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The ships of Lyttelton

Every vessel on the port of Lyttelton’s shipping board, 68 of them on the latest read, the containers, the log carriers, the tankers at the oil berth, the reefers and the cruise ships, what each one carries and where it sails next.

Vessels on the board
68
In the harbour now
1
Container ships
34
The biggest
347 m

In the harbour now

Sarocha Naree logs bulk carrier · Singapore · 200 m

On the board

Tue, 13 Oct, 08:55 · Albatros No. 7 East 29 Oct 2026 · Sarocha Naree logs · from Nelson Sun, 1 Nov, 21:55 · NYK Furano containers · Cashin Quay East · from Auckland · to Napier Mon, 2 Nov, 07:25 · Irvinga fish · No. 3 East Mon, 2 Nov, 08:55 · Albatros No. 1 Breastwork Mon, 2 Nov, 16:55 · YC Fortitude soya bean · No. 2 East · from San Lorenzo · to Auckland Tue, 3 Nov, 05:55 · ANL Waikato containers · Cashin Quay West · from Auckland · to Wellington Wed, 4 Nov, 03:55 · African Roller logs · No. 7 East · from Bell Bay · to Napier Wed, 4 Nov, 05:25 · Gas Blossom LPG · Oil Berth · from sea · to Dunedin Wed, 4 Nov, 06:25 · Celebrity Edge passengers · Cruise Berth · from Tauranga · to Dunedin Wed, 4 Nov, 10:25 · Dream Angel cars/vehicles · Cashin Quay 1 · from Auckland · to Wellington Wed, 4 Nov, 22:00 · CMA CGM Kauri containers · Cashin Quay East · from Auckland · to Wellington Fri, 6 Nov, 06:00 · MSC Augusta III containers · Cashin Quay West · from Port Chalmers · to Wellington Fri, 6 Nov, 16:00 · Maersk Rio Negro containers · Cashin Quay East · from Tauranga · to Port Chalmers Sat, 7 Nov, 13:55 · Forever Confidence petroleum · Oil Berth · from Singapore · to Bluff Sun, 8 Nov, 06:00 · Green Wave containers · Cashin Quay West · from Auckland · to Port Chalmers Mon, 9 Nov, 05:55 · Jupiter Spirit cars/vehicles · Cashin Quay 1 · from Wellington · to sea Mon, 9 Nov, 06:25 · Gaschem Homer LPG · Oil Berth · from Westernport · to Dunedin Mon, 9 Nov, 06:25 · Ponga bananas · No. 2 East · from Wellington · to Tauranga Mon, 9 Nov, 07:00 · Grand Princess passengers · Cruise Berth · from Port Chalmers · to Picton Tue, 10 Nov, 06:00 · ANL Otago containers · Cashin Quay East · from Auckland · to Wellington Tue, 10 Nov, 14:55 · Mistral Aurora petroleum · Oil Berth · from New Plymouth · to Timaru Tue, 10 Nov, 18:55 · Krousson coal · Cashin Quay 1 · from Guangzhou · to Singapore Tue, 10 Nov, 22:55 · African Warbler fertiliser · No. 2 East · from Napier · to sea Wed, 11 Nov, 22:00 · Kota Lembah containers · Cashin Quay East · from Auckland · to Wellington Thu, 12 Nov, 08:00 · Carnival Splendor passengers · Cruise Berth · from Wellington · to Port Chalmers Thu, 12 Nov, 14:00 · Cape Bonavista containers · Cashin Quay West · from Tauranga · to Wellington Thu, 12 Nov, 16:55 · Jervis Bay logs · No. 2 East · from Bluff · to Tauranga Fri, 13 Nov, 06:00 · MSC Somya III containers · Cashin Quay East · from Bluff · to Napier Fri, 13 Nov, 08:55 · Albatros No. 7 East Fri, 13 Nov, 16:00 · Maersk Rio Blanco containers · Cashin Quay East · from Napier · to Port Chalmers Sun, 15 Nov, 06:00 · Androklis containers · Cashin Quay West · from Auckland · to Bluff Sun, 15 Nov, 07:25 · San Discovery fish · No. 3 East · from sea · to sea Sun, 15 Nov, 08:00 · Anthem Of The Seas passengers · Cruise Berth · from Picton · to Port Chalmers Sun, 15 Nov, 22:00 · COSCO Felixstowe containers · Cashin Quay East · from Auckland · to Wellington Tue, 17 Nov, 05:55 · Independent fish · No. 2 East Tue, 17 Nov, 06:00 · OOCL Busan containers · Cashin Quay East · from Auckland · to Wellington Tue, 17 Nov, 06:25 · Gaschem Iliad LPG · Oil Berth · from Botany Bay · to Dunedin Wed, 18 Nov, 22:00 · CMA CGM Ouvea containers · Cashin Quay East · from Auckland · to Wellington Thu, 19 Nov, 06:25 · Dream Jasmine cars/vehicles · Cashin Quay 1 · from Auckland · to Wellington Thu, 19 Nov, 14:00 · Marti Crown containers · Cashin Quay West · from Tauranga · to Wellington Fri, 20 