Berthing window issues in NZ

Shipping lines are reporting congestion-related issues throughout New Zealand’s port network, with little capacity existing to accommodate the realities of vessels frequently arriving outside of their scheduled berthing windows.

According to Mr Stevens, attention is most notably centred on POAL (image is of POAL in 2008) Photo: Ingolfson/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain

Shipping lines are reporting congestion-related issues throughout New Zealand’s port network, with little capacity existing to accommodate the realities of vessels frequently arriving outside of their scheduled berthing windows.