First Quarter 2023 Trade Volumes

NZX AND MEDIA RELEASE
12 January 2023
Napier Port first-quarter 2023 trade volumes
Napier Port (NZX.NPH) today releases trade volume data for the first quarter ended 31 December 2022.
Compared to the same period in the prior year, trade volumes increased 12.8% for containerised cargo
and decreased 0.5% for bulk cargo.
Container Services
Total container volumes increased by 12.8% to 60k TEU
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from 53k TEU in the same period a year ago.
Underlying cargo laden, or ‘full’, container volumes (i.e. excluding empties and other container
movements) were in line with the prior year while total empty and other container movement container
volumes increased 32.1%.
Dry export cargo increased by 6.9% to 17k TEU from 16k TEU in the same period a year ago. Small
increases were observed for wood pulp, due to improved container equipment & shipping availability, and
for canned/other food & beverage. Reefer export cargo volumes were in line with the prior year.
Containerised imports increased by 12.7% to 29k TEU from 26k TEU. The increase was driven by empty
container imports increasing 26.6% to 20k TEU in advance of seasonal produce exports and due to
improved container equipment availability. Dry imports decreased 9.5% to 8k TEU on lower general cargo
and fertiliser.
Other container movements, including DLRs and transhipped containers, increased to 6k TEU from 2k
TEU due to higher container repositioning activity in the quarter.
Container vessel calls were down to 47 ships from 53 ships in the prior year due to continued shipping
service schedule disruptions.
Bulk Cargo
Total Bulk Cargo volume of 0.98 million tonnes was in line with the same period a year ago.
Charter vessel calls increased to 92 from 87 in the same quarter a year ago.
Cruise Services
Cruise vessels calls during the first quarter were 20 compared to nil in the same period in the prior year.
Assuming no further booking cancellations, Napier Port now has actual calls plus remining bookings
totalling 81 cruise vessels for this cruise season, down from the 87 bookings reported earlier.



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Twenty-foot container equivalent unit.

Napier Port First-Quarter 2023 Trade Volume Data
The below trade volume data provides a summary of the results for the first quarter ended 31 December
2022 compared to the same period in the prior year.
Container Services
TEU (000s)^
Q1
FY2023
Actual
Q1
FY2022
Actual
Exports



Wood pulp & timber 12 12

Canned food / other food & beverage 2 2

Other dry 2 2

Total dry 17 16


Apples & pears 1 1

Meat 4 4

Fresh & other chilled produce 2 2

Total reefer 6 6


Empty 2 3

Total exports 25 25

Imports



Dry 8 9

Reefer 1 1

Empty 20 16

Total imports 29 26


Other container movements (‘DLRs and Tranships’) 6 2

Total Container Services volume 60 53

Vessels



Container ship calls 47 53

^Rounded to nearest thousand TEU


Bulk Cargo
Kilotonnes
Q1
FY2023
Actual
Q1
FY2022
Actual

Log exports 738 734

Other exports 47 55

Imports 193 194

Total Bulk Cargo volume 978 983

Vessels

Charter vessel calls 92 87

Cruise Services

Q1
FY2023
Actual
Q1
FY2022
Actual
Vessels



Cruise vessel calls 20 -


ENDS
For more information:

Investors Media
Kristen Lie Jo-Ann Young
Chief Financial Officer Corporate Affairs Manager
DDI: +64 6 833 4405 DDI: +64 6 833 4521
E: kristenl@napierport.co.nz E: jo-anny@napierport.co.nz


About Napier Port
Napier Port is New Zealand’s fourth largest port by container volume. We are the gateway for Hawke’s Bay and
lower North Island’s exports and operate a long-term regional infrastructure asset that supports the regional
economy. Our strategic purpose is to collaborate with the people and organisations that have a stake in helping
our region grow. View Napier Port’s investor centre: www.napierport.co.nz/investor-centre/