Nov, 06:00 · MSC Davao III containers · Cashin Quay East · from Port Chalmers · to Wellington Fri, 20 Nov, 13:55 · Araon stores · No. 7 East · from Incheon · to Terra Nova Fri, 20 Nov, 16:00 · Maersk Rio Delta containers · Cashin Quay East · from Napier · to Port Chalmers Sun, 22 Nov, 06:00 · CNC Jawa containers · Cashin Quay West · from Auckland · to Port Chalmers Sun, 22 Nov, 22:00 · Volans containers · Cashin Quay East · from Auckland · to Napier Tue, 24 Nov, 06:00 · SC Montreux containers · Cashin Quay East · from Auckland · to Wellington Tue, 24 Nov, 08:00 · Celebrity Edge passengers · Cruise Berth · from Port Chalmers · to Tauranga Wed, 25 Nov, 06:25 · Whero bananas · No. 7 East · from Wellington · to Davao Wed, 25 Nov, 22:00 · Navios Miami containers · Cashin Quay East · from Auckland · to Wellington Thu, 26 Nov, 06:25 · Victoire LPG · Oil Berth · from Botany Bay · to New Plymouth Thu, 26 Nov, 06:55 · Irvinga fish · No. 3 West Fri, 27 Nov, 06:00 · MSC Augusta III containers · Cashin Quay East · from Port Chalmers · to Wellington Fri, 27 Nov, 08:55 · Albatros Cruise Berth Fri, 27 Nov, 16:00 · Maersk Rio Alfa containers · Cashin Quay East · from Tauranga · to Port Chalmers Sun, 29 Nov, 06:00 · San Giorgio containers · Cashin Quay East · from Auckland · to Port Chalmers Sun, 29 Nov, 22:00 · BF Giant containers · Cashin Quay East · from Auckland · to Napier Tue, 1 Dec, 06:00 · Kota Lestari containers · Cashin Quay East · from Auckland · to Wellington Tue, 1 Dec, 08:00 · Viking Venus passengers · Cruise Berth · from sea · to sea Wed, 2 Dec, 22:00 · Norfolk containers · Cashin Quay East · from Auckland · to Wellington Thu, 3 Dec, 06:25 · Siem Copernicus cars/vehicles · Cashin Quay 1 · from Auckland · to Wellington Thu, 3 Dec, 08:00 · Carnival Splendor passengers · Cruise Berth · from Wellington · to Port Chalmers Thu, 3 Dec, 14:00 · Cape Bonavista containers · Cashin Quay West · from Tauranga · to Wellington Fri, 4 Dec, 06:00 · MSC Somya III containers · Cashin Quay East · from Bluff · to Napier Fri, 4 Dec, 16:00 · Maersk Rio Bravo containers · Cashin Quay East · from Tauranga · to Port Chalmers Sun, 6 Dec, 06:00 · Green Wave containers · Cashin Quay East · from Auckland · to Port Chalmers Sun, 6 Dec, 22:00 · GSL Kithira containers · Cashin Quay East · from Auckland · to Wellington Mon, 7 Dec, 12:55 · Thomas Harrison fish · No. 3 West · from sea · to sea Tue, 8 Dec, 06:00 · Xin Zhang Zhou containers · Cashin Quay West · from Tauranga · to Hong Kong Wed, 9 Dec, 10:55 · Amaltal Explorer in for docking, out with fish · Cruise Berth · from sea · to sea Wed, 9 Dec, 22:00 · CMA CGM Lekki containers · Cashin Quay East · from Auckland · to Wellington Thu, 10 Dec, 14:00 · Marti Crown containers · Cashin Quay West · from Tauranga · to Wellington Fri, 11 Dec, 06:00 · MSC Davao III containers · Cashin Quay East · from Port Chalmers · to Wellington Fri, 11 Dec, 08:00 · Viking Venus passengers · Cruise Berth · from sea · to sea Fri, 11 Dec, 08:55 · Albatros No. 2 East Fri, 11 Dec, 16:00 · Maersk Rio India containers · Cashin Quay East · from Tauranga · to Port Chalmers Sat, 12 Dec, 06:25 · Kakariki bananas · No. 7 East · from Wellington · to Davao Sun, 13 Dec, 05:55 · Gas Blossom LPG · Oil Berth · from sea · to Dunedin Sun, 13 Dec, 06:00 · Androklis containers · Cashin Quay West · from Auckland · to Bluff Sun, 13 Dec, 07:00 · Royal Princess passengers · Cruise Berth · from sea · to sea Sun, 13 Dec, 08:00 · Azamara Pursuit passengers · No. 2 East · from Port Chalmers · to Wellington Sun, 13 Dec, 22:00 · NYK Fushimi containers · Cashin Quay East · from Auckland · to Napier Mon, 14 Dec, 06:55 · Mainstream fish · No. 7 East Tue, 15 Dec, 06:00 · Neokastro containers · Cashin Quay East · from Auckland · to Wellington Wed, 16 Dec, 06:25 · Dream Angel cars/vehicles · Cashin Quay 1 · from Auckland · to Wellington Wed, 16 Dec, 13:55 · Araon stores · No. 7 East · from Terra Nova · to Antarctica

