Auckland box throughput down 7.4% in Q1
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Box throughput at the Ports of Auckland for the first three months of this year has fallen 7.4% year-on-year.
The drop follows record high container volumes recorded at the country’s largest container port between July and December last year, said a press release.
Volumes of imported vehicles slumped 54.4% year-on-year.
Industry watchers blame the global recession, a phenomenon that has hit ports around the world.
Meanwhile, Ports of Auckland managing director Jens Madsen said the operator has “introduced a range of measures to curtail costs and are continuing to focus on lifting productivity and labour utilization.”
New productivity highs were apparently achieved in the first three months of this year, with a 10.9% increase in crane rate and 3.6% decrease in staff hours per container compared to the same quarter last year.
Ports of Auckland handles some 50% of all imports and 24% of all exports for the country.
Overall it moves 35% of New Zealand's total annual trade by value – the equivalent of 13% of the country's annual GDP.
The drop follows record high container volumes recorded at the country’s largest container port between July and December last year, said a press release.
Volumes of imported vehicles slumped 54.4% year-on-year.
Industry watchers blame the global recession, a phenomenon that has hit ports around the world.
Meanwhile, Ports of Auckland managing director Jens Madsen said the operator has “introduced a range of measures to curtail costs and are continuing to focus on lifting productivity and labour utilization.”
New productivity highs were apparently achieved in the first three months of this year, with a 10.9% increase in crane rate and 3.6% decrease in staff hours per container compared to the same quarter last year.
Ports of Auckland handles some 50% of all imports and 24% of all exports for the country.
Overall it moves 35% of New Zealand's total annual trade by value – the equivalent of 13% of the country's annual GDP.