The current population is under 100, but in the mid-19th century it was the largest Māori settlement in Canterbury with a population of about 400 people. It is named after Solomon Levey, an Australian merchant and ship owner who sent a number of trading vessels to the Banks Peninsula area during the 1820s.
The bay was settled by the Ngai Tūāhuriri sub-tribe of Ngāi Tahu, and the chief Moki named the bay "Koukourarata" after a stream in Wellington that recalls the birth of his father, Tu Ahuriri.
It was also the home of Tautahi, the chief after whom the swampland area Ōtautahi was named–now the site of the city of Christchurch.
The first Māori Anglican church was built here; a stone memorial marks the site.
Portions of the Peter Jackson film Heavenly Creatures were shot in Port Levy. At this place, Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, two 16-year-old girls from Christchurch, saw their imaginary Fourth World on 3 April 1953, the so-called Port Levy Revelation. It was never explained what actually happened then (a gateway through the clouds, they called it).
I try to quench the pain I try to drench these days Time and time again, I fall on my face Every time I tell myself I've got a hold of this I run back to it, sink right in I fail, I fall, I fall on my face I bend, I break I can't take, I can't take the weight I've seen so many Burning holes through themselves And if it's not my poison, they've got their own Anything to mask these days Anything to numb the pain 'Cause this worlds on fire And I can't take the weight I fail, I fall, I fall on my face I bend, I break I can't take, I can't take the weight I fail, I fall, I bend, I break I fail, I fall, I bend, I break Burning holes through myself Burning holes through myself [Incomprehensible], bend and break [Incomprehensible], bend and break Burning holes through myself
port calls those vessels make on each route ... It is inconceivable how levying a port fee on, or based on ownership of, vessels already constructed would impact China’s incentives going forward ... ports.
While recent tariff changes on goods from Canada and Mexico are not expected to directly affect port volumes, new levies on Chinese imports remain a significant concern ... port tolls on Chinese ships of as much as $1.5 million per call.
The document draws from a US Trade Representative's Office proposal last month to levy fees of up to $1.5 million on Chinese-built vessels entering US ports after an investigation by the USTR...
The 25 per cent levies on steel and aluminium - branded 'beautiful' by the US president - are due to take effect tomorrow ... The president also said he was hoping for a 'very good' Transatlantic trade agreement to avoid the need for levies.
The White House is yet to officially comment on its response to the U.S ... ports regardless of the nationality of the shipowner ... “Such measures as imposing port fees and levying tariffs on cargo handling facilities hurt the U.S ... The U.S ... ....
The levies could�hit�virtually every ship calling at U.S. ports, foist up to $30 billion of annual costs on American consumers and double the cost of shipping U.S ... port calls to limit fees.
US to levy fees on ships linked to China, push allies to do similar – draft executive order ... port, "regardless of where it was built or flagged, if that vessel is part of a fleet that includes vessels built or flagged in the PRC.".
ports on any ship that is part of a fleet that includes Chinese-built or Chinese-flagged vessels and will push allies to do similar or face retaliation, according to a draft executive order dated February 27 and seen by Reuters on Thursday.
The president’s team is preparing an executive order that would impose a levy on ships linked to China when they call at U.S. ports, and wants U.S ... port fees on China-built ships would have a big impact on all shipping firms.
ports on any ship that is part of a fleet that includes Chinese-built or Chinese-flagged vessels and will push allies to act similarly or face retaliation, a draft executive order stated ... ports to limit its exposure to the new fees.
Saade, whose firm like others has a large portion of Chinese-built vessels in its fleet and is also in a vessel-sharing alliance with China’s COSCO, told Les Echos he had not discussed the port levy issue with Trump.
But the biggest Achilles heel in India’s export-import sector is the slow port turnaround time, owing to the process of clearing consignments, difficulties in determining levies and the high levels of documentation.
