30 June 2025
Australasia’s largest industrial development with a new inland port is set to create a multibillion-dollar logistics and manufacturing network in the South Island and boost Otago’s $16.8 billion economy, says developers Calder Stewart.
John D’Arcy, lower South Island business development manager at Calder Stewart, said the combined Awarua and Milburn Quadrant inland port developments, spanning over 700 hectares between them, were strategically designed to operate as a unified export and logistics ecosystem. Awarua would function as a high-output industrial hub, while Milburn would act as the logistics interface.
Combining both ends of the supply chain would provide seamless freight stage, improved rail efficiency by aligning the Milburn staging site with vessel schedules.
Source: ODT
Image credit: Awarua Quadrant
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