Rail Minister Winston Peters rules out Ferry Holdings assessing Clifford Bay proposal

Rail Minister Winston Peters rules out Ferry Holdings assessing Clifford Bay proposal
A render of the proposed port and multi-user ferry terminal at Clifford Bay. (Image: CB Port Ltd)
Oliver Lewis
Rail Minister Winston Peters declined a request for Ferry Holdings to consider Clifford Bay as an alternative South Island ferry terminal to Picton.However, he suggested that the company pursuing the idea could submit the project through the market-led proposals process administered by Crown company National Infrastructure Funding and Financing (Niffco).BusinessDesk revealed earlier this year that brothers Leon and Stephen Grice had set up CB Port Ltd (CBPL) to advance the supply-chain shaping proposal alongside Sean Colgan, a Pennsylvania...

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