{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Port Lyttelton","identifier":"NZ LYT","unlocode":"NZ LYT","city":null,"country":"New Zealand","waterBody":"South Pacific Ocean","harborSize":"Large","harborType":"Coastal (Breakwater)","channelDepthMeters":11,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":-43.6,"longitude":172.716667},"description":"Four container berths and some 580 metres of crane rail make up the working terminal at Lyttelton (NZ LYT), the largest container port in New Zealand's South Island and the sea access for Christchurch and Canterbury, which handled about 432,000 TEU in financial year 2025, down 3.7%. The Eastern Development Project completed in 2023 lifted capacity to roughly 620,000 TEU. Lyttelton Port Company (LPC) is now investing NZ$821 million in the Te Awaparahi Bay expansion: a 388-metre deepwater wharf, a","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/port-lyttelton-port-nz-lyt","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/port-lyttelton-port-nz-lyt","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Port Lyttelton · (UN/LOCODE: NZ LYT) · New Zealand · Large · 11 m"}