. “We are both family businesses, but Amuri Transport is a bit more full-service than Swain’s. I’m running a small fleet of trucks in Dunsandel, and by purchasing Amuri Transport I’ve been able to expand and add some synergies around livestock transport.” • to page 104 “We are both family businesses, but Amuri Transport is a bit more full-service than Swain’s. I’m running a small fleet of trucks in Dunsandel, and by purchasing Amuri Transport I’ve been able to expand and add some synergies around livestock transport.” · Service the North and South Island in our fully equipped workshops · Manufacturers of Aluminium Stock Crates Proud to support Amuri Transport Ph 06 323 3629 • • Blair (South Island) 027 690 0724 Ted (North Island) 021 0294 1293 STOCKCRATES FEILDING TIMARU Ph 03 688 2274 Proud to support Amuri Transport Ltd with their mechanical and servicing needs − All makes, all models 6 Brydone Rd, Hornby | 03 348 8138 | john@mctr.co.nz