Cook Strait ferry services have more difficulties on their hands, with swell warnings causing all Interislander sailings to be canned on Wednesday.
On top of that, thousands of passengers planning to travel in the first half of April have had their plans shuffled this week, with the Kaitaki ship still out of action.
Among problems with other ferries in the fleet, the Kaitaki's gearbox issue still doesn't have a fix-date in sight.
Interislander executive general manager Walter Rushbrook spoke to Charlotte Cook.
