As if covid issues haven't had enough impact on carrier schedules, closure of the Napier port last week has left another headache with seven containerships now waiting to work the single container berth. About to complete her exchange, the Tianjin Bridge will be replaced by the NYK Futago, then Rio Blanco, with sister also Rio Bravo also riding the waves along with Neokastro ex Aglaia, Bomar Resilient and Kota Lembah. Loading apples is the Baltic Performer, Excelsior Bay discharges oil products, with log carriers Berge Jungfrau, IVS Merlion, and Mount Baker also to load. Several vessels sailed from the port earlier in the day - Andrea Enterprise (phosphate), Buffalo (cement) and Loch Melfort (logs), with seven more vessels due by the end of the working week. For the last 2 days various mixes of 12 vessels have been working or waiting off the port, which may be a record even comparing with the past "golden era" of the conventional cargoliner.