Lyttelton Port Company

Lyttelton is the largest port in the South Island of
New Zealand. We are the gateway for the
goods that keep our region moving.

Key Facilities

From the Container Terminal to the Dry Dock, and inland to CityDepot and MidlandPort, LPC offers a wide range of facilities and services

Environment

The environmental management of Port operations and our developments is a key focus

Jump aboard our monthly summer port tour, the best way to learn more about the South Island’s largest Port.

Port tours

Community

We value our relationship with the community and are proud to support numerous local partnerships and sponsorship programmes

Check out the latest roles on offer at the Port

Careers

Weather

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Container Tracking

Container Pick-Up and Drop-Off

Service temporarily unavailable

The Container Pick-Up and Drop-Off widgets you are trying to access is currently offline as part of a planned system upgrade.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

For assistance or more information, please contact either the CityDepot team – citydepotteam@lpc.co.nz or the MidlandPort team – midlandops@lpc.co.nz to assist.

News

Environment: Bulk Cargo: Air quality monitoring

13 May 2026

May 13, 2026 At Lyttelton Port, dusty products such as palm kernel extract (PKE), wheat and phosphate rock release particulate matter during unloading and transfer operations. In 2023, LPC commissioned an independent year-long study by Mote Limited to understand whether…

Emergency dredging to restore Lyttelton shipping

01 May 2026

Supporting vessel operations: Independent

30 April 2026

Our People: Meet Eva Burgess LPC’s apprentice electrician

20 April 2026

Customer Focus: Sixty cruise ships call at Lyttelton as season

14 April 2026