Port Napier overtakes Ports of Auckland in export volumes

Port Napier overtakes Ports of Auckland in export volumes
Dec. 11 (BusinessDesk) – Napier Port has overtaken Ports of Auckland to become the North Island’s second largest export port, its annual results show. The East Coast port’s annual report shows a 2 percent increase in exports to over 3.7 million tonnes, much of it being forestry-based products. Log volumes were close to 1 million tonnes. An 8.5% lift in the number of containers handled to the end of September saw a record 204,065 TEUs (twenty foot equivalents), which makes Napier Port the fourth largest container port in the country. The por...