Northland Chamber Supports JV with Ontrack
The Northland Chamber of Commerce sees the formation of a JV between the Regional Council and Ontrack NZ as a hugely positive step towards the regional vision of a rail link to the Marsden port.
This is excellent news said the Chamber CEO Jeff Smith, we are aware that the Port industry is slowly consolidating in NZ for various reasons and it would be great to see our Port as one of the major ports eventually for the country. We already have nature on our side giving us the comparative advantage of being NZ’s only Deep water port so we need to put infrastructure in place now to ensure we become a competitive option for shippers, exporters and importers.
Part of this infrastructure is the development of efficient rail links. The provision of a rail link to the port and the upgrade of the rail network from Auckland is also necessary for the future with the likely increase in rail usage caused by rises in fuel costs and ‘climate change’ issues.
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