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

Emergency dredging to restore Lyttelton shipping

01 May 2026

Published 1 May 2026 The Dutch dredging vessel Elbe works in Lyttelton Harbour as Lyttelton Port Company undertakes an interim emergency dredging campaign. Lyttelton Port Company began an interim emergency dredging campaign in late April to restore its main shipping…

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

Environment: Ecologically engineered habitat units to support

01 April 2026