Transportation
New Zealand to Buy Two New Ferries to Traverse Cook Strait
Strait Feronia of Bluebridge Cook Strait Ferries sails through Marlborough Sounds in Picton, New Zealand.
Photographer: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images
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New Zealand’s government plans to buy two new ferries to traverse the Cook Strait between the North and South Islands, aiming to have them operating by 2029 when existing vessels reach the end of their life.
The expected cost of the project is commercially confidential until procurement and negotiations for the associated port infrastructure have been completed, Finance Minister Nicola Willis said Wednesday in Wellington. A decision on the final solution will be made in March.