Wellington, Marlborough ports working with Government on Cook Strait ferries

Ports on both sides of the Cook Strait are working with the Government on future infrastructure requirements for new ferries. (Image: CentrePort)

Oliver Lewis

Mon, 03 Mar 2025

Ports on either side of the Cook Strait are working with the Government to understand what infrastructure improvements are needed to accommodate new ferries.As revealed by BusinessDesk, Minister for Rail Winston Peters met representatives of Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea last week.KiwiRail is still negotiating with Hyundai to exit a $551 million contract it entered into in 2021 for the shipyard to build two 220m-long rail-enabled ferries.It cancelled the contract after the coalition Government would not provide more money for the Interis...

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