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Ministry of Transport

FIGS overview

Freight Information Gathering System (FIGS)

We have developed FIGS to provide an overview of freight movements around New Zealand, including containerised freight, rail freight, and bulk coastal freight.

FIGS builds on information currently provided by Stats NZ, while making valuable new information on freight movements available for the first time.

Stats NZ(external link)(external link) 

The information is updated 4 times a year, and follows a consistent collection methodology to allow for tracking movements and trends across time.

The information contains data from New Zealand’s largest container ports: 

KiwiRail provided rail data, and shows nationwide freight movements by region and by commodity, in both tonnes and tonne-kilometres. 

KiwiRail(external link)(external link)

Recent changes

  • 1/05/2023 Overseas ship visits 22Q4 published. 
  • 1/05/2023 Port container handling 23Q1 published.
  • 27/04/2023 Containers 23Q1 dashboards published. 
  • 2/03/2023 Rail 22Q4 published. 
  • 23/02/2023 Containers 22Q4 published with link to separate dashboard containing additional movements like transhipments etc. Both these dashboards will continue to be updated at the same cadence. 
  • 23/02/2023 Port container handling published till 22Q4
  • 9/02/2023 Port container handling published till 22Q3
  • 17/01/2023 Containers 22Q4 (preliminary) published
  • 17/01/2023 Supply chain dashoard updated till Dec 2022
  • 16/12/2022 Overseas ship visits published till 22Q3
  • 16/12/2022 Containers 22Q3 published in new format
  • 19/11/2022 Rail 22Q3 published
  • 6/10/2022 Port container handling published till 22Q2
  • 22/08/2022 Rail 22Q2 published in new format
  • 08/08/2022 Containers 22Q2 published

Please note that due to the COVID-19 pandemic we have experienced significant delays in getting data from our various data providers and have had restricted access to our own internal systems. As at 23 October 2020, we identified a minor bug in our processing of the containers data. This has now been fixed and updated on 5/11/2020. 

Key changes

  • 17/01/2023 The final changes to Supply chain dashboard made. Dashboard is now frozen. The monthly data granularity in the new format of the FIGS containers dashboard should contain most of the information. Over the next 2 years, we plan to release a series of specific reporting around supply chain issues - especially those due to the pandemic.
  • 16/12/2022 After discussions and development including some of our key stakeholders, FIGS containers dashboard has moved to a new publishing paradigm that emphasises easy access to insights. The old dashboard has been decomissioned. 
  • 22/08/2022 After discussions and development including some of our key stakeholders, FIGS rail dashboard has moved to a new publishing paradigm that emphasises easy access to insights. The old dashboard has been decomissioned. 
  • The Awanuia barge that shipped fuel to Auckland has ceased operation. The last voyage was 27 October 2020.

Contact

Contact us for any FIGS enquiries. Please allow 3 working days for response. 

Email: f.team@transport.govt.nz