FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin New Zealand’s Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) has issued a report regarding an incident where a pilot vessel ran aground in restricted visibility conditions. What happened On 26 December 2024, the pilot vessel Takitimu II was travelling outbound from South Port, Bluff, with three people on board: the master, the deckhand and one passenger. The passenger was a South Port pilot who was scheduled to board an inbound vessel and bring it into port. RelatedNews NTSB Investigation: Towing vessel strikes breakwater dolphin NTSB investigation: Towing vessel collides with bulk carrier and sinks var jnews_module_21363949_0_6a04649b4ffef = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21363949","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"393,82,244,483,3364,2519","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":"","ads_image_new_t