New heavy commercial (over 3500kg GVM) arrivals across New Zealand wharves remained strong in May 2016 with 305 units arriving bringing the year-to-date total to 1538 units.
It’s a year-on-year improvement in the new heavy truck sector; May 2015 saw 288 heavy commercial arrivals for a year-to-date total of 1295 units.
However, new arrivals of light commercial vehicles (under 3500kg) are trending down; there are 2836 fewer arrivals in this category thus far in 2016. That’s a good month worth of arrivals.
Light commercial vehicle (under 3500kg) arrivals in May 2016 were 2309 units for a year-to-date figure of 11,369.
That number is a drop from the 2631 light commercial vehicle arrivals in May 2015 and a year-to-date tally of 14,203 units.
Used light commercial vehicle arrivals (under 3500kg) were 440 units for May, with a year-to-date tally of 2754. This total is a marked improvement in May 2015 which saw 319 units arrive and a year-to-date tally of 1921.
Used heavy commercials (over 3500kg) saw 58 units arrive in May 2016 for a year to date tally of 344, a decline from 98 units in May 2015 and a year-to-date tally of 407.
