South Port provides Southland’s largest storage facility, servicing a range of industries and goods.
Storage can be provided to meet temporary requirements or can be leased on a more permanent basis to provide a base for company operations.
South Port provides dry warehousing for a range of industries including dairy, forestry, stock feed and general cargo. There is 32,200m2 of dry storage capacity on the Island Harbour with road & top lifter access.
South Port owns and operates three cold stores, providing storage for up to 4,500 tonnes of chilled and frozen product. All stores have covered load in and load out facilities, and Risk Management Programme (RMP) to meet MPI regulations.
South Port provides open storage for logs, containers, woodchips, sawn timber, steel and more. The port has approximately 7 hectares (20 acres) of vacant land within the Island Harbour and foreshore areas currently available for utilisation.
In addition to cold storage, South Port has three blast freezers of 720 carton capacity each.
South Port owns and operates 3 cold stores on the Island Harbour.
All stores are open pallet storage for frozen products. No. 2 stores can be utilised as a cool store. The following provides an overview of the facilities available and their specifications:
Size
85m x 40m x 7.5m clear height
Volume
25,500m3
Capacity
3,000 tonnes of fish or meat on steel pallets
Loading Area
Insulated and enclosed 15m x 68m with four loadout doors and three truck unload doors
Refrigeration
Ammonia R717
Present Use
Frozen cartoned products
Size
40m x 40m x 7.5m clear height
Volume
12,000m3
Capacity
1,500 tonnes of carton meat on steel pallets
Loading Area
Insulated and enclosed 10m x 32m with forklift access
Refrigeration
Ammonia R717
Present Use
Utilised for frozen cartoned products or can be used as a cool store
Eleven cargo sheds are available, as detailed below. All have good road access and are in close proximity to the wharf aprons they serve.
They are all of steel portal construction with partial concrete walls and partial walls and roof of aluminium sheeting.
No. 1
2,000m2
Leased to Sanford Ltd
No. 2
1,400m2
Cement storage
No. 3
2,200m2
Dry cargo transit and storage
No. 3A
4,500m2
Dairy product storage
No. 3B
3,300m2
Dairy product storage
No. 3C
1,900m2
Dairy product storage
No. 4
5,900m2
Stock food storage
No. 5
5,500m2
Stock food storage
No. 7
5,900m2
Fertiliser storage and stock food storage
Intermodal Freight Centre
4,000m2
Dry cargo transit and storage
