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Ensuring our transport system helps New Zealand thrive
Freight Information Gathering System & Container Handling Statistics January - December 2013February 2014
ISSN: 2253-2560
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Contents
1. Executive Summary .................................................................................................... 3
2. Key findings ................................................................................................................ 4
3. FIGS cargo movements – explanatory note ................................................................ 5
4. Glossary ...................................................................................................................... 8
Section A – Trade Data.......................................................................................................... 9
Section B – Coastal Bulk Cargo ........................................................................................... 16
Section C – Quarterly Container Freight .............................................................................. 17
Section D – Annual Container Freight .................................................................................. 18
5. Summary tables ........................................................................................................ 18
6. Map 1: Container loads and discharges (full and empty) ........................................... 20
7. Map 2: Container loads and discharges (full) ............................................................ 21
8. Map 3: Container loads and discharges (empty) ....................................................... 22
9. Container movements: imports, exports, and transhipment loads ............................. 23
10. International ship visits and container exchanges ...................................................... 24
11. Ship visits .................................................................................................................. 27
12. Exports and imports – 20 foot and 40 foot container balance .................................... 28
13. Imports and exports – container type full and empty ................................................. 29
14. Coastal movements .................................................................................................. 31
15. Map 4: Arrival port – where the containers are from .................................................. 33
16. Map 5: Departure port – where the containers are going ........................................... 34
17. Containerised export classification ............................................................................ 35
18. Land transportation mode – road or rail ..................................................................... 37
19. Coastal movements of containers on domestic ships ................................................ 39
20. Hazardous containerised cargo ................................................................................. 40
Section E – Container Handling Statistics ............................................................................ 41
Section F – Rail Data ........................................................................................................... 44
Appendix A – Quarterly Trade Commodity Codes ................................................................ 47
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1. Executive summary
This Freight Information Gathering System (FIGS) report covers the period 1 January 2013 to 31
December 2013 (the year to December 2013).
Exports and imports
36.4 million tonnes were exported from New Zealand by sea in the year to December 2013. By volume,
71.1 percent was bulk exports, and 28.9 percent was containerised. The real value of sea exports was
$38.1 billion, in value terms, 79.3 percent was containerised and 20.7 percent was bulk export.
20.1 million tonnes were imported by sea in the year to December 2013. In real value, imports by sea
were worth $43.9 billion.
More information on quarterly trade data is available in section A.
Container loads and discharges
There were 1.7 million container loads and discharges in the year to December 2013, of which 35.7
percent were imports, 34.9 percent were exports, and 15.8 percent were domestic movements. The
remaining 13.6 percent were import and export transhipments, re-exports, and unknown movements.
1.23 million container loads and discharges were made with full containers, and 480,000 were empty
containers. The percentage of containers carried by domestic ships increased from 24.0 percent in the
year to September 2013, to 26.0 percent in the year to December 2013.
The volumes at Ports of Auckland recovered because of the end of its industrial disputes and the return
of Maersk‟s Southern Star service from Tauranga to Auckland. The volumes at Port of Tauranga have
dropped consequently.
More information about container movements is available in sections C and D.
Rail freight
Dairy and milk products, wood products, and coal were the largest commodity groups moved by rail in
the year to December 2013. Cumulatively they accounted for 55.6 percent of all rail tonnes, and 44.5
percent of all rail tonne-kms.
More information about rail movements is available in section F.
Ship visits
There were 38 ship visits made by ships of 4,500 TEU or greater (with one greater than 5000 TEU),
compared to 21 ship visits in the year to September 2013. This is in line with the international trend
towards bigger container ships.
More information about ship visits is available in section D.
Container handling statistics
The December 2013 quarter container handling statistics for New Zealand all decreased over the
September 2013 quarter. The weighted average ship rate decreased by 1.9 containers per hour, from
the high of 73.7, the average crane rate decreased by 0.9 containers per hour, and the weighted
average vessel rate decreased by 1.5 containers per labour hour.
More information about container handling statistics is available in section E.
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2. Key findings
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3. FIGS cargo movements – explanatory note
The characterisation of cargo movements in FIGS is designed to split shipping movements into
international and coastal. For instance, the term "export” is confined to international movements in FIGS,
and “transhipment” is confined to coastal movements.
Table 1: Definition of International Movements
International movements
Import Export Re-export
The container arrives at a
New Zealand port by ship,
directly from overseas.
Example: Singapore to a
New Zealand port.
The container is loaded onto a
ship in a New Zealand port and is
shipped overseas directly.
Example: A New Zealand port to
China.
The container arrives in New
Zealand from overseas full, is
loaded onto a different ship
without leaving the port and
without the cargo changing,
and is then exported.
Example: United States of
America to a New Zealand port
then on to Fiji.
Table 2: Definition of Coastal Movements
Coastal movements
Export transhipment Import transhipment Domestic shipment
The container is loaded at a
New Zealand port, is shipped
to a second New Zealand
port, discharged, and is then
loaded for export without
leaving the second port, and
without the cargo changing.
Example: New Zealand Port
1 to New Zealand Port 2 to
Singapore.
The New Zealand Port 2 to
Singapore international
movement is an export.
In FIGS, the New Zealand
Port 1 to Port 2 coastal
movement is an export
transhipment.
The cargo arrives from overseas
at a New Zealand port, is
discharged and then loaded onto
another ship without leaving the
port or the cargo changing, and is
then shipped to a second New
Zealand port, is discharged and
gated-out.
Example: Shanghai to New
Zealand Port 1 then to New
Zealand Port 2.
In FIGS, the Shanghai to New
Zealand Port 1 international
movement is an import.
The New Zealand Port 1 to New
Zealand Port 2 coastal movement
is an import transhipment.
Movements of containers from
one New Zealand port to
another New Zealand port,
which are not import or export
transhipments.
Example: Gate-in New
Zealand Port 1 for loading,
then ship to New Zealand Port
2 for discharge and gate-out.
