Several ferry services in Auckland will be canned from October, leaving AT scrambling to find a new operator.
Fullers will no longer run services to Birkenhead, Te Onewa Northcote Point and Bayswater.
Services to Gulf Harbour and Half Moon Bay will be reduced for 14 to 18 months to give Fullers time to train up new skippers and deckhands.
Reporter Tom Taylor and cameraman Nick Monro paid a visit to one of the North Shore terminals soon to be out of action.