First Quarter 2026 Trade Volumes

NZX AND MEDIA RELEASE
13 January 2026
Napier Port first-quarter 2026 trade volumes
Napier Port (NZX.NPH) today releases trade volume data for the first quarter ended 31 December 2025.
Compared to the first-quarter 2025, trade volumes increased 1.6% for containerised cargo, increased
2.6% for bulk cargo, and decreased 37.5% for cruise.
Container Services
Total container volumes increased by 1.6% to 45k TEU
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from 44k TEU in the same period a year ago.
Underlying full, or “cargo laden”, container volumes (i.e. excluding empties and other container
movements) increased 1.4% and total empty and other container movement volumes increased 1.8%.
Dry export cargo increased by 5.9% to 13k TEU from 12k TEU in the same period a year ago. This is
mainly due to higher timber exports.
Reefer export cargo increased by 4.9% when compared with the same period a year ago.
Containerised imports increased by 17.5% to 24k TEU from 20k TEU. The increase was driven by empty
container imports increasing 32.6% to 17k TEU.
Other container movements, including transhipped containers and DLRs, decreased to 2k TEU from 5k
TEU due to lower container repositioning activity compared to the first quarter of the prior year.
Container vessel calls increased to 64 ships from 61 ships in the prior year.
Bulk Cargo
Total Bulk Cargo volume of 0.94 million tonnes increased 2.6% compared to the same period a year ago.
Log exports increased 1.9% to 0.74 million tonnes.
Other bulk exports increased 24k tonnes, or 152%, to 39k tonnes due to higher coastal fertiliser
movements.
Bulk cargo imports decreased by 14k tonnes, or 8%, to 159k tonnes as increased fertiliser partially
offset decreased oil products imports.
Charter vessel calls increased to 66 from 63 in the same quarter a year ago.
Cruise Services
Cruise vessel calls during the first quarter were 15, down from 24 in the prior year. Average cruise vessel
size and passengers per vessel increased by between 15% and 20% compared to the same period a year
ago.
Napier Port currently has actual calls plus remaining bookings totalling 59 cruise vessels for this cruise
season.

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Twenty-foot container equivalent unit.

Napier Port First-Quarter 2026 Trade Volume Data
The below trade volume data provides a summary of the results for the first quarter ended 31 December
2025 compared to the same period in the prior year.
Container Services
TEU (000s)^
Q1
FY2026
Actual
Q1
FY2025
Actual
Exports



Wood pulp & timber 9 8

Canned food / other food & beverage 2 2

Other dry 3 2

Total dry 13 12


Apples & pears 1 1

Meat 3 3

Fresh & other chilled produce 1 1

Total reefer 5 5


Empty 1 2

Total exports 19 19

Imports



Dry 6 6

Reefer 1 1

Empty 17 13

Total imports 24 20


Other container movements (‘DLRs and Tranships’) 2 5

Total Container Services volume 45 44

Vessels



Container vessel calls 64 61

^Rounded to nearest thousand TEU


Bulk Cargo
Kilotonnes
Q1
FY2026
Actual
Q1
FY2025
Actual

Log exports 740 726

Other exports 39 16

Imports 159 172

Total Bulk Cargo volume 938 914

Vessels

Charter vessel calls 66 63

Cruise Services

Q1
FY2026
Actual
Q1
FY2025
Actual
Vessels



Cruise vessel calls 15 24


ENDS
For more information:

Investors Media
Kristen Lie Chris Lonergan
Chief Financial Officer Communications Manager
DDI: +64 6 833 4405 DDI: +64 6 833 4521
E: kristenl@napierport.co.nz E: chrisl@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 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.
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