Lyttelton Port Company’s own estimates, read 1 November 2026; times shift as ships move.

The lanes

Where the ships on the board come from and where they sail next: the port’s own leg of each voyage.

From Auckland 28 calls
To Wellington 27 calls
To Port Chalmers 13 calls
From Tauranga 10 calls
From sea 8 calls
To sea 8 calls
To Napier 7 calls
From Port Chalmers 7 calls
From Wellington 6 calls
To Dunedin 5 calls
To Tauranga 3 calls
To Bluff 3 calls
From Napier 3 calls
From Bluff 3 calls
From Botany Bay, Australia 2 calls
To Davao, Philippines 2 calls

What the port moves

The cargo each visit on the board is listed for.

containers 41 calls
passengers 10 calls
fish 7 calls
LPG 5 calls
cars/vehicles 5 calls
logs 3 calls
bananas 3 calls
petroleum 2 calls
stores 2 calls
soya bean 1 call
coal 1 call
fertiliser 1 call

The container ships

NYK Furano 267 m · Singapore ANL Waikato 261 m · Liberia CMA CGM Kauri 255 m · Malta MSC Augusta III 222 m · Portugal Maersk Rio Negro 287 m · Singapore Green Wave 172 m · Liberia ANL Otago 261 m · Liberia Kota Lembah 265 m · Singapore Cape Bonavista 172 m · Marshall Islands MSC Somya III 207 m · Liberia Maersk Rio Blanco 286 m · Singapore Androklis 172 m · Liberia COSCO Felixstowe 280 m · United Kingdom OOCL Busan 260 m · Hong Kong CMA CGM Ouvea 255 m · Malta Marti Crown 170 m · Liberia MSC Davao III 208 m · Panama Maersk Rio Delta 286 m · Singapore CNC Jawa 172 m · Singapore Volans 265 m · Liberia SC Montreux 264 m · Marshall Islands Navios Miami 262 m · Liberia Maersk Rio Alfa 286 m · Singapore San Giorgio 170 m · Cyprus BF Giant 262 m · Liberia Kota Lestari 266 m · Singapore Norfolk 262 m · Liberia Maersk Rio Bravo 286 m · Singapore GSL Kithira 294 m · Liberia Xin Zhang Zhou 263 m · China CMA CGM Lekki 255 m · Malta Maersk Rio India 287 m · Singapore NYK Fushimi 267 m · Singapore Neokastro 269 m · Liberia

