The Bluebridge ferry crossing from Wellington to Picton usually takes 3 hours and 30 minutes. A ferry has crashed into a dock in Picton in the early hours of Tuesday morning, sending passengers back to Wellington. READ MORE:* Passengers aboard Bluebridge ferry endure seven-hour Cook Strait storm crossing* Two potential sites chosen for new Cook Strait ferry terminal to cope with growing demand* Bluebridge ferry leaking oil across Cook Strait with no immediate solutionShe berthed alongside Waitohi Wharf until further engineering assessment could be carried out in daylight, he said. The Strait Feronia left Wellington at 8.45pm on Monday night and tried to berth in Picton at 1.15am on Tuesday morning. StraitNZ commercial manager Ed Menzies confirmed a "minor incident" when the Strait Feronia "clipped the berth as it was docking".

Source: Stuff July 16, 2019 02:48 UTC