Export transhipments of full containers are identified in FIGS using the booking reference, and export
transhipments of empty containers are identified by following the sequence of container movements.
This approach is being used because although the container load and discharge messages can include
a transhipment value, not all ports code it.
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This report only includes containers moved through the container facilities at the ten container ports. For
instance, it excludes container movements by the Cook Strait operators, loads in Onehunga, container
loads and discharges at the Mount Maunganui wharf and the wharves outside the container port
operation in Lyttelton.
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International and Coastal movement diagrams
FIGS International movements are shown in blue
FIGS Coastal movements are shown in orange
Overseas
A. Import and import transhipment
NZ Port A
Discharge
Load onto a different vessel
NZ Port B
Discharge
Gate out
Overseas
B. Import and domestic shipment
NZ Port A
Discharge
Gate out
Gate in
Load
NZ Port B
Discharge
Gate out
NZ Port A
Gate in C. Export transhipment and export
Load
NZ Port B
Discharge
Load onto a different vessel
Overseas
Import
Import transhipment
Import Import
Domestic shipment Domestic
Export transhipment
Export
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4. Glossary
Coastal Movements A container that is loaded in one New Zealand port and moved to another New
Zealand port where the container is discharged. (See page 5 for the three types
of coastal movements)
Discharge Unloading a container from a ship.
Domestic ship A ship registered in New Zealand. All New Zealand registered ships must
comply with New Zealand labour, safety and maritime laws. For FIGS purposes,
domestic ships are; the Santa Regina, the Spirit of Endurance, the Spirit of
Resolution, and the Monte Stello.
From December 17 2012, the Spirit of Independence replaced the Spirit of
Resolution.
DWT Deadweight tonnage – a measure of how much weight a ship can safely carry.
FIGS Freight Information Gathering System.
Freight forwarding The movement of freight by an organisation whose core business is the
organisation of freight movements for other businesses or individuals.
Gate in The entry of a container to a port by road or rail. One exception is containers
that are packed within the port.
Gate out The exit of a container from a port by road or rail.
International ship All ships not registered in New Zealand. They must comply with international
maritime law, but not New Zealand domestic law.
Load Loading a container onto a ship.
Net tonnes Net container weight is the weight of the cargo. It is the gross weight recorded in
the port message, less the typical weight for that type of container (20-foot dry,
20-foot reefer, 40-foot dry, or 40-foot reefer).
Rail tonne-km Tonnes carried multiplied by kilometres moved, i.e. three tonnes of freight
moved two kilometres is six tonne-km.
Reefer A „reefer‟ is a container that can be refrigerated.
TEU Twenty-foot equivalent unit. A 20-foot container is one TEU, and a 40-foot
container is two TEU.
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Section A – Trade Data
The following data has been provided by Statistics New Zealand. It provides a summary of all
international freight movements, both containerised and bulk. All values have been split into sea and
airfreight. Appendix A provides more detail on commodity codes.
Figures A1 and A2 show the value and volume of bulk and containerised trade from New Zealand. Containers made up the majority of value for exports, at 79.3 percent for the year to December 2013, whereas bulk provided the majority of volume for exports, at 71.1 percent.
Figures A3 and A4 show the average value per tonne for containerised goods is 9.4 times higher than bulk for exports, at $2,885 to $308.
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36.4 million tonnes were exported through sea ports in the year to December 2013, which was an
increase on the 36.0 million tonnes in the year to September 2013. Of the 36.4 million tonnes, 21.2
million tonnes were forestry products. This is an increase on the 20.7 million tonnes in the year to
September 2013.
The real value of sea exports in the year to December 2013 was $38.1 billion, of which $12.8 billion was
from food, skins, and wool. This is a decrease of 2.5 percent in real value from the year to September
2013. The real value for dairy was $11.9 billion, a large increase of 12.1 percent over the year to
September 2013.
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20.1 million tonnes were imported through sea ports in the year to December 2013 of which 7.6 million
tonnes were coal and fuel. This was a 1.5 percent increase over the year to September 2013. Machinery
and electrical goods accounted for 360,000 tonnes and vehicles accounted for 468,000 tonnes.
The real value of sea imports in the year to December 2013 was $43.9 billion. $9.3 billion was oil and
coal imports, which was 2.9 percent higher than in the year to September 2013. Vehicles accounted for
$7.2 billion and chemicals, plastics, and rubbers totalled at $6.3 billion.
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Figures A9 and A10 show calendar year data of export and import tonnage by port.1
Exports from New Zealand‟s 14 exporting ports over the four quarters in 2013 range from 11.7 million
tonnes at Port of Tauranga to 339,500 at PrimePort Timaru. Port of Tauranga continues to be both the
biggest bulk and containerised exporting port.
1 For Figure A9, under the Statistics Act 1975 section 37 there is no export data for Port of Taharoa in the information provided by
Customs/Statistics NZ.
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Imports into New Zealand‟s 13 importing seaports range from 5.4 million tonnes at North Port to 10
tonnes at Port Gisborne. North Port continues to be the largest bulk importer, whilst Ports of Auckland
continues to be the largest containerised importing port.
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The volume of New Zealand exports by air in the year to December 2013 decreased by 3.8 percent over
the year to September 2013. The volume New Zealand imports by air in the year to December 2013
increased by 0.4 percent over the year to September 2013.
Air freight made up 0.3 percent of New Zealand‟s exports by volume, and 13.3 percent by value in the
year to December 2013. It also made up 0.5 percent of imports by volume and 20.1 percent of imports
by value.
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Figure A13 provides a breakdown of forestry product exports by type. As a product group, wood
products comprised 58.1 percent of New Zealand‟s sea exports by volume, and 11.8 percent of sea
exports by value in the year to December 2013. Forestry exports were 21.2 million tonnes in the year to
December 2013, of which 78.7 percent were logs, 11.5 percent were processed timber, 8.3 percent were
pulp and paper, and 3.0 percent were wood chips.
