Container shipping Auckland to Lyttelton
Reliable weekly coastal container sailings linking the upper North Island with Christchurch and the wider South Island.
The Auckland–Lyttelton lane is one of the busiest coastal container routes in New Zealand. We book FCL, LCL, reefer and hazardous goods on regular sailings out of Ports of Auckland into Lyttelton, with onward road or rail line-haul to Christchurch, Timaru, Dunedin and the South Island regions.
Because we are independent, we route your cargo on whichever coastal carrier offers the best combination of price, sailing date and capacity that week. You get one point of contact, one invoice and one set of paperwork — without being locked to a single shipping line.
Typical port-to-port transit is 3–5 days, with full pickup and delivery available door-to-door. For time-critical freight we can also blend in trans-Tasman or rail line-haul where it makes sense.
20ft & 40ft FCL
Dry, high-cube and flat-rack containers on weekly Auckland → Lyttelton sailings.
LCL consolidation
Part-loads consolidated into shared containers — ideal for pallets and smaller shipments.
Reefer containers
Temperature-controlled units for chilled and frozen cargo, with monitored transit.
Hazardous goods
Fully compliant DG container shipping with documentation handled end-to-end.
Door-to-door
Full pickup in Auckland, delivery anywhere in the South Island via road and rail.
One invoice
Single point of contact across the carrier, port, line-haul and customs paperwork.
Need a quote on Auckland → Lyttelton?
Tell us your cargo and timing — we will come back with the best sailing and price.