Holiday Season Hours of Operation – Container Terminal R&D and Thames St I & II Depots

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

Please find our holiday season hours of operation set out below. Napier Port R&D will be closed on weekends and public holidays between 18 December 2021 and 9 January 2022.

Please also note: The Container Terminal R&D and Thames Street I & II Depots will reopen on Saturdays from 5 February 2022.

*Late process – zones 18 to 19 
Please note: There will be no late process on Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve

On the days marked with an astrisk, 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 Community Access Portal or business-to-business EDI messaging by 5:00pm
• 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 5:00pm.
• The truck enters through Port Security at the Eastern Gate (Marine Parade end) from 5:40pm 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 chrisw@napierport.co.nz.

CHRIS WYLIE
CONTAINER TERMINAL MANAGER