Investigations

Restricted limit passenger and freight ferry "Stella", steering gear failure in heavy weather, Hauraki Gulf, 18 August 1998, 18 August 1998

Fishing trawler "San Rakaia", grounding, Ninepin Rock, 13 August 1998

Ro-ro cargo vessel "Union Rotoma", shift and loss of cargo, off the south-western coast of South Australia, in the Great Australian Bight, 29 July 1998

Harbour ferry "Waipapa" & pleasure launch "Thetis", near miss, Lyttelton Harbour, 12 July 1998

Ro-ro cargo vessel "Spirit of Vision", grounding, French Pass, 30 April 1998

Jet boat, "Predator", rock strike, Dart River, Glenorchy, 23 March 1998

Wave piercing catamaran ferry "Condor 10", heavy weather damage, Wellington Harbour entrance, 16 March 1998

Restricted limit passenger vessel "Whai", struck rocks, Korapuki Island, 7 March 1998

Harbour tug "Purau" and restricted-limited ferry "Ngatiki", collision, Port of Lyttelton, 6 March 1998

General cargo vessel "T.A. Explorer", grounding, Nelson, 19 January 1998