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Interislander Freight Booking Portal now live

Commercial vehicle customers can now manage bookings, check sailing capacity, and update your communication preferences in our new, faster portal.

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How It Works
Volume & Capacity

How much freight do you need to move?

Rail has capacity now and is ready to help carry the load. Find out what's available and how we can help.

Sending freight with KiwiRail

Moving less than a container load?

KiwiRail move containerised freight. Moving less than a container, it might still go on rail, please talk to one of our partner freight forwarders.

More than a container load?

KiwiRail is ready to talk. If you're looking at options and walk to about how rail can help move your freight, get in touch with us today.

Latest Capacity Update

All figures are in TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Units) - where one TEU equals one standard 20-foot container.  Capacity as of 10am Monday 12th October.

Route Mode Tues
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14
Oct		 Thu
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Oct
Auckland - Christchurch CT 19 16 7 16 — — 13 16 25 11
Christchurch - Auckland CT 19 18 7 16 6 — 26 24 16 17
Auckland - Palmerston North CT 6 5 6 4 — — 6 6 10 10
Palmerston North - Auckland CT 8 6 12 8 — — 11 8 8 10
Auckland - Wellington CT 11 7 13 31 15 — 11 14 14 8
Wellington - Auckland CT 48 42 54 59 55 17 24 48 65 54
Christchurch - Dunedin CT 13 10 10 15 — 7 11 11 12 9
Dunedin - Christchurch CT 12 14 12 23 — — 11 11 9 11
Christchurch - Invercargill CT 4 8 8 8 — 8 7 8 8 8
Invercargill - Christchurch CT 9 5 6 16 — — 8 8 8 8
Auckland - Blenheim CT 11 7 12 — 12 — 4 5 12 12
Blenheim - Auckland CT 10 18 18 26 — — 5 23 12 10
Christchurch - Blenheim CT 14 5 14 14 — — 14 14 14 14
Blenheim - Christchurch CT 13 14 14 28 — — — 14 14 14
Hamilton - Christchurch CT — — — — — — — — — —
Christchurch - Hamilton CT 6 4 4 14 6 — 8 12 8 12
Timaru - Christchurch CT 21 37 54 44 — — 55 48 56 55
Christchurch - Timaru CT 23 32 36 34 — 20 35 36 35 36

Next Steps

  • Already a customer?

    You can check availability and manage your bookings directly through our Booking Portal.
    Find out more

  • Ready to move freight by rail?

    Contact our freight team to discuss capacity, pricing and service options. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
    Find out more
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