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Report No: 05NZ104 WELLINGTON HARBOUR Issue: Issue 1.1 Operational Risk Assessment harbour entrance on the RoRo services5 . Ferry capacity by vessel ranges from 360 to 1600 passengers. Container vessels, car carriers and bulk carriers collectively account for 800 movements (2004-2005). The number of large foreign fishing vessels visiting Wellington is declining (expected to be less than 100 in 2005-2006). 4.4.1 Gross Tonnage Patterns 1995 to 2004 Table 4 considers the movement data by piloted vessels, and breaks down the movements by gross tonnage. As piloted vessels are mainly customers of CentrePort, it shows an underlying upward trend in vessel size (and thus potential cargo payload), which is belied by an apparently consistent number of movements under pilotage. Vessels trading to the port are thus getting larger – there has been an increase of 45 % in average gross tonnage over the past 10 years6 : Period Piloted Vessels Gross Tonnage (GT) 2004-2005 1412 18 512 2003-2004 1407 18 612 2002-2003 1320 19 090 2001-2002 1304 19 207 2000-2001 1303 17 272 1999-2000 1226 18 241 1998-1999 1352 15 445 1997-1998 1180 16 808 1996-1997 1439 14 382 1995-1996 1418 12 727 Table 4 – Vessel Movements by Pilotage Acts and GT Vessel carrying pilots have been relatively constant in numbers on a historical basis, but there has always been a recordable increase in the summer months (November to March), which corresponds to the time when passenger RoRo ferries carry their highest complements. This corresponds to the time when there are also cruise vessel visits. 5 Passenger numbers exclude cruise vessel complements. 6 This is also relevant to tugs, see section 9.3, tug limitations. Greater Wellington Regional Council / CentrePort Ltd Page 19 of 102
Report No: 05NZ104 WELLINGTON HARBOUR Issue: Issue 1.1 Operational Risk Assessment 4.4.2 Container Traffic Container vessels are the second most frequent visitor to Wellington, although with 360 vessel movements per year, these are still relatively infrequent when compared to the ferry movements. It is interesting to note that in the mid 1990’s to 2003 about 62,000 boxes per annum were handled by Wellington, a relatively steady throughput, which appears inconsistent with the growth in GT. However, since 2003, there appears to have been growth in TEU numbers, rising to a reported 89,000 in 2004/2005. Although this number is small by international standards, it does underpin a scenario of healthy growth at the Port of Wellington. It also would not suggest problems of terminal delay due to container congestion, or ability to handle numbers, although the wider question of road and rail infrastructure to service port facilities is relevant. 4.4.3 Small Vessel Movements Beacon Hill holds data for the overall number of vessels transiting the entrance annually (about 14,000 for the past year). This relates to a figure of approximately 3750 vessels not subject to Pilotage in any form (i.e. under 500GT) transiting the entrance annually. Such vessels include inshore fishing vessels and Cook Strait Cable Protection Zone patrol craft. Other common categories are small charter vessels relocating between Wellington and the Marlborough Sounds (without passengers) and some operating fishing or diving charters along the South Coast. The Wellington Police Maritime Unit launch and Wellington Volunteer Coastguard vessels will also be counted in this data. Also included will be large pleasure craft or any pleasure craft transiting the entrance by night, as these are reporting vessels through Bylaw. In addition to the movements referenced, Wellington harbour supports a wide variety of maritime leisure activities, both organised (by clubs or licensed hirers of pleasure craft) and by the general public. Although most activity takes place over the summer months, leisure use continues steadily throughout the whole year. Many calm periods occur in winter, which makes it possible for leisure activities such as fishing and kayaking /rowing to take place all year round. In addition to vessels and craft transiting the entrance, there are regular movements of commercial vessels within the harbour which are not included in the above statistics, including an estimated 2,500 sailings of the harbour Greater Wellington Regional Council / CentrePort Ltd Page 20 of 102
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