suntan Posted December 29, 2013 #1 Share Posted December 29, 2013 The Royal Princess is in Fort Lauderdale today and when you check her on the Port Everglades webcam you can see a barge is up against her. I saw this yesterday against another cruise ship. Does anyone know what services these barges provide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrysalis Posted December 29, 2013 #2 Share Posted December 29, 2013 fuel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reelfish Posted December 29, 2013 #3 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Fuel for the ship. Bunker barge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Woobstr112G Posted December 29, 2013 #4 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Gassing up for the next cruise.....:):):) Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul929207 Posted December 29, 2013 #5 Share Posted December 29, 2013 The gas station comes to the ship rather than the other way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo222 Posted December 29, 2013 #6 Share Posted December 29, 2013 The gas station comes to the ship rather than the other way around. Usually not in Ft. Lauderdale. There is underground piping from the tank farm right to the berths. All they do is drag around a trailer mounted pump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted December 29, 2013 #7 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Could be a sludge off load too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suntan Posted December 29, 2013 Author #8 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Thank you for your responses. You learn something new every days, makes it worth getting up in the morning. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott4020 Posted December 29, 2013 #9 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Usually not in Ft. Lauderdale. There is underground pipingfrom the tank farm right to the berths. All they do is drag around a trailer mounted pump. There's has been some construction around pier 2 so the regular system might be down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WazAnOkie Posted December 29, 2013 #10 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Saw this fuel barge from our balcony on the Conquest in New Orleans in October. Sent from my AT&T iPhone 5C using Forums mobile app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sminfiddle Posted December 29, 2013 #11 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Thank you for your responses. You learn something new every days, makes it worth getting up in the morning. :) Thanks for asking!:D I enjoy learning from the responses too. ~sent using Cruise Critic app~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ship's Wake Posted December 29, 2013 #12 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Could be a sludge off load too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdmPair Posted December 30, 2013 #13 Share Posted December 30, 2013 We took on fuel oil in St Petersburg for HOURS on the Grand Princess. They also repeat the 'no smoking warnings' multiple times before and during. And my vague memory says they closed the promenade on that side during it too but not sure. I would have thought with the size of pipes it would go faster than it seemed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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