Port of Lyttelton

🇳🇿 New Zealand

Oceania · Multi-Purpose Port

UN/LOCODE
NZLYT
Country
🇳🇿 New Zealand
Port Type
Multi-Purpose Port
Ocean Region
Oceania
Latitude
-43.6100° S
Longitude
172.7200° E

Maritime Risk Context

In the last 180 days, ArcNautical recorded 15 vessel arrivals at Lyttelton, with Cargo accounting for 47% of port calls — lower than the Oceania regional average of 64%. Lyttelton in New Zealand sits along the Asia-Oceania trade corridor, handling coal, iron ore, LNG, agricultural products, and containerised manufactured goods. Australia's position as the world's largest exporter of iron ore makes its port infrastructure strategically significant for global commodity markets. Tropical cyclone season (November–April) is the primary natural hazard, particularly along Australia's northern and western coasts; the iron ore ports of Western Australia have historically caused global price spikes during cyclone-related closures. Australia's biosecurity and PSC regimes are among the strictest in the world — AMSA inspections under the Tokyo MOU framework focus on vessel safety, crew competency, and environmental compliance, and biosecurity holds for ballast water or hull fouling can cause significant delays.

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Top Vessel Types (last 180 days)

Across 15 distinct vessel arrivals, 15 carry a confirmed AIS ship-type code. The most common categories at Lyttelton:

47%
Cargo
7 vessels
20%
Cargo
3 vessels
13%
Cargo
2 vessels
7%
Dredging
1 vessel
7%
Cargo
1 vessel

Port State Control Context

Lyttelton falls under the Tokyo MoU. The Tokyo Memorandum of Understanding (Asia-Pacific) maintains the most active publicly-available regional PSC programme. Across the last 24 months, the Tokyo MoU detention dataset records 5,331 distinct vessel detentions (sourced from OpenSanctions, as of 2026-06-14). Vessel-level detention probability is computed by ArcNautical using flag performance, vessel age, deficiency history, and ownership opacity.

Recent Arrivals at Lyttelton

Last 10 vessel arrivals recorded by ArcNautical's AIS pipeline (last 90 days):

ArrivedVesselFlagType
2026-06-12 GREEN WAVE 🇱🇷 LR Cargo
2026-06-09 ANL OTAGO 🇱🇷 LR Cargo
2026-06-08 ANL OTAGO 🇱🇷 LR Cargo
2026-06-08 ORIENTAL AQUAMARINE 🇱🇷 LR Tanker
2026-06-07 PATIENCE LAKE 🇭🇰 HK Cargo
2026-06-06 MOANA CHIEF 🇳🇿 NZ Cargo
2026-06-04 MSC RINI III 🇱🇷 LR Cargo
2026-05-31 VITALITY DIVA 🇵🇦 PA Cargo
2026-05-30 MOANA CHIEF 🇳🇿 NZ Cargo
2026-05-29 BRIO FAITH 🇵🇦 PA Cargo

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