Port and Container Depot Tariffs (Road Freight)

This publicly available information has been collated by Transporting New Zealand and was current as at 3 June 2025

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Port of Tauranga

         (1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025)

      Mount Maunganui Vehicle Access Gate Charge

$8.00+ GST / per entry event

Payable from 1 July 2025 onward

      Tauranga Container Terminal Vehicle Booking System (VBS)

$29.40 / transaction

(cancelled within 4 hrs from commencement of booked slot)

$11.50 / transaction

(cancelled within 4 hrs from commencement of booked slot)

$63.75 / transaction

(cancelled within 4 hrs from commencement of booked slot)

$63.75 / no show

(An on-time arrival is calculated as truck arrival within window.
1 x 30 min slot prior to booked slot and 2 x 30 mins slots after booked slot, an expired charge is for all transactions
between 0600 and 2000 Mon – Fri where the transaction has not been processed 4 hours after completion of the on-time window)

$29.40 / no show / expired notification

(Peak Period)

$11.50 / no show / expired notification

(Off-peak Period)

*TCT Peak Periods are as follows: Monday to Friday 0500-1600 hrs / Saturday 0600-1600
**TCT Off-Peak periods are as follows: All Hours outside peak hours above

Port of Auckland

(Effective 1 January 2025 – July 2026)

$130.00 per container

(Terminal and Multi-Cargo)

$75.00 per container

(Terminal and Multi-Cargo)

$100.00 per container

(Terminal and Multi-Cargo)

$55.00 per container

(Terminal)

$55.00 per container

(Multi-Cargo)

Napier Port

        (Any adjustments typically implemented 1 October each year)

      Containers (Main Port Western Gate and Thames 1 & 2 Empty Container Depots)

        (located off-site in Pandora)

$20.00 per container
$97.35 per container

(This fee will apply when a transport operator presents at Napier Port without a valid booking and the Gatehouse team are
required to manually process the container(s). The terminal will decide whether the container will be processed or turned away)

$129.76 per container

(The above fee applies when a booking has been made but the transport operator does not arrive)

      Bulk Cargo (typically at the Main Port Eastern Gate)

$15.00 per vehicle

Lyttelton Port

$50.00 per container

(Charged per container to Trucking Companies for all Road R&D movements via VBS. Applies to Lyttelton Container Terminal, CityDepot and MidlandPort (empties))

$30.00 per booking

(Charged per booking when the truck arrives within half an hour after the booked time zone)

$20.00 per booking

(Charged for any booking that is listed at any time)

Port of Auckland

(Effective 1 January 2025 – July 2026)

$130.00 per container

(Terminal and Multi-Cargo)

$75.00 per container

(Terminal and Multi-Cargo)

$100.00 per container

(Terminal and Multi-Cargo)

$55.00 per container

(Terminal)

$55.00 per container

(Multi-Cargo)

$24.00 per load

(Multi-Cargo)

$24.00 per load

(Multi-Cargo)

Napier Port

(Any adjustments typically implemented 1 October each year)

Containers (Main Port Western Gate and Thames 1 & 2 Empty Container Depots)

(located off-site in Pandora)

$20.00 per container
$97.35 per container

(This fee will apply when a transport operator presents at Napier Port without a valid booking and the Gatehouse team are
required to manually process the container(s). The terminal will decide whether the container will be processed or turned away)

$129.76 per container

(The above fee applies when a booking has been made but the transport operator does not arrive)

Bulk Cargo (typically at the Main Port Eastern Gate)

$15.00 per vehicle

Matchbox Exchange – Containers

As at 1 January 2024

$50.00 per container
$25.00 per party per container

ContainerCo

 

Tauranga Container Park (TCP)

(effective from 1 September 2024)

$60

charged per confirmed booking for pick-up or drop-off

$30

Applied in addition to the VBS Timeslot Fee for each VBS Timeslot serviced 16 minutes or more prior to the commencement of The Zone

$30

Applied in addition to the VBS Timeslot Fee for each VBS Timeslot serviced 16 minutes or more after the end of The Zone

$75

Applied in addition to the VBS Timeslot Fee for each VBS Timeslot booked but not utilised

$75

Applied per booking created manually on behalf of the Transport Operator

$50

If access to a ContainerCo facility is restricted a reconnection fee per restricted facility may apply.

CRS – Panmure and Tauranga Depots

(Effective 1 April 2025; bookings and payment via ContainerChain)

$60

KiwiRail CT sites

Southdown Container Terminal

Neilson St, Penrose, Auckland (bookings through ContainerChain)

$7
$21

Applies when the Transport Operator fails to turn up for a VBS booking. This is additional to the Booking Fee.

$14

Applies when the Transport Operator cancels a VBS booking within 4 hours of the commencement of the booked time slot. This is additional to the Booking Fee.

KiwiRail Ancillary Surcharges

(from 1 July 2024)

$58

Per day or part day/per container

$85

Per day or part day/per container

$58

Per day or part day/per container

$85

Per day or part day/per container

Qube Logistics

(Effective 1 February 2025)

 

Auckland (Penrose, Ōtāhuhu, Wiri)

$75
$29.50
$60

Hamilton, Tauranga, Christchurch

$60
$29.50
$60

Timaru

$20
$20
$20

Wiri Inland Port Freight Hub

(Bookings and payments via ContainerChain)

$10
$35
$35