Logs at $141 per tonne make up 46.5 percent of forestry exports by value, processed timber at $682 a
tonne make up 28.5 percent, pulp and paper at $694 a tonne make up 23.9 percent, and wood chips at
$96 a tonne make up 1.2 percent.
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Section B – Coastal Bulk Cargo
The following data has been provided by Coastal Oil Logistics Ltd and Z Energy Ltd, and shows
domestic oil shipments since October 2009. Coastal Oil Logistics Ltd is owned by, and provides oil
supply to, New Zealand‟s four largest petrol companies: BP Oil New Zealand Ltd, Chevron New Zealand
Ltd, Mobil Oil New Zealand Ltd, and Z Energy Ltd. This data includes oil shipped to Auckland by Z
Energy on their barge ‘Awanuia’.
Mount Maunganui remains the largest single destination for oil deliveries, followed by Lyttelton and
Wellington.
2.3 million tonnes of oil were shipped domestically from Marsden Point in the year to December 2013.2
This is 0.22 million tonnes less than the year to December 2012.
2 Some deliveries to Auckland are made by pipeline, which are not calculated in these figures.
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Section C – Quarterly Container Freight
The following graph shows the number of containers loaded and discharged at New Zealand‟s ten
container ports, by quarter, in the year to December 2013.
Container volumes at Ports of Auckland increased by 23.7 percent and TEU volumes at Ports of
Auckland increased by 26.6 percent in October – December 2013 compared with the same quarter of
2012. Container volumes at Port of Tauranga decreased by 11.8 percent and TEU volumes at Port of
Tauranga decreased by 11.0 percent in October – December 2013 compared with the same quarter of
2012. The above reflects the recovery from the industrial dispute in 2012, and the return of Maersk‟s
Southern Star service to Auckland in July 2013.
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Centreport Port Nelson Lyttelton PrimePort Timaru
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Section D – Annual Container Freight
All information in section D relates to the period 1 January 2013 – 31 December 2013.
5. Summary tables on container freight
The following tables are measures of port activity. They present information on container loads and
discharges, and container sizes and types.3 Many containers are counted multiple times in these tables.
Detailed information on coastal container movements, where containers are only counted once, can be
found in the accompanying data tables. This data is also shown geographically following the tables.
Movement Appearances Discharge and/or load
Import included once a discharge
Export included once a load
Re-export included twice a discharge and then a load
Export transhipment included three times a load in one port, then a discharge and load in another port
Import transhipment included three times a discharge and load in one port, then a discharge in another port
Domestic included twice a load in one port, and a discharge in another
Table 3: Summary totals: containers loaded and discharged
Imports Exports Re-
export
Export
tranship
ments
Import
tranship
ments
Domestic Coastal
unknown
Total
Ports of Auckland 258,908 123,122 44,003 11,773 16,464 85,925 1,071 541,266
Port of Tauranga 146,628 245,984 23,118 39,213 7,390 39,677 612 502,622
Port of Napier 42,830 56,742 79 14,918 2,267 22,536 146 139,518
Port Taranaki 3,940 1,262 - 3,570 1,540 1,581 1 11,894
CentrePort 23,391 18,891 4 5,614 4,586 9,868 165 62,519
Port Nelson 13,167 9,747 - 15,064 1,445 14,004 202 53,629
Lyttelton 66,883 81,849 4 14,902 9,408 72,917 637 246,600
PrimePort Timaru 6,295 4,144 - 1,169 54 670 183 12,515
Port Otago 38,503 47,136 22 11,242 1,432 22,680 167 121,182
South Port 10,160
10,160
8,214 - 1,276 - 342 - 19,992
Total 610,705 597,091 67,230 118,741 44,586 270,200 3,184 1,711,737
Table 4: Container loads and discharges – Full versus Empty
Total container
loads and
discharges
% of total Full loads and
discharges % of full
Empty loads
and
discharges
% of
empty
Ports of Auckland 541,266 32 435,006 35 106,260 22
Port of Tauranga 502,622 29 349,569 28 153,053 32
Port of Napier 139,518 8 82,231 7 57,287 12
Port Taranaki 11,894 1 7,874 1 4,020 1
CentrePort 62,519 4 45,252 4 17,267 4
Port Nelson 53,629 3 33,015 3 20,614 4
Lyttelton 246,600 14 184,369 15 62,231 13
PrimePort Timaru 12,515 1 8,382 1 4,133 1
Port Otago 121,182 7 73,716 6 47,466 10
South Port 19,992 1 12,412 1 7,580 2
Total 1,711,737 100 1,231,826 100 479,911 100
3 Some ports have reported some restows, which is when a container is unloaded from a ship, then reloaded to the same ship without
any alteration to the cargo in it. FIGS is focused on freight movements and while restows measure port activity they do not measure
freight movement. Therefore, they are not included in FIGS.
