New Zealand Gazette – 1980 – No. 61

Page 1595

✨ Rail Freight Rates



No. 61
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
1595

COOK STRAIT RAIL FERRIES

  1. Where, owing to the length of the goods, the use of a bogie wagon is required, sea charges will be based on a minimum of 7.5 tonnes at the appropriate rate specified in paragraph 7 hereof.

  2. Where a check wagon is used in addition to any wagon conveying long length goods a sea charge of $180.08 will be made for each four-wheeled check wagon used.

  3. Where an insulated wagon or railway owned insulated container is specially ordered and supplied for the conveyance of goods on the Cook Strait ferry service, the following wagon minima will apply in respect of the sea journey between Picton and Wellington:

Commodity Per W Wagon Tonnes Per V5, V1 or VS Wagon Tonnes Per Uk or Uk2 Wagon Tonnes
Frozen or fresh meat and fish ... 5 16
Deep frozen vegetables, etc. ... 10 16
... 16 16

  1. Goods will not be accepted or delivered at wharf terminals.

  2. Schedule of Rates—(a) (i) The rates specified are at “limited carrier’s risk” and will be reduced by 2 percent where consignors require that the consignment be carried at “owner’s risk”.

(ii) Except as provided in subparagraphs (b) and (c) hereof, goods conveyed between Picton and Wellington will be charged as follows:

Small Lots:

Not Exceeding kg or cubic metres From Wellington to Picton $ From Picton to Wellington $
25 or 0.025 1.45 1.20
50 or 0.050 2.30 2.00
75 or 0.075 3.05 2.70
100 or 0.100 4.05 3.60
125 or 0.125 4.85 4.25
150 or 0.150 6.45 5.60
175 or 0.175 6.45 5.60
200 or 0.200 7.35 6.45
225 or 0.225 8.60 7.50
250 or 0.250 9.70 8.45

Goods in quantities exceeding 250 kg deadweight or 0.250 cubic metres measurement will be subject to a minimum charge as for 250 kg or 0.250 cubic metres at the small lots scale.

Class of Class of Goods Rate Per *From Wellington to Picton not Otherwise Specified $ *From Picton to Wellington Not Otherwise Specified $
All goods, loaded in railway wagons, not named in this schedule tonne or cub. metre 27.30 23.88
Bacon tonne 27.30 23.88
Barley (including pearl barley)—see Grains
Beans (seed) tonne 27.30 23.88
Bitumen in Uc tank wagons—see Oils
Bran tonnes 27.30 23.88
Calves—see Livestock
Carrots tonne 27.30 23.88
Cattle—see Livestock
Cement tonne 27.85 24.36
Chaff—see Hay
Clover—see Seeds
Coal tonne 27.85 24.36
Cocksfoot—see Seeds
Coke tonne 36.67 32.08
Cornflour tonne 27.30 23.88
Corpses—per four wheeled wagon 180.04 180.04
Cowgrass—see Seeds
Dogs—see Livestock
Empty gas cylinders cub. metre 27.30 23.88
Empty returned pallets owned by New Zealand Apple and Pear Board each 4.03 3.55
Empty returned pallets, not otherwise specified, or collapsed empty returned containers cub. metre 18.97 16.62
Empty Uc tank wagons—
Charge on tare weight tonne 13.64 11.96
Fireclay tonne 27.30 23.88
Flour tonne 27.30 23.88
Foals—see Livestock
Fruit, New Zealand fresh grown fruit and vegetables normally conveyed by rail under provisions of General Scale of Charges, section 85 cub. metre 27.30 23.88
Fruit, not otherwise specified ... tonne or cub. metre 27.30 23.88
Garlic tonne 27.30 23.88
Gas in cylinders tonne 27.30 23.88
Grains tonne 27.30 23.88
Grass seeds—see Seeds

*For goods conveyed solely between Picton and Wellington, see paragraph (c) hereof.



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