A huge increase in logs and wood chips has seen Northport - the deepwater port at Marsden Pt - have a record year, with more than 3 million tonnes of cargo passing over the wharfs in the past year.
Northport chief executive Jon Moore said record cargo volumes and ship movements for the year ending June 30 saw tonnage across the wharf grew by 13.5 per cent over the previous year to 3.095 million revenue tonnes.
Mr Moore said Northport saw 253 ships call in, 38 more than the previous year, while occupancy of Northport's existing berths was at a record 52.9 per cent.
He said logs and wood-chip make up most of the cargo handled with a record 13 log exporters now using the facility.
"More logs were shipped from Northport in the year ending 30 June than ever before - roughly 2.45 million tonnes - an increase of 23.7 per cent on the previous year," Mr Moore said.