Heavy truck (over 3500kg GVM) arrivals rose slightly in 2016 to 3588 new units and 1087 used units crossing New Zealand wharves.
In comparison, in 2015 there were 3424 new heavy truck arrivals and 955 used heavy truck entries.
But it is the new and used light commercial (under 3500kg GVM) segment that continues to flourish.
New light commercial vehicles (under 3500kg) saw 29,855 arrivals for the year to December 31, while there were 7517 used light commercial arrivals. These figures compare to 30,269 and 5597 in the previous corresponding period.
Arrivals of new and used passenger cars hit new records in 2016 with more than 263,714 units crossing New Zealand wharves, while new and used light and heavy commercial vehicle numbers tallied 42,017 units.
In total, more than 306,904 passenger and commercial vehicles passed through New Zealand wharves, a significant increase from 290,782 arrivals in 2015, and 273,204 arrivals in 2014.
To the year ended December 31, 2016, there were 110,968 new passenger vehicle arrivals and 152,746 used car arrivals up from 99,783 units and 149,974 units in the previous corresponding period.
Used light and heavy commercials arrivals tallied 8604 units up from 6552 in the previous corresponding period while the total of new light and heavy commercial arrivals were slightly down to 33,413 in 2016 from 33,693 in the previous corresponding period.
