National Freight Demands Study - Ministry of Transport

National Freight Demands Study
3.11.4 Primary distribution
Production from MPR is distributed as follows (using data for calendar 2007):
export (two percent)
bunkers (one percent)
by road for consumption in Northland (six percent)
pipeline to Wiri (52 percent)
coastal shipping to North Island (21 percent)
coastal shipping to South Island (18 percent).
This is shown below in Figure 3.11. The total annual MPR output is around 5.3 million
tonnes. A further million tonnes is imported direct.
Fuel which goes to Wiri by pipeline is stored there and distributed by road through
Auckland and Waikato. Other parts of New Zealand are served by road from the nearest
coastal storage depot.
Marsden Pt Output
Exported
Bunkers
Northland
Pipeline
Rest Nth I
Sth I
Figure 3.11
Output of the Marsden Point Refinery
Table 3.43 below shows the flow of oil to the local storage facilities such as Wiri and
Seaview. Note that to achieve this virtually no road or rail transport is involved.
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