FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released a preliminary report from its investigation into an incident where a passenger vessel ran aground in Papua New Guinea after overshooting a planned turn. The incident On 18 December 2025, a 93 m passenger vessel departed Cairns, Queensland, for a 12-night cruise visiting Papua New Guinea (PNG) with 80 passengers and 44 crew on board. The ship’s itinerary comprised 11 ports and anchorages on the north-east coast of PNG, concluding on 30 December in the port of Madang. RelatedNews Hantavirus-affected MV Hondius concludes evacuation NTSB investigation: Towing vessel collides with bulk carrier and sinks var jnews_module_21367640_0_6a03470472005 = {"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":"21367640","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"393,60,82,244,2840","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_lin