PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERYPort Otago has started work on building storage for containers and freight on the Taieri but the planned inland port is still awaiting the green light. The port company hopes the go-ahead will be given to the multimillion-dollar inland port project by the middle of the year with construction to start soon after. The inland port is a 50/50 joint venture between Port Otago-owned Chalmers Property and Dynes Transport Tapanui, presented as a logistics solution for the lower South Island’s exporters and importers. Port Otago chief executive Kevin Winders said the company owned land on the other side of the road from where the inland port would be located and it had started developing a storage facility. Mr Winders said work was continuing on the inland port application and he hoped to have all information gathered in the next couple of weeks.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 23, 2026 18:29 UTC