Good afternoon,
Please find below our hours of operation for the Christmas and New Year 2024/2025 period.
To avoid congestion and to support efficient port operations, we ask that all customers/stakeholders do their best to ensure timely cargo management throughout the holiday season.
Proposed operational hours are as follows; (the times specified below are subject to change upon operational demands and confirmation of vessel schedules.)
Important note:
Kiwi Rail have confirmed that there will be an extended ‘block of line’ over the holiday period extending to end January 2025. This will have a limited effect on rail activities between POAL and Southdown but a significant impact from 3rd January to end January 2025 for rail freight services between Auckland and Hamilton. Kiwi Rail have advised that over this period they intend to road bridge containers between Southdown Auckland and Hamilton which will add to road demand and potential congestion at Southdown.
We are uncertain what impact this will have on volume flows or gate demand at POAL over this time but we are making preparations now and planning contingencies to mitigate any delays where applicable to help with additional volume if needed.
We will provide further updates as necessary and we appreciate all efforts to help keep freight flowing over this time.
Import demurrage:
As per our price schedule if your demurrage free time includes the dates of 25th/26th December or 1st/2nd January these will not be counted towards the free time allocation. Hazardous Storage allowable dwell time and reefer power & monitoring remain the same. Please contact Customer Service, if you have Dangerous Goods container queries.
Fergusson R & D – We will provide a further update if the R&D operating hours change, based on demand,
Multi-cargo R&D operating hours: These are subject to change depending upon the Shipping Line and their stevedores decision for operations. Shipping Lines will advise customers and we will send out a notification if we are advised of any changes. *These dates/hours will be advised closer to the time.
