{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Wellington","identifier":"NZ WLG","unlocode":"NZ WLG","city":null,"country":"New Zealand","waterBody":"Cook Strait; South Pacific Ocean","harborSize":"Large","harborType":"Coastal (Natural)","channelDepthMeters":9.4,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":-41.283333,"longitude":174.783333},"description":"Wellington (NZ WLG) is better known as a ferry pivot than as a box port: CentrePort runs the capital's harbour on Cook Strait, where the Interislander (KiwiRail) and Bluebridge (StraitNZ) RoRo ferries stitch the North and South Islands together. By container volume it sits in the lower half of New Zealand's eleven container ports, handling on the order of 100,000 TEU a year, with volumes easing recently even as the operator's profit rose in 2024/25. Sheltered in a natural harbour, the port recor","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/wellington-port-nz-wlg","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/wellington-port-nz-wlg","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Wellington · (UN/LOCODE: NZ WLG) · New Zealand · Large · 9.4 m"}