{"id":355681,"date":"2026-03-30T19:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/355681\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T19:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:54:09","slug":"maritime-nz-detains-bluebridges-connemara-ferry-in-wellington-after-inspection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/355681\/","title":{"rendered":"Maritime NZ detains Bluebridge\u2019s Connemara ferry in Wellington after inspection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAs a result of findings identified from the inspection process, a decision has been made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/ferry-shutdown-more-bluebridge-sailings-cancelled\/BXMGGQCX6BFVFLOXTD4QUTE7TQ\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/ferry-shutdown-more-bluebridge-sailings-cancelled\/BXMGGQCX6BFVFLOXTD4QUTE7TQ\/\">to detain the ferry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cCurrently, the ferry is berthed at Wellington, and the detention notice means it cannot sail until the notice has been lifted,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">Neither Bluebridge nor Maritime NZ provided details on what the technical fault was.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">StraitNZ Bluebridge spokesman Will Dady confirmed the detention but still hoped to return Connemara to scheduled services by Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe\u2019d like to again apologise and reassure our customers we\u2019re doing everything we can to get back to our regular service as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">A spokesperson for Maritime NZ said Bluebridge was responsible for making the repairs and sailings could only resume once the detention notice had been lifted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">They said Maritime NZ appreciated the impact of continued cancellations on people and freight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cOnce the issues have been rectified and checked and approved by its classification society surveyor, its flag state [Bahamas], and our inspectors, we will remove the detention.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cAs a result of findings identified from the inspection process, a decision has been made to detain the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,38534,188030,135973,188029,47117,78,66042,11595,7052,111,43,139,69,52],"class_list":["post-355681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-argue","tag-bluebridges","tag-connemara","tag-detains","tag-ferry","tag-in","tag-inspection","tag-maritime","tag-mary","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-wellington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}