Third Quarter 2021 Trade Volumes

NZX AND MEDIA RELEASE
9 July 2021
Napier Port third-quarter 2021 trade volumes
Napier Port (NZX.NPH) today releases trade volume data for the third quarter and nine months ended 30
June 2021. Compared to the third quarter in 2020, trade volumes increased by 61.8% for bulk cargo, led
by log exports. Containerised cargo volume increased by 8.3% due to wood pulp and timber and empty
container increases.
Napier Port Chief Executive Todd Dawson said: ‘Log export volumes for June 2021 and for the quarter
were the highest on record. Strong, sustained offshore demand for New Zealand wood is driving
significant growth in the volume of logs exported by our customers.
‘Container volumes are ahead of last year’s COVID-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown affected volumes, which is
also very pleasing given the ongoing disruption to ship calls due to global shipping congestion and adverse
weather events.’
Container Services
Total container volumes for the third quarter of 80k TEU
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increased 8.3% from 74k TEU in the same period
a year ago due to increased volumes of wood pulp and timber exported and empty containers that were
repositioned to Napier Port later than the prior year. For the nine months to June, total container volumes
of 215k TEU increased 2.8% from 210k TEU in the prior period. Full container volumes (i.e. excluding
empties and other container movements) increased 0.9%, and empty and other container movements
increased 5.4%.
Wood pulp and timber exports for the third quarter, which increased by 21.3% on the same period a year
ago, have continued to be affected by shipping schedule disruptions and shipping capacity constraints.
The prior comparative period volume was also negatively affected by COVID-19 when non-essential cargo
ceased to enter the Port during the Alert Level 4 lockdown period from 25 March to 27 April 2020.
Reefer export cargo for the nine months increased 1.4% to 45k TEU. The increase was driven by higher
volumes of export meat and other fresh and chilled produce offset by containerised apples which
decreased 4.8% to 19k TEU.
Other container movements for the nine months, including DLRs and transhipped containers, increased
68.3% to 14k TEU due to increased transhipment activity related to the supply chain disruptions.
Container vessel calls for the nine months were down to 191 ships from 223 ships in the same period last
year, due to ongoing disruptions to shipping schedules and some days of restricted shipping due to
weather events during the third quarter.
Bulk Cargo
Bulk cargo total volume for the third quarter of 1.02 million tonnes was 61.8% higher than the same period
a year ago. Log export volumes for the quarter of 0.82 million tonnes increased 75.6% due to sustained
strong log export market conditions. For the nine month period to June, log export volumes of 2.24 million
tonnes were 36.1% higher than the same period a year ago, and total bulk cargo 29.7% higher. In the

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Twenty-foot container equivalent unit.

prior year period, bulk cargo volumes were negatively affected by the cessation of forest harvesting during
the COVID-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown period.
Charter vessel calls increased to 256 from 223 in the same nine month period a year ago, as a result of
the increase in bulk cargo volume.
Cruise Services
No cruise vessels have called during the nine months due to the closed international border. In the same
period of the prior year 76 cruise ships called at Napier Port.

Napier Port notes that it intends to provide a further interim update to the NZX market regarding our June
quarter trading results on 25 August 2021.
ENDS
For more information:

Investors Media
Kristen Lie Jo-Ann Young
Chief Financial Officer Communications Manager
DDI: +64 6 833 4405 C: +64 27 214 3750
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/

Napier Port Third Quarter 2021 Trade Volume Data
The below trade volume data provides a summary of third quarter and nine months ended 30 June 2021
results compared to the prior period.
Container Services
TEU (000s)^
Q3
FY2021
Actual
Q3
FY2020
Actual
9 Months
FY2021
Actual
9 Months
FY2020
Actual
Exports



Wood pulp & timber 11 9 37 37

Canned food / other food & beverage 2 2 6 6

Other dry 2 3 8 9

Total dry 16 14 51 51


Apples & pears 14 16 19 20

Meat 4 4 14 13

Fresh & other chilled produce 4 4 12 11

Total reefer 23 24 45 44


Empty 1 1 3 3

Total exports 39 39 99 98

Imports



Dry 7 7 22 21

Reefer 1 1 3 3

Empty 30 26 78 79

Total imports 38 34 103 103


Other container movements (‘DLRs
and Tranships’)
3 2 14 9

Total Container Services volume 80 74 215 210

Vessels



Container ship calls 58 76 191 223

^Rounded to nearest thousand TEU


Bulk Cargo
Kilotonnes
Q3
FY2021
Actual
Q3
FY2020
Actual
9 Months
FY2021
Actual
9 Months
FY2020
Actual

Log exports 816 465 2,244 1,648

Other exports 45 33 144 114

Imports 155 131 499 464

Total Bulk Cargo volume 1,016 628 2,886 2,226

Vessels

Charter vessel calls 89 70 256 223

Cruise Services

Q3
FY2021
Actual
Q3
FY2020
Actual
9 Months
FY2021
Actual
9 Months
FY2020
Actual
Vessels


Cruise vessel calls - - - 76