Exporting New Zealand
Shipping Services
Cargo ships that carry containers, visit the Port of Tauranga on a regular cycle or schedule.
New Zealand is very isolated from the rest of the world, so it takes some time for a ship to travel from Tauranga to say, Japan.
So that exporters don't have to wait months for a ship to return to Tauranga to pick up their goods, a shipping company might have a number of ships on the same route or Service. This means that every week one ship from that service will arrive in Tauranga to take goods to Japan for instance.
The schedule of arrivals and departures from the Port of Tauranga shows which ships are expected to visit.
Open the schedules and click on the names of any ships expected to call at Tauranga in the next week.
For many of these ships, you will notice that even though one company owns the ship, it will be carrying cargo for a number of other companies which are listed in the pop-up window.
These companies are all working together to provide a Service. The name of the particular service that each ship is working for, is listed under the heading, ‘Trade'.