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Table 5: Summary totals: Net weight of full containers loaded and discharged (tonnes)
Imports Exports Re-export
Export
tranship
ments
Import
tranship
ments
Domestic
shipments
Coastal
unknown Total
Ports of Auckland 3,157,434 1,552,293 810,823 209,330 163,829 621,305 2,483 6,517,497
Port of Tauranga 1,123,583 3,956,092 407,365 739,936 68,268 197,892 7,730 6,500,866
Port of Napier 157,186 1,114,717 1,456 300,558 14,348 31,030 107 1,619,403
Port Taranaki 53,697 21,790 - 48,211 14,870 6,517 24 145,110
CentrePort 289,710 243,824 67 102,606 61,984 21,882 2,156 722,230
Port Nelson 58,674 202,476 - 296,191 7,450 83,629 2,363 650,782
Lyttelton 682,009 1,480,207 9 271,778 96,040 654,426 7,604 3,192,073
PrimePort Timaru 54,080 85,267 - 22,714 10 8,026 2,946 173,043
Port Otago 137,453 968,913 384 216,842 8,561 119,076 1,967 1,453,196
South Port 66,276 179,076 - 28,333 - 1,664 - 275,349
Total 5,780,102 9,804,656 1,220,104 2,236,49
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435,360 1,745,448 27,380 21,249,549
Table 6: Net weight of full containers loaded and discharged
20 ft containers 20ft weight 40 ft containers 40 ft weight
Ports of Auckland 237,823 3,402,391 197,183 3,115,106
Port of Tauranga 192,125 3,191,055 157,444 3,309,811
Port of Napier 43,860 747,407 38,371 871,997
Port Taranaki 6,645 122,281 1,229 22,829
CentrePort 25,209 368,991 20,043 353,239
Port Nelson 14,430 251,274 18,585 399,509
Lyttelton 98,527 1,541,131 85,842 1,650,942
PrimePort Timaru 5,664 110,168 2,718 62,875
Port Chalmers 38,169 655,211 35,547 797,985
South Port 6,093 131,400 6,319 143,949
Total 668,545 1,0521,310 563,281 10,728,239
Table 7: Total TEU loads and discharges – Full versus Empty
Total container
loads and
discharges
% of total Full loads and
discharges
% of
full
Empty loads and
discharges
% of
empty
Ports of Auckland 780,710 31 632,189 35 148,521 21
Port of Tauranga 741,341 30 507,013 28 234,328 33
Port of Napier 205,941 8 120,602 7 85,339 12
Port Taranaki 14,274 1 9,103 1 5,171 1
CentrePort 88,335 4 65,295 4 23,040 3
Port Nelson 83,362 3 51,600 3 31,762 4
Lyttelton 359,640 14 270,211 15 89,429 13
PrimePort Timaru 17,484 1 11,100 1 6,384 1
Port Otago 180,849 7 109,263 6 71,586 10
South Port 31,797 1 18,731 1 13,066 2
Total 2503733 100 1,795,107 100 708,626 100
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6. Map 1: Container loads and discharges (full and empty)
Note: Please refer to table 3 for the figures for this map.
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7. Map 2: Container loads and discharges (full)
Note: Please refer to table 4 for the figures for this map.
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8. Map 3: Container loads and discharges (empty)
Note: Please refer to table 4 for the figures for this map.
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9. Container movements: imports, exports, and transhipment loads
Figure D1 shows the split of imports, exports, and transhipment movements by port.
Please note: These graphs show TEU movements. Imports are reported to FIGS as container
discharges, exports as container loads, and coastal transhipments as a load in one port and a discharge
in another. To prevent double counting of transhipments only loads of coastal transhipments are
included in this analysis.
By type of container movement, imports were the most common at Ports of Auckland while exports were
the most common at Port of Tauranga. Port Nelson had the largest percentage of container movements
as import transhipment discharges. South Port had the most even split between exports and imports.
Table 8 shows container movements related to overseas trade. It shows the number of TEU and the
number of containers exported, imported, and loaded for transhipment.
Table 8: Container numbers and TEUs for overseas trade
Port
Export, import
and
transhipment
TEU
Export, import
and
transhipment
20ft containers
Export, import
and
transhipment
40ft containers
Export, import
and
transhipment
total containers
Ports of Auckland 566,823 229,887 168,468 398,355
Port of Tauranga 591,022 207,718 191,652 399,370
Port of Napier 168,558 55,864 56,347 112,211
Port Taranaki 10,670 6,874 1,898 8,772
CentrePort 67,243 27,669 19,787 47,456
Port Nelson 59,068 16,922 21,073 37,995
Lyttelton 227,690 91,528 68,081 159,609
PrimePort Timaru 16,379 6,943 4,718 11,661
Port Otago 139,938 48,322 45,808 94,130
South Port 31,338 7,962 11,688 19,650
Total 1,878,729 699,689 589,520 1,289,209
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Ports of Auckland
Port of Tauranga
Port of Napier
Port Taranaki
Centreport Port Nelson Lyttelton PrimePort Timaru
Port Otago South Port
Figure D1: Import, export and transhipment movements (TEU)
Imports Exports Import transhipment discharge Import transhipment load
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10. International ship visits and container exchanges
The following information relates only to TEU carried on international ships. For a definition of
‘international ship,’ see page 8.
2,476 port visits were made over 915 ship visits in the year to December 2013. The largest ship that
visited New Zealand in the year to December 2013 had a TEU capacity of 5,040.
A „ship visit‟ is a trip to New Zealand by a vessel. Multiple ports may be visited on one ship visit.
A „port visit‟ is a visit to a specific port by a vessel. A ship that visited multiple ports will be recorded in
multiple columns.
Table 9: International port visits January 2013 – December 2013
Ship size – TEU
capacity Po
rts o
f
Au
ckla
nd
Po
rt o
f
Tau
ran
ga
Po
rt o
f
Nap
ier
Po
rt
Tara
na
ki
Cen
tre
Po
rt
Po
rt
Nels
on
Lytt
elt
on
Pri
meP
ort
Tim
aru
Po
rt O
tag
o
So
uth
Po
rt
To
tal
Unknown - 7 - - 1 - 1 - - - 9
< 500 - 19 13 - - 6 - - - - 38
500-999 17 69 26 - 3 20 3 1 - 1 140
1000-1499 29 28 9 1 3 3 0 3 - - 76
1500-1999 22 70 31 - 5 0 15 6 15 - 164
2000-2499 23 45 35 - 4 4 28 12 24 5 180
2500-2999 154 208 52 30 98 87 115 9 50 10 813
3000-3499 61 44 27 - 7 6 5 2 31 2 185
3500-3999 118 104 66 - 12 - 38 13 40 14 405
4000-4499 57 70 68 - 18 - 65 18 17 17 330
4500-4999 35 14 13 1 11 - 36 - 24 - 134
5000-5499 1 1 - - - - - - - - 2
Total 517 679 340 32 162 126 306 64 201 49 2,476
52.0 percent of all ship visits were made by vessels of capacity 2,500 – 4,000 TEU. In line with
international trends, there were 38 visits to New Zealand made by ships of 4,500 TEU or greater,
compared to 21 visits in the year to September 2013. Smaller ships are being replaced by larger ships;
with a 5,040 TEU ship making one visit to New Zealand this quarter.
