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The Maritime Union says after a run of serious events with Cook Strait ferries it is "really concerned" about the safety of workers and passengers.
The Bluebridge ferry Connemara arrived back in Wellington this morning, about five-and-a-half hours after it lost power and started drifting in Cook Strait.
This was the latest in a string of disruptions, delays and issues with Cook Strait ferries, including the Aratere running aground in the Marlborough Sounds in June with 47 people on board.
Maritime Union national secretary Carl Findlay told Nine to Noon it was lucky the Connemara was not grounded overnight on Thursday.
"It was only by luck that the wind was blowing in the direction that didn't push it into land."
The recent woes afflicting Cook Strait ferri
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