New heavy trucks (over 3500kg GVM) recorded the second lowest arrivals figure this year of 202 units; only January 2016 saw fewer arrivals at 165 units.
However, used heavy trucks (over 3500kg GVM) had the best arrivals month yet for the calendar year 2016 with 127 units crossing the wharves, beating the previous highest month tally of 126 in July.
New and used light commercial utes and van arrivals were also strong in August.
There were 2713 new light commercial van and ute (under 3500kg GVM) arrivals for the month, the third highest tally for the year.
There were 804 used light commercial van and ute (under 3500kg) arrivals in August which is the highest number recorded in the calendar year 2016, beating the previous high of 629 arrivals in April.
Year to date new light commercial utes and van (under 3500kg GVM) arrivals tally 19,384 while new heavy truck arrivals (over 3500kg GVM) tally 2286.
Year to date used arrival numbers for the same two categories tally 4737 and 678 respectively.
New car arrivals exploded in August with more than 13,081 units crossing New Zealand wharves, the highest tally yet for the calendar year 2016.
Year to date there have been more than 69,513 new car arrivals, and 103,118 used car arrivals into New Zealand wharves.
The August tally easily beat the July number of 9279 new car arrivals in New Zealand which was previously the highest figure recorded for the calendar year 2016.
Used car arrivals tallying more than 14,054 units in August was also a strong for the calendar year 2016, the highest figure for the year to date being 16,960 arrivals in April.
