The Whanganui port is being used to unload grain after the recent earthquake left the southern rail network out of action.
The Anatoki berthed in Whanganui port yesterday and over the next 48 hours unloaded 700 tons of grain or 25 truck-and-trailers loads.
The grain come from Canterbury and will be used to feed livestock throughout the Manawatu region.
It would it usually get here by rail, but the recent earthquake left the Christchurch-Picton line out of action.
So instead, the grain was transported to Lyttleton and picked up by the Anatoki.
Anatoki part-owner Doug Smith says this drop off shows the potential of Whanganui port especially in emergency situations.