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Port Chalmers is the picturesque
container port that serves Otago and Dunedin.
The first container ship visited in 1971 before the container terminal
had been built. In 1977 Prime Minister Robert Muldoon officially
opened the container terminal. According to the Port
Otago Limited Annual Report 2013,
the port "is currently the deepest container port in New Zealand with
a depth of 13 metres at chart datum or low tide." Plans are
underway
to increase the depth to 14 metres. For the financial year ending
June 30, 2013, "Container throughput of
195,400 teu (twenty foot equivalent units) was 14% higher than the
previous year." In addition
to container ships, Port Chalmers handles cruise liners (84 visited
in financial year 2013) and conventional cargoes, notably log
exports. |
Sept. 18, 2013 - The Noble
Regor. |
Sept. 19, 2013 - The Mare Arcticum. |
A truck arrives at the gate. |
A fleet of container straddler
cranes stands at the ready. Note the newer, taller ones capable
of handing three containers. |
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