NAPIER, the North Island biggest port shipping New Zealand exports, posted a 1.5 per cent increase in year-on-year quarterly container volume to 82,000 TEU, said the port authority.
But reefer export cargo for the third quarter decreased 13.7 per cent to 20,000 TEU. The decrease was driven by lower volumes of export apples and fresh and other chilled produce.
Compared to the third quarter in 2021, container cargo volume increased by 1.5 per cent and bulk cargo volume decreased by two per cent.
'Volumes for the quarter are broadly in line with the prior year, indicating an easing in some of the additional pressures we faced earlier in the year,' said port CEO Todd Dawson.
'Container shipping conditions were largely unchanged with schedule reliability continuing to be unpredictable, resulting in missed or delayed vessels and larger exchanges of cargo across fewer vessel calls,' he said.
Log volumes for the quarter remained relatively high, despite a small decrease compared to the prior year, largely due to the third quarter 2021 being the highest quarterly log export volume on record at napier port, said Mr Dawson.
Lower reefer volumes of apples are being exported as a result of industry labour shortages and weather events during the crop harvest. Other chilled produce volumes have reduced as a result of lower onion exports, also due to industry labour shortages and weather events earlier in the year.
Containerised imports for the third quarter increased 1.9 per cent to 39,000 TEU due to continued growth in dry imports. Dry imports have increased 5.4 per cent during the nine months to June compared to the same period in 2021.
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But reefer export cargo for the third quarter decreased 13.7 per cent to 20,000 TEU. The decrease was driven by lower volumes of export apples and fresh and other chilled produce.
Compared to the third quarter in 2021, container cargo volume increased by 1.5 per cent and bulk cargo volume decreased by two per cent.
'Volumes for the quarter are broadly in line with the prior year, indicating an easing in some of the additional pressures we faced earlier in the year,' said port CEO Todd Dawson.
'Container shipping conditions were largely unchanged with schedule reliability continuing to be unpredictable, resulting in missed or delayed vessels and larger exchanges of cargo across fewer vessel calls,' he said.
Log volumes for the quarter remained relatively high, despite a small decrease compared to the prior year, largely due to the third quarter 2021 being the highest quarterly log export volume on record at napier port, said Mr Dawson.
Lower reefer volumes of apples are being exported as a result of industry labour shortages and weather events during the crop harvest. Other chilled produce volumes have reduced as a result of lower onion exports, also due to industry labour shortages and weather events earlier in the year.
Containerised imports for the third quarter increased 1.9 per cent to 39,000 TEU due to continued growth in dry imports. Dry imports have increased 5.4 per cent during the nine months to June compared to the same period in 2021.
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