Port Otago has a purpose-built forestry berth and adjacent log storage area at Back Beach. Back Beach is 5.5 hectares of flat, paved area, served by road and rail, making it ideal for the aggregation, marshalling and shipping of logs, lumber and other forestry based exports.
The forestry berth is 412m long, with a maximum draught of 11.6m.
Port Otago has additional log storage and berthage at its Leith Yard and Leith Wharf facilities in Dunedin.