Over-reliance on routine behind grounding

  • Posted by Dale Crisp
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  • 30 January, 2026

THE GROUNDING of a New Zealand port’s pilot launch in late December 2024 occurred when the master failed to account for prevailing conditions, an official investigation has found. 

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Over-reliance on routine behind grounding
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Posted by Dale Crisp

Dale Crisp is a contributing editor at DCN and a distinguished maritime journalist and commentator with a career spanning over three decades

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