9 Hour Turnover-Unions doing?

[summersigh]

Fascination :( ... Based on posting from passengers waiting to board and then onboard the ship .... It took the Fascination over 9 hours last night to load-up and go.

It docked by 6pm - at 2am it was still loading from tractor trailers with drivers arguing loudly with each other.

Only 1 metal detector available to screen everyone?

Luggage supposedly being "contaminated" and passengers were turned away from the port?

All these services are controlled by unions. Could this be a bleed-over from previous threats by unions to shut down ports in this country?

Just wondering ....... :confused:

[seannyice81]

That sounds pretty awful. What time did it actually leave?

 

Cruise ships were supposed to be unaffected by the union dispute. I could see it spilling-over a little though. I also suppose some of this could be due to the fact it was odd-late hours and perhaps the staff wasn't scheduled to handle a late night ship embarkation/departure.

[Talex831]

Given that the dock workers probably were waiting all day for the ship to come in, and then had to work late to get her loaded and out to sea, they probably were tired and would rather be somewhere else on a Saturday night.

 

Turnover time usually takes about that long anyways. If a ship docks at 7:00 AM, they usually leave with new passengers late afternoon (4:00) which would be 9 hours.

[Kamloops50]

Fascination :( ... Based on posting from passengers waiting to board and then onboard the ship .... It took the Fascination over 9 hours last night to load-up and go.

It docked by 6pm - at 2am it was still loading from tractor trailers with drivers arguing loudly with each other.

Only 1 metal detector available to screen everyone?

Luggage supposedly being "contaminated" and passengers were turned away from the port?

All these services are controlled by unions. Could this be a bleed-over from previous threats by unions to shut down ports in this country?

Just wondering ....... :confused:

 

The union workers could be arguing among themselves about overtime .:mad:

[ccruisequeen]

There were no pax. The ship was coming in from dry dock.

[Talex831]

There were no pax. The ship was coming in from dry dock.

 

The ship would still need all food supplies loaded as well as merchandise, luggage, etc. They may not have had to off load anything, but may have had more to load since there were probably little supplies onboard.

[douglinc@msn.com]

Unions will argue about anything.

 

Doug

[xitappers2bx]

Fascination :( ... Based on posting from passengers waiting to board and then onboard the ship .... It took the Fascination over 9 hours last night to load-up and go.

It docked by 6pm - at 2am it was still loading from tractor trailers with drivers arguing loudly with each other.

Only 1 metal detector available to screen everyone?

Luggage supposedly being "contaminated" and passengers were turned away from the port?

All these services are controlled by unions. Could this be a bleed-over from previous threats by unions to shut down ports in this country?

Just wondering ....... :confused:

 

i'd hope not... the unions basically got what they wanted and the union dispute was dealt with and a new contract signed...

 

but regardless, unions are worthless in this country and this is another good example of just why (if its true that it was union bickering, not uncommon and not unimaginable sadly)

[golfadj]

i'd hope not... the unions basically got what they wanted and the union dispute was dealt with and a new contract signed...

 

but regardless, unions are worthless in this country and this is another good example of just why (if its true that it was union bickering, not uncommon and not unimaginable sadly)

 

Hard to feel any sympathy at all for longshoreman