Note: A ship may visit more than one port per visit. This visit is only counted once in this graph.
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
Figure D2: International ship visits to NZ Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
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Table 10 breaks down the information from Table 9 into average TEU exchanged per port.
Table 10: International ship capacity and average TEU exchange by port January
2013 - December 2013
Ship size –
TEU capacity
Po
rts o
f
Au
ckla
nd
Po
rt o
f
Tau
ran
ga
Po
rt o
f
Nap
ier
Po
rt
Tara
na
ki
Cen
tre
Po
rt
Po
rt
Nels
on
Lytt
elt
on
Pri
meP
ort
Tim
aru
Po
rt O
tag
o
So
uth
Po
rt
Unknown - 41 - - 6 - 5 - - -
< 500 - 151 41 - - 98 - - - -
500-999 1,122 449 488 - 122 61 1,862 192 - 650
1000-1499 586 447 220 175 101 25 - 180 - -
1500-1999 1,123 948 225 - 95 - 516 109 558 -
2000-2499 1,229 981 345 - 390 586 710 239 672 590
2500-2999 1,402 1,240 468 274 556 503 878 241 851 651
3000-3499 1,044 1,105 857 - 437 567 992 428 1,343 378
3500-3999 1,210 1,278 908 - 649 - 1,118 342 914 647
4000-4499 1,902 1,386 812 - 717 - 1,205 319 441 698
4500-4999 2,910 1,658 694 286 675 - 1,321 - 1,171 -
5000-5499 4,087 2,717 - - - - - - - -
In the year to December 2013, 90.5 percent of TEU were carried by vessels of capacity 2,000 TEU or
greater. 32.4 percent of TEU were carried by vessels of capacity between 2,500 and 2,999 TEU. In the
year to December 2013, 224,249 TEU were loaded and unloaded from ships of 4,500 TEU or greater,
compared with 124,000 TEU in the year to September 2013.
0
100000
200000
300000
400000
500000
600000
700000
800000
Figure D3: TEU loaded and discharged Jan 2012 - Dec 2013
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Figure D4 shows the average, maximum, and median number of TEU exchanged per ship visit at each
port in the year to December 2013. The largest exchange was made at Ports of Auckland, where 4,172
TEU were exchanged in a single visit.
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
Figure D4: TEU exchanges by international ships Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
average
maximum
median
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11. Ship visits
The following information is derived from the Marine Safety Charge statistics, from Maritime New Zealand.
Figure D5 shows trends in the number and types of ships that have visited New Zealand since 2007. Over this time, the number of container ships has fallen. The recent peak of 242 was in the January to March 2012 quarter, has fallen to 207 in the October to December 2013 quarter. Due to the increasing size of the ships, the total quarterly TEU capacity of the ships has increased by 102,228 from the July to September 2013 quarter to the October to December 2013 quarter. Bulk carrier ship visits have decreased from 170 to 136. Figure D6 shows that both total and median capacity is continuing to increase – since 2007, the median TEU capacity of container ships visiting New Zealand has increased from 1,768, to 2,810 in the October to December 2013.
Note: Total TEU capacity is nominal as it may not be possible to fully load ships due to the weight of New Zealand export containers, and on some trade routes the ships may already be partially loaded with containers from Australia.
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
07Q3 08Q1 08Q3 09Q1 09Q3 10Q1 10Q3 11Q1 11Q3 12Q1 12Q3 13Q1 13Q3
Figure D5: Quarterly ship visits
Container ships Bulk Carrier Oil/gas/tanker General Cargo
Reefer Roro Vehicle Carrier Passenger Ship
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
0
100000
200000
300000
400000
500000
600000
700000
07Q3 08Q1 08Q3 09Q1 09Q3 10Q1 10Q3 11Q1 11Q3 12Q1 12Q3 13Q1 13Q3
Figure D6: Total and median quarterly TEU capacity
Total ship TEU capacity Median ship TEU capacity
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12. Exports and imports – 20 foot and 40 foot container balance
Figure D7 shows the net tonnes exported by container type. 40 foot dry containers carried the largest
proportion of net tonnes exported (42 percent), and 32 percent of tonnes were exported in 20 foot dry
containers. 20 foot and 40 foot reefer containers accounted for 11 percent and 15 percent of exported
container weight respectively.
Figure D8 shows the net tonnes imported by container type. 57 percent of net tonnes imported are in 20
foot dry containers and 35 percent are in 40 foot dry containers. 20 foot and 40 foot reefer containers
accounted for 2 percent and 6 percent of imported containers respectively.4
4 Please note that this includes all reefer containers, although some may not have been operating in refrigerator mode.
32%
11% 42%
15%
Figure D7: Net tonnes exported, by container type
20ft dry
20ft reefer
40ft dry
40ft reefer
57%
2%
35%
6%
Figure D8: Net tonnes imported, by container type
20ft dry
20ft reefer
40ft dry
40ft reefer
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13. Imports and exports – container type full and empty
Full and empty TEU
In the year to December 2013, 890,122 TEU were imported (full and empty), of which 66.2 percent were
full. 871,648 TEU were exported (full and empty), and 85.4 percent were full. Overall, 18,474 more TEU
were imported than exported.
In total, 1,333,412 TEU were imported or exported full, and 428,358 TEU were imported or exported
empty.
Table 11: Container numbers – import and export (20 foot and 40 foot)
20ft
dry/
full
20ft
dry/
empty
20ft
reefer/
full
20ft
reefer/
empty
40ft
dry/
full
40ft
dry/
empty
40ft
reefer/
full
40ft
reefer/
empty
Full
TEU
Empty
TEU
Total
TEU
Import
container 226,932 28,403 14,208 61,745 148,611 63,871 25,511 41,424
Export
container 183,312 64,318 73,880 1,024 179,570 26,760 63,848 4,379
Import TEU 589,384 300,738 890,122
Export TEU 744,028 127,620 871,648
Reefer containers may not necessarily be operating in refrigerator mode.
