Australian & New Zealand Port Terminals Update September 2022

Sydney
Patrick: Vessel delays around 1-3 days.
DP World: Average delay is 3 days for vessels that are already arriving off the berthing window.

Melbourne
Patrick: Vessel delays are around 1-2 days.
VICT: For week 37 commencing Monday 12th September 2022 VICT are currently y seeing off
window vessels experiencing 48 – 72hrs delays but expect this to be cleared within a fortnight. 
DP World: 1-to-2-day average delay for vessels that are already delayed and arriving off the berthing window.

Brisbane
Patrick: Vessel delays averaging around 1day for off window vessels depending on arrival.
DP World: Vessel delays around 1 day.

Fremantle
Patrick: Terminal vessel delays of 1 to 2 days. Some vessel bunching starting to re occur.
DP World: Congestion delay is 1 to 2 days. Vessel bunching with vessels of same service delayed from origin and arriving off the berthing window.

Adelaide
Average delay is 1 to 2 days for vessels that are already arriving off the berthing window.

New Zealand
The average vessel delay in Auckland is around 4-5 days due to congestion and vessel bunching. Auckland terminal utilisation as of 07 September 2022 is at 88%.
POAL reported terminal operations are running well. POAL labour capacity is stabilising although still subject to absenteeism through Winter illnesses as most other businesses are
experiencing. POAL are seeing a lift in our crane deployment working vessels and weekly volume throughput which is assisting with vessel schedules. POAL training of Stevedores across various skills in the terminal continues and POAL expect to see further capacity coming into the operation over the next few months. POAL have reported several vessels at anchor within the last few days seeing delays before berthing but as capacity and throughput
increases, POAL expect to see overtime, such delays reducing.
As a reminder to POAL customers monitoring vessel arrivals, please also refer to the Long Term Berth Plan that POAL also provide on their website. This gives POAL’s best estimate of when a vessel is due to work at the Container Terminal (berthing and sailing dates).
POAL do not manage vessels onto the berth in the order of their arrival but are managing to a sequence of services to ensure all services are handled optimally. This ensures that those services without fixed windows, regardless of being a short or long transit service to Auckland, get a fair number of calls per month as POAL are not yet at a level of capacity throughput where POAL can handle all services on a weekly frequency.
Container/Bulk berths are currently operating at 80% utilisation. This is expected to increase over the next week due to back-to-back vessels inbound to the terminal. ETBs for incoming vessels ops are being planned with caution and terminal capacity heavily reliant on transporter deliveries being conducted promptly.
PCC terminal facilities and the Car Handling Facility volumes are currently at 65% of terminal capacity. Incoming vessel discharges will see terminal capacity usage elevated to be at 100% for at least the next two weeks. POAL will be reliant on transport operators to remove cargo from the terminal within the allocated dwell time.
Congestion continues with large container and breakbulk volumes and MC will remain under pressure. POAL are encouraging transport operators to continue to liaise with the shipping lines on receivals and operating hours.
POAL/MC Ops team request all efforts for key stakeholders to resource for the swift delivery of cargo within its permitted free time. Extensions for free time and any additional storage will not be considered.
Lyttleton incurring average waiting time of 1 to 1.5 days. Tauranga continues to see terminal
congestion, vessel bunching and average delays of 3 days. Tauranga terminal utilisation remains extremely high at 105%.
Carriers continue vessel schedule adjustments to safeguard schedule reliability.