Container Terminal Hours of Operation: Christmas & New Year Holiday Season

Kia ora,

We know our customers are looking ahead for arrangements across the Christmas and New Year period, so we want to make sure you have Napier Port’s hours of operation – Container Terminal Receiving & Delivery (R&D) and Thames Street I & II Depots – to help you with logistics and planning.

Shipping hours note: Shipping will continue 24/7 as normal except for Christmas Day, with a scheduled close from 2000hrs 24 December, 2025 – 0800hrs 26 December, 2025.

Xmas Eve and New Years Eve we will close at the Gate and Depots at the earlier time of 1400hrs with no Late Trucks available.

CONTAINER TERMINAL HOURS OF OPERATION: CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR HOLIDAY SEASON

*Late process – zones 17 to 18 
Please note: There will be an early close and no late process on Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve

On the days marked with an asterisk (*), Napier Port will offer a late process of import and export containers, provided that the following conditions are met:

• The export container has been pre-advised through the Propel Export Pre-Advice Portal or business-to-business EDI messaging by 4:00pm.
• The import container to be collected is a specific nominated container and not a hazardous or out of gauge container (no block stack containers)
• The container has a Propel VBS booking, with a truck registration included in Propel by 4:00pm.
• The truck enters through Port Security at the Eastern Gate (Marine Parade end) from 4:40pm onwards.

There is no late process for empty returns.

If you have any questions about our holiday season hours of operation, please contact me on robertr@napierport.co.nz.

Thank you and kind regards,

ROBERT VAN ROOYEN
HEAD OF LANDSIDE OPERATIONS