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Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services in New Zealand - Market Research Report (2015-2030)

Andrew Ledovskikh Andrew Ledovskikh Melbourne, Australia Last Updated: July 2025 ANZSIC I5299NZ

Revenue

$1.9bn

2025-26

$1.9bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XXX.Xm

Employees

5,514

Businesses

559

Wages

$XXX.Xm

Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services in New Zealand industry analysis

The Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services industry provides a range of transport services not included in other industries, including freight brokerage, road freight and passenger terminal operation, rail station operation, taxi radio base operation and toll road operation. The industry has benefited from the significant global trade disruptions caused by the pandemic, with rising shipping fees and port congestion allowing the industry to significantly increase the fees they charge and boost both revenue and margins. A combination of strong demand for freight brokers amid chaos in global supply chains, and the beginning of an expansion of New Zealand's toll road networks have also led to strong growth in employment in the industry over the past five years.

Trends and Insights

  • Soaring prices for many industry services have bolstered industry revenue. Supply chain disruptions drove up prices across the logistics sector, benefitting freight brokerages. Meanwhile, container terminals have rapidly increased prices charged per container.
  • Industry operators provide a diverse range of services, including container terminal operation and freight brokerage. Container terminal operation is the industry's biggest segment and has grown in recent years on the back of rising prices charged to freight operators.
  • The industry is mainly concentrated in the Auckland, Canterbury and Bay of Plenty regions, accounting for over 60% of industry establishments. These regions are home to New Zealand's largest ports, making them a hub of trade activity.
  • The Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services industry exhibits low competition in key segments. Geographic monopolies for many container terminals operated by major ports and government ownership of toll roads limits competition in these segments.
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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2015-2030)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 9.4 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $1.9bn in 2025.

Trends and Insights

The industry has benefitted from strong pricing growth

  • The industry has experienced strong growth over the past five years, driven in part by supply chain disruptions and rising freight costs, which have encouraged greater pricing increases in some segments of the industry. Growing revenue has not been driven by rising imports and exports, as container cargo throughput has remained relatively flat over the past five years.
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Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services in New Zealand
Revenue (2015-2030)
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Industry outlook (2025-2030)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Growth in revenue from freight brokerages is expected to slow

  • Freight brokers have experienced strong revenue growth over the past five years. Freight brokers generally charge fees as a percentage of the total freight costs, meaning rising shipping costs have led to higher fees, margins and revenue.

Biggest companies in the Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services in New Zealand

Company
Market Share (%)
2026
Revenue
2026

There are no companies that hold a market share exceeding 5% in the Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services in New Zealand industry.

Products & Services Segmentation

Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services in New Zealand
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Toll road operation, Container terminal operation and Freight brokerage service. Toll road operation is the largest segment of the Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services in New Zealand.

Trends and Insights

Strong pricing growth has led to soaring revenue among container terminal operators

  • A container terminal is a facility where cargo containers are stored while waiting to be distributed. For example, a container terminal may receive a shipment via water transport, which it will then distribute over several modes of transportation for delivery to inland customers.
  • More insights available in the full report

Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

Industry players provide a range of transport services that are not included in other industries, such as freight brokerage and road freight and passenger terminal operation.

What's included in this industry?

Products and services covered in the Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services industry in New Zealand include Container terminal operation, Road and rail freight terminal operation, Freight brokerage service, Toll road operation, Taxi radio base operation, Road and rail passenger terminal operation and Road vehicle driving services.

Companies

Companies covered in the Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services industry in New Zealand include .

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Related Terms

Related terms covered in the Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services industry in New Zealand include freight brokerage, container terminal and net exporter.

Industry Code

ANZSIC 2006

ANZSIC 5299 - Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services in New Zealand

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Soaring prices for many industry services have bolstered industry revenue. Supply chain disruptions drove up prices across the logistics sector, benefitting freight brokerage...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Employees, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Businesses, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Profit, including historical (2015-2025)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

Industry operators provide a diverse range of services, including container terminal operation and freight brokerage. Container terminal operation is the industry's biggest s...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2025
  • Product innovation level

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2025
  • Major market segmentation in 2025

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

The industry is mainly concentrated in the Auckland, Canterbury and Bay of Plenty regions, accounting for over 60% of industry establishments. These regions are home to New Z...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each region
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2025

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each region in 2025
  • Number and share of revenue each region accounts for in 2025
  • Number and share of wages each region accounts for in 2025
  • Number and share of employees in each region in 2025

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across Asia Pacific, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

The Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services industry exhibits low competition in key segments. Geographic monopolies for many container terminals operated b...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2020-2025
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

There are no companies that hold a market share exceeding 5% in the Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services in New Zealand industry.

Analyst insights

No company has over 5.0% market share in the Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services industry. Most firms specialise in only one service segment or service ...

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

The industry is subject to a moderate level of regulation, although legislation differs across the many segments of the industry. Freight brokerage service providers must ens...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2015-2030) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2015-2030) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

Cost structures vary widely among operators due to the range of services included in the industry. For example, toll road operations require high-value assets and incur signi...

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2025
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2025
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2015-2030)
  • Revenue per Employee (2015-2030)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • Employees per Establishment (2015-2030)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • Average Wage (2015-2030)
  • Wages/Revenue (2015-2030)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • IVA/Revenue (2015-2030)
  • Imports/Demand (2015-2030)
  • Exports/Revenue (2015-2030)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2015-2030)
  • IVA (2015-2030)
  • Establishments (2015-2030)
  • Enterprises (2015-2030)
  • Employment (2015-2030)
  • Exports (2015-2030)
  • Imports (2015-2030)
  • Wages (2015-2030)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services industry in New Zealand in 2025?

The market size of the Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services industry in New Zealand is $1.9bn in 2025.

How many businesses are there in the Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services industry in New Zealand in 2025?

There are 559 businesses in the Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services industry in New Zealand, which has grown at a CAGR of 8.3 % between 2020 and 2025.

How may import tariffs affect the Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services industry in New Zealand?

The Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services industry in New Zealand is unlikely to be materially impacted by import tariffs with imports accounting for a low share of industry revenue.

How may export tariffs affect the Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services industry in New Zealand?

The Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services industry in New Zealand is unlikely to be materially impacted by export tariffs with exports accounting for a low share of industry revenue.

Has the Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services industry in New Zealand grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services industry in New Zealand has been growing at a CAGR of 9.4 % between 2020 and 2025.

What is the forecast growth of the Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services industry in New Zealand over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services industry in New Zealand is expected to grow.

What does the Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services industry in New Zealand include?

Container terminal operation and Road and rail freight terminal operation are part of the Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services industry in New Zealand.

How competitive is the Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services industry in New Zealand?

The level of competition is low and steady in the Container Terminal Operation and Other Transport Services industry in New Zealand.

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Key data sources in New Zealand include:

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  • New Zealand Company Register
  • Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

Analysts also use industry specific sources to complement catch-all sources, although their perspective may focus on a particular organization or representative body, rather than a clear overview of all industry operations. However, when balanced against other perspectives, industry-specific sources provide insights into industry trends.

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  • Industry federations or regulators
  • Major industry players annual or quarterly filings

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