All “Freight” topics

In 2020, Manawatū based Central Economic Development Agency (CEDA) launched a bold initiative to establish a nationally significant logistics cluster in the heart of the country. The aim: to develop a high-performing, intermodal freight and distribution hub that would boost productivity, strengthen resilience, and unlock the region’s potential. Today, Te Utanganui is a thriving cluster of coordinated investments, public-private partnerships, and national infrastructure that is shaping New Zealand’s economic future.

Freight moves very efficiently to ensure that goods are available when and where they are needed. However, a major Hikurangi Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami taking out the Cook Strait ferry terminals for an extended period would bring immediate chaos to the movement of goods between the North and the South Islands.