The cruise ships

Celebrity Edge 306 m · Malta Grand Princess 290 m · Bermuda Carnival Splendor 290 m · Panama Anthem Of The Seas 347 m · Bahamas Viking Venus 228 m · Norway Royal Princess 330 m · Bermuda Azamara Pursuit 180 m · Malta

The bulk carriers

Sarocha Naree in port now 200 m · Singapore YC Fortitude 180 m · Panama African Roller 180 m · Liberia Krousson 229 m · Portugal African Warbler 180 m · Bahamas Jervis Bay 180 m · Singapore

The fishing vessels

Irvinga 105 m · New Zealand San Discovery 64 m · New Zealand Independent 105 m · New Zealand Thomas Harrison 43 m · New Zealand Amaltal Explorer 66 m · New Zealand Mainstream 105 m · New Zealand

The tankers

Gas Blossom 100 m · Panama Forever Confidence 183 m · Hong Kong Gaschem Homer 100 m · Liberia Mistral Aurora 147 m · Liberia Gaschem Iliad 100 m · Liberia Victoire 86 m · Panama

The vehicle carriers

Dream Angel 186 m · Panama Jupiter Spirit 183 m · Liberia Dream Jasmine 186 m · Panama Siem Copernicus 184 m · Singapore

The reefers

Ponga 158 m · Panama Whero 158 m · Panama Kakariki 158 m · Panama

The special purpose vessels

Albatros 79 m · Netherlands

The research vessels

Araon 111 m · South Korea

Port notices

Berth lockouts and no-shipping windows on the same board.

Berth Lockout Tue, 3 Nov, 12:30 · to Wed, 4 Nov, 06:00 · Cruise Berth
Berth Lockout Mon, 9 Nov, 08:00 · to Mon, 9 Nov, 17:00 · No. 3 East
No Shipping Wed, 11 Nov, 12:00 · to Wed, 11 Nov, 13:00
Berth Lockout Mon, 16 Nov, 07:00 · to Mon, 16 Nov, 13:00 · Oil Berth
No Shipping Tue, 17 Nov, 12:00 · to Tue, 17 Nov, 13:30
Berth Lockout Mon, 14 Dec, 07:00 · to Mon, 14 Dec, 13:00 · Oil Berth
No Shipping Tue, 15 Dec, 12:00 · to Tue, 15 Dec, 13:30

Questions, answered briefly

How many ships are on the Lyttelton board?

68 vessels on the port’s published schedule right now, 34 container ships, 6 bulk carriers, 6 tankers, 4 vehicle carriers, 7 cruise ships, 3 reefers, 6 fishing vessels, 1 research vessel and 1 special purpose vessel. Each page carries the visit the board lists, the cargo and where it sails next.

What does the port of Lyttelton import and export?

Everything Canterbury trades: containers in and out on the weekly services, logs and coal out on the bulk carriers, cars off the vehicle carriers, fuel and gas at the oil berth, bananas and frozen fish on the reefers, and passengers off the cruise berth through summer.

What is the biggest ship that comes to Lyttelton?

On the current board the Anthem Of The Seas, a 347 m cruise ship.

Where does the shipping board come from?

Lyttelton Port Company’s own public schedule, the board the port keeps for shipping agents and cargo owners. Times are the port’s estimates, updated as ships move; the page says when the board was read.

The record behind this

The board is Lyttelton Port Company’s own public shipping schedule, the list it keeps for shipping agents and cargo owners, read 1 November 2026. Arrival and departure times are its estimates and shift as ships move; each ship page keeps its own row.

This page as markdown: /ship.md · the roll as data: /ships.json · the port’s live board: portcontrol.lpc.co.nz · the working wharves: /pier · Lyttelton the suburb: /lyttelton · the coast: /coast.