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Timeline: The troubled Cook Strait ferries (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 1 year ago by Ilovethebomb to c/newzealand

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I didn't realise quite how bad of a year our ferries have had, this is just embarrassing.

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[–] ooo_shiny 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This seems like a key infrastructure issue to sort out. Didn’t realise that we don’t own our ferries!

[–] Dave 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From the article it sounds like Interislander is NZ owned (by kiwirail, a state owned enterprise) but Bluebridge is not NZ owned.

[–] themusicman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That makes sense. Kiwirail isn't exactly known for their competence

[–] Ilovethebomb 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As Dave said, Interislander is owned by Kiwirail, and they own their boats, to the best of my knowledge. I didn't realise Bluebridge wasn't NZ owned any more.

[–] ooo_shiny 2 points 1 year ago

Guess I had trouble parsing that sentence in the article. Makes sense.

[–] Axisential 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair, a few of the 'incidents' listed are simple engineering issues, but yes, quite an eventful year!

[–] Ilovethebomb 1 points 1 year ago

One of them was an "engineering issue" that almost turned into "running around in a storm".