10.7.2014

Media advisory –

FYI:

• Aratere will today cross Cook Strait for the first time since last year.

• She will leave Wellington at 1700 on a ‘proving’ (test) run, and is scheduled to arrive in Picton at approx. 2030.

• Aratere is expected to leave Picton tonight at approx. 2215 on her return journey.

• Later this week Aratere is scheduled to begin freight-only sailings across the Strait on a reduced timetable.

• Currently, Aratere is scheduled to start carrying passengers across Cook Strait in the week beginning 14 July.