Two international NZ hubs identified

Development of the Port of Tauranga and Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) as the sole 7000-teu vessel-capable ports in New Zealand could deliver a NZ$338m (US$244m) per year benefit to the country’s economy from 2015-2016.

Contrastingly, The Question of Bigger Ships: Securing New Zealand’s International Supply Chain report prepared by the New Zealand Shippers’ Council, said failing to efficiently handle the next-generation callers could reduce New Zealand to a feeder destination off Australia.

It predicts losing the country’s existing level and quality of shipping services to South East Asia alone would see costs for exporters rise NZ$194m (US$140m) per year to ship via Australia, with the additional threat of longer transit times seriously jeopardising chilled product exports.
(Source:www.portstrategy.com)