0
100000
200000
300000
400000
500000
600000
700000
800000
Full TEU Empty TEU
TE
U
Figure D9: Import and export TEU
Import TEU Export TEU
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Figure D10 shows the number of containers exported full and empty. 85.4 percent of all TEU were
exported full. The proportion of the four types of containers exported full changed in the year to
December 2013 from the year to September 2013.
Figure D11 shows that the largest numbers of imported containers are 20-foot dry and 40-foot dry. 66.2
percent of all TEU were imported full. The proportion of the four types of containers imported full
changed in the year to December 2013, from the year to September 2013.
0
50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
300000
20ft dry 20ft reefer 40ft dry 40ft reefer
Co
nta
ine
rs
Figure D10: Containers exported
Exported full Exported empty
Exported full
20ft dry ↓ 1.3% to
74.0%
20ft reefer ↑ 0.1%
to 98.6%
40ft dry ↑ 0.2% to
87.0%
40ft reefer ↓ 1.8%
to 93.6%
0
50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
300000
20ft dry 20ft reefer 40ft dry 40ft reefer
Con
tain
ers
Figure D11: Containers imported
Imported full Imported empty
Imported Full
20ft dry ↑ 1.6% to
88.9%
20ft reefer ↑ 0.7%
to 18.7%
40ft dry ↓ 0.1% to
69.9%
40ft reefer ↓ 0.3%
to 38.1%
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14. Coastal movements
Figure D12 shows the movements of containers, both intra and inter-island. The largest type of
movement is North Island to South Island full, and South Island to North Island full. The smallest type of
movement is intra South Island full. The large amount of intra North Island empty movements is due to
New Zealand‟s trade imbalance, where Ports of Auckland is New Zealand‟s largest container import port,
and Port of Tauranga is the largest container export port. This imbalance requires the movement of
empty containers around the country.
For all movements, there were 123,678 full domestic coastal container movements and 93,295 empty
domestic coastal container movements in the year to December 2013.
The majority of intra-island movements were empty for both islands in the year to December 2013, with
56.5 percent of intra North Island, and 51.6 percent of intra South Island movements being empty.
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
35000
40000
45000
50000
North Island to North Island
North Island to South Island
South Island to South Island
South Island to North Island
Figure D12: Coastal movements
Full
Empty
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Figures D13 and D14 expand on the information provided in Figure D12, showing the breakdown of all
coastal container movements.
The North Island to South Island full movements increased from 45,264 in the year to September 2013,
to 48,030 in the year to December 2013.
The North Island to North Island empty movements decreased from 38,565 in the year to September
2013, to 34,879 in the year to December 2013.
The following maps show which ports containers arrive and where containers depart from.
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
35000
40000
45000
50000
North Island to North Island
North Island to South Island
South Island to South Island
South Island to North Island
Figure D13: Full container coastal movements
Full 20ft Full 20ft reefer Full 40ft Full 40ft reefer
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
35000
40000
45000
50000
North Island to North Island
North Island to South Island
South Island to South Island
South Island to North Island
Figure D14: Empty container coastal movements
Empty 20ft Empty 20ft reefer Empty 40ft Empty 40ft reefer
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15. Map 4: Arrival port – where the containers are from
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16. Map 5: Departure port – where the containers are going
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17. Containerised export classification
Dairy products were the largest containerised export commodity group, comprising 26.3 percent of
containerised exports in the year to December 2013. Wood products, the largest commodity group by
export volumes, were also the second largest containerised export commodity group.
Table 12: Export breakdown by commodity5 group6
Commodity Group Export Breakdown % (TEU)
Animal: dairy 26.3
Wood products 14.2
Paper products 10.5
Vegetable products 10.0
Animal: meat 9.6
Not classifiable 8.0
Foodstuffs 5.5
Metals 3.3
Food unclassified 3.0
Animal: fish 2.3
Chemicals 1.6
Textiles, clothes and footwear 1.2
Machinery/electrical 1.0
Hides, skins, leather and furs 0.8
Plastics/rubbers 0.7
Miscellaneous 0.5
Animal: other 0.5
Mineral products 0.4
Stone and glass 0.3
Transportation 0.3
5Commodities have been classified against the highest level of the harmonised cargo classification. The only exception to this is
footwear and hats, which have been combined with textiles and clothing. 6 A list of the harmonised freight commodity codes is available at: www.foreign-trade.com/reference/hscode.htm.
Figure D15: Containerised export commodity breakdown (TEU)
Animal : dairy
Wood products
Paper products
Vegetable products
Animal : meat
Not classifiable
Foodstuffs
Metals
Food unclassified
Animal : fish
Chemicals
Textiles, clothes and footwear
Machinery/electrical
Hides, skins, leather and furs
Plastics/rubbers
Miscellaneous
Animal : other
Mineral products
Transportation
Stone and glass
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Table 13 shows the types of container used for imports and exports of commodities.
Exports of cargo in full containers were mostly classified. Imports of full containers were mostly
unknown.
Table 13: Container types used for exports and imports
Reefer containers may not necessarily be operating in refrigerator mode.
Exports Imports
20ft dry
20ft
reefer 40ft dry
40ft
reefer 20ft dry
20ft
reefer 40ft dry
40ft
reefer
Full container,
unknown cargo 20,137 797 18,776 646 203,035 5,147 132,617 9,990
Animal: meat 6,446 32,400 36 16,272 147 403 68 391
Animal: dairy 49,314 21,204 55,744 6,728 200 177 331 61
Animal: fish 305 9,781 2 3,630 440 104 4 74
Animal: other 503 255 593 846 9 11 42 5
Foodstuffs 25,808 2,954 3,938 1,982 2,755 593 149 849
Chemicals 6,647 230 2,545 90 14,110 591 8,609 3,322
Hides, skins, leather
and furs
5,392 2 157 . 21 . 1 .
Mineral products 2,531 . 66 . 67 . 17 .
