Port of Wellington

🇳🇿 New Zealand

Oceania · Multi-Purpose Port

UN/LOCODE
NZWLG
Country
🇳🇿 New Zealand
Port Type
Multi-Purpose Port
Ocean Region
Oceania
Latitude
-41.2800° S
Longitude
174.7800° E

Maritime Risk Context

Wellington 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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Vessel Mix

Limited port-call data — fewer than 10 distinct vessels observed at Wellington in the last 180 days. ArcNautical does not publish a vessel-type breakdown for low-traffic ports to avoid statistically misleading percentages.

Port State Control Context

Wellington 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 Wellington

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

ArrivedVesselFlagType
2026-06-13 KAITAKI 🇳🇿 NZ Passenger
2026-06-12 KAITAKI 🇳🇿 NZ Passenger
2026-06-12 KAITAKI 🇳🇿 NZ Passenger
2026-06-11 KAITAKI 🇳🇿 NZ Passenger
2026-06-10 KAITAKI 🇳🇿 NZ Passenger
2026-06-09 KAITAKI 🇳🇿 NZ Passenger
2026-06-06 KAITAKI 🇳🇿 NZ Passenger
2026-06-06 KAITAKI 🇳🇿 NZ Passenger
2026-06-05 KAITAKI 🇳🇿 NZ Passenger
2026-06-05 MSC RINI III 🇱🇷 LR Cargo

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