5 Mar 2025

Cook Strait Bluebridge ferry helped to dock by tug boat

6:54 pm on 5 March 2025
A Bluebridge spokesperson said there were no faults with the vessel and it was the masters decision to request support in high or gusty winds.

A Bluebridge spokesperson said there were no faults with the vessel and it was the masters decision to request support in high or gusty winds. Photo: RNZ / Bill Hickman

The Bluebridge ferry Connemara is being assisted into dock by a tug boat in Wellington this evening.

A Bluebridge spokesperson said there were no faults with the vessel and it was the masters decision to request support in high or gusty winds.

The Bluebridge ferry Connemara is being assisted into dock by a tug boat in Wellington this evening.

Photo: RNZ / Bill Hickman

They said conditions in the Cook Strait could cause some delays to sailings but affected passengers would be contacted directly.

Meanwhile, an Interislander spokesperson said swells in the Cook Strait had slowed one sailing but the evening's sailings were going ahead as planned at this stage.

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