Machinery/electrical 1,983 1 2,567 . 367 8 393 1
Miscellaneous 2,177 3 935 . 820 5 1,121 .
Metals 17,115 2 3,880 1 631 . 260 .
Plastics/rubbers 661 3 2,306 6 165 . 152 4
Stone and glass 1,954 1 162 . 167 . 986 36
Transportation 424 . 931 . 51 79 156 379
Paper products 20,620 1 28,843 . 482 1 3,006 23
Vegetable products 5,607 2371 3,749 29,291 2,907 151 85 683
Wood products 3,977 . 50,849 . 77 . 237 .
Textiles, clothes and
footwear
6,912 1 1,030 . 235 22 297 73
Food unclassified 4,799 3874 2,461 4,356 246 6,916 80 9,620
Total full containers 183,312 73,880 179,570 63,848 226,932 14,208 148,611 25,511
Total empty containers 64,318 1,024 26,760 4,379 28,403 61,745 63,871 41,,424
Total containers 247,630 74,904 206,330 68,227 255,335 75,953 212,482 66,935
% full 74.0 98.6 87.0 93.6 88.9 18.7 69.9 38.1
Full TEU 744,028 589,384
Empty TEU 127,620 300,738
All TEU 871,648 890,122
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18. Land transportation mode – road or rail
In the year to December 2013, 74.3 percent of TEU were reported as having been transported to or from
a port by road, 21.7 percent of TEU were reported as having been moved by rail, and the remaining 4.0
percent could have been moved by either land mode.7
Note: These figures do not include CentrePort, who asked that their land transportation mode figures not
be made public.
These numbers have been impacted by a data feed issue at Port of Tauranga in the first and second
quarter of 2013, which has affected the numbers for both Port of Tauranga and MetroPort. We believe
that around 15,000 gate-in and gate-outs have been affected, and are not included in these figures. This
issue should not materially affect the percentages above.
7 MetroPort is a „dry port‟ located in Auckland. Cargo is transported via train between Tauranga and MetroPort for distribution and
transportation. These reports do not include MetroPort gate-in or gate-out information to avoid double counting movements between
Tauranga and MetroPort.
0
100000
200000
300000
400000
500000
600000
700000
800000
900000
Road Rail Unknown
TE
U
Figure D16: Land mode to and from ports (TEU)
In
Out
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Figures D17 and D18 expand on the information provided in Figure D16, showing the proportion of entry
and exits made by road from individual ports. Both Port Nelson and South Port have 100 percent of their
entry and exits made by road, as neither port has rail access to its container terminal. Port Otago had
38.6 percent and 48.3 percent of their gate-in and gate-out respectively by road, with 29.2 percent and
26.3 percent of entries and exits respectively made by unknown land mode, meaning the road figures
may be misleading.
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Ports of Auckland
MetroPort Port of Tauranga
Port of Napier
Port Taranaki
Port Nelson Lyttelton PrimePort Timaru
Port Otago South Port
Figure D17: Percentage of road entry to ports (TEU)
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Ports of Auckland
MetroPort Port of Tauranga
Port of Napier
Port Taranaki
Port Nelson Lyttelton PrimePort Timaru
Port Otago South Port
Figure D18: Percentage of road exit from ports (TEU)
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19. Coastal movements of containers on domestic ships
Containers are carried on both international and domestic ships. The vessels regarded as domestic for
FIGS purposes are the Santa Regina, the Spirit of Endurance, the Spirit of Independence, and the Monte
Stello.
Figure D19 shows the share of coastal movements on domestic ships. In the year to December 2013,
25.7 percent of coastal cargo was carried on domestic ships. This is an increase of 1.7 percent over the
year to September 2013, which can likely be attributed to the larger capacity of Pacifica‟s new vessel,
the Spirit of Independence, which has a TEU capacity of 672, compared with the Spirit of Resolution’s
382. Prior to 17 December 2012, the Spirit of Resolution was operating, instead of the Spirit of
Independence.
Table 14 shows that international ships carry 74.3 percent of the combined full and empty containers.
Table 14: Domestic and international ships – full and empty containers
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
Export transhipment load
Import transhipment load Domestic load Unknown movement to North Island
Unknown movement to South Island
Figure D19: Share of containerised coastal movements on domestic ships (TEU)
0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000
International ship full container International ship empty container
NZ ship full container NZ ship empty container
TE
U
Figure D20: Coastal movements (TEU)
Export transhipment load
Import transhipment load
Domestic load
Unknown movement to North Island
Unknown movement to South Island
Total TEU % of total
Domestic ship - full container 62,741 19 Total domestic
26% Domestic ship - empty container 20,275 6
International ship - full container 121,286 38 Total international
International ship - empty container 118,988 37 74%
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20. Hazardous containerised cargo
The shippers define whether cargo is „hazardous‟. Examples of the types of cargo defined as hazardous
include chemicals, poisons, and gas cylinders.
Figure D21 shows the split of hazardous TEU by shipment type. 77.3 percent of TEU that are hazardous
are imports. Exports account for 12.4 percent and the remaining 10.3 percent are export and import
transhipments, re-exports, domestic movements, and unknown movements.
Figure D22 breaks down the percentage of hazardous cargo for each container movement type in TEU
and net tonnes.
Figure D21: Hazardous full TEU
Export
Import
Export transhipment
Import transhipment
Re-export
Domestic
Unknown North Island
Unknown South Island
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
Export Import Export transhipment
Import transhipment
Re-export Domestic Overall
Figure D22: Percentage of cargo that is hazardous, by shipment type
% hazardous full TEU
% hazardous net tonnes
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Section E – Container Handling Statistics
The following graphs show the relative container handling productivity of New Zealand‟s six largest
container ports; Auckland, Tauranga, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Otago. Information is provided
from 2009.
Data for Australia is provided until the end of June 2013, and is obtained from the Australian Department of Infrastructure and Transport‟s January 2014 report „Waterline 53‟.8
Figure E1 shows the total number of containers moved by each of the ports since 2009. There are slight
differences between the total container movements reported in the FIGS and container handling
statistics data. This difference is due to the inclusion of „restows‟ in the container handling data that are
not included in FIGS. This is appropriate, as restows add to port activity, but not freight movement.
Across the six ports, the difference caused in container volumes is 2.5 percent, with the container
handling statistics volumes being higher by 11,018 containers in the December 2013 quarter.
8 The Waterline 53 report is available through the Australian Department of Infrastructure and Transport, and at
http://www.bitre.gov.au/publications/2014/water_053.aspx.
0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000
140000
160000
Figure E1: Containers moved
Auckland
Tauranga
Napier
Wellington
Lyttelton
Otago
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The ship rate is the rate at which a ship is unloaded – how many containers are moved on or off a ship in
an hour. The weighted average ship rate decreased from 73.7 in the September 2013 quarter to 71.8
containers per hour in the December 2013 quarter. Ports of Auckland‟s ship rate, which was highest at
86.0 in the September 2013 quarter, decreased to 80.1 in the December 2013 quarter, while Port of
Napier‟s ship rate increased by 5.1 to 56.5 containers per hour, and Port Otago‟s increased by 13.1 to
74.2. Data is available for Australia up to June 2013, at which time New Zealand‟s weighted average
ship rate of 67.9 containers per hour exceeded the average Australia‟s top five ports by 10.3 containers
per hour.9
9 The Australian ports identified here are Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Freemantle. Collectively, these five ports move
90 percent of Australia‟s container traffic.
0
10
20
30
40
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80
90
100
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ur
Figure E2: Ship rate Auckland
Tauranga
Napier
Wellington
Lyttelton
Otago
NZ Weighted average
Australia's top five average
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The crane rate is the number of containers a dockside crane lifts on or off a container ship in an hour.10
The average crane rate was 32.8 containers per hour in the December 2013 quarter, a decrease from
the 33.7 containers per hour moved in the September 2013 quarter. However, Port of Napier‟s crane rate
increased from 22.8 to 24.4 containers per hour. In the June 2013 quarter, the New Zealand crane rate
of 32.2 containers per hour exceeded the average Australia‟s top five ports by 2.0 containers per hour.
The vessel rate is the number of containers loaded and unloaded from a ship divided by the amount of
labour time. The New Zealand weighted average for the December 2013 quarter was 60.1 containers
per labour hour, a decrease from the 61.6 containers per hour lifted in the September 2013 quarter.
The vessel rate at Ports of Auckland decreased to 71.3 containers per hour in the December 2013
quarter, from 76.3 in the September 2013 quarter. In the June 2013 quarter, the New Zealand weighted
average vessel rate was 56.2 containers lifted, exceeding Australia‟s top five average of 45.5.
10 Napier is the only port to use a mobile crane, with the other five using gantry cranes. It is thus difficult to compare Napier with the
other New Zealand ports.
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30
35
40
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Figure E3: Crane rate Auckland
Tauranga
Napier
Wellington
Lyttelton
Otago
NZ Weighted average
Australia's top five average
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
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ho
ur
Figure E4: Vessel rate Auckland
Tauranga
Napier
Wellington
Lyttelton
Otago
NZ Weighted average
Australia's top five average
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Section F – Rail Data
Figure F1 shows total rail movements by region for the year to December 2013. This way of displaying
data results in some instances of „overlaps‟, as a movement from the West Coast to Canterbury is
counted as both a movement from the West Coast and a movement to Canterbury.
The largest group of movements was within the Bay of Plenty region, followed by movements into
Canterbury. Total rail tonnes for the year to December 2013 were relatively unchanged from the year
ending September 2013.
Figure F2 shows movements by rail tonne-kms for the year to December 2013. Movements into
Canterbury were the largest amount of tonne-kms, followed by movements out of Auckland and the West
Coast.
Tonne-kms are tonnes carried multiplied by the kilometres moved, i.e. three tonnes of freight moved two
kilometres is six tonne-km.
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Figure F2: Rail movements - tonne kms January 2013-December 2013
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The following graphs provide a breakdown of rail tonnes and rail tonne-kms by commodity type. The largest commodity type was dairy and milk products, which were 21.0 percent of rail tonnes, followed by wood products, with 18.4 percent. Unspecified freight decreased from 11.2 of rail tonnes in the year to September 2013 quarter, to 10.0 percent of rail tonnes in the year to December 2013.
„Empty container‟ refers to empty shipping containers, whereas „empty rail container‟ is a container
owned by KiwiRail and used exclusively on rail.
Total net rail tonne km was relatively unchanged in the year ending December 2013, against the year
ending September 2013. There was a 4.3 percent increase in the rail tonne-kms for wood products in the
year ending December 2013, above the rail tonne-kms for the year ending September 2013.
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The average rail haul for the year to December 2013 was 263 km. The largest average haul was rubber
at 1,017 km, and the smallest was machinery at 125 km.
See data tables for more rail freight information.
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Average
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Appendix A – Quarterly Trade Commodity Codes
Cargo is classified using the Harmonised System (HS); see www.foreign-
trade.com/reference/hscode.htm for more detail.
The HS codes have been grouped as follows for FIGS reporting:
FIGS category Harmonised code(s)
Meat 2
Fish 3
Dairy 4
Animal: other 1,5
Vegetables and fruit 6-15
Foodstuffs 16-24
Minerals, coal, fuel 25-27
Chemicals/plastics/rubbers 28-40
Hides, skins, leather 41-43
Wood products 44-46
Paper products 47-49
Textiles/footwear/headwear 50-67
Stone/glass 68-71
Metals 72-83
Machinery/electrical 84-85
Vehicles (road, rail, air, sea) 86-89
Other (*) 90-97
Confidential Coded as 98 by Statistics New
Zealand
(*) includes optical fibres, photographic, clocks, watches, musical instruments, arms and ammunition,
furniture and furnishings, lighting fixtures, toys, games, sports equipment, art and antiques