DFD1 Posted April 25, 2020 #251 Share Posted April 25, 2020 (edited) Capt. Mercer updated his blog from Klang. Now docked in Kuala Lumpur. Edited April 25, 2020 by DFD1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzyV Posted April 25, 2020 #252 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Update from Captain Mercer https://captainjonathan.com/ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted April 25, 2020 #253 Share Posted April 25, 2020 (edited) Amsterdam has departed Port Klang and is sailing southeast in the Strait of Malacca at 15.4 kts, destination shown is Jakarta (Tanjung Priok), ETA 28 Apr 2020, 0800 hrs local Edited April 25, 2020 by Copper10-8 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaDog-46 Posted April 26, 2020 #254 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Amsterdam is just getting into Singapore Straits traffic doing 16.8 knots. About 2 nm behind Chinese VLCC Xin Ning Yang bound for Qingdao, China, doing usual VLCC speed of 11.2 knots. VTIS [Vessel Traffic Information Service] may tell Amsterdam to slow down as there are a few VLCC's in front of them. Busy day on Amsterdams bridge but they have over double the staff there compared to the usual merchant ship. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted April 26, 2020 #255 Share Posted April 26, 2020 51 minutes ago, SeaDog-46 said: Amsterdam is just getting into Singapore Straits traffic doing 16.8 knots. About 2 nm behind Chinese VLCC Xin Ning Yang bound for Qingdao, China, doing usual VLCC speed of 11.2 knots. VTIS [Vessel Traffic Information Service] may tell Amsterdam to slow down as there are a few VLCC's in front of them. Busy day on Amsterdams bridge but they have over double the staff there compared to the usual merchant ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted April 26, 2020 #256 Share Posted April 26, 2020 55 minutes ago, SeaDog-46 said: Amsterdam is just getting into Singapore Straits traffic doing 16.8 knots. About 2 nm behind Chinese VLCC Xin Ning Yang bound for Qingdao, China, doing usual VLCC speed of 11.2 knots. VTIS [Vessel Traffic Information Service] may tell Amsterdam to slow down as there are a few VLCC's in front of them. Busy day on Amsterdams bridge but they have over double the staff there compared to the usual merchant ship. I forgot; pilotage mandatory within the Strait? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaDog-46 Posted April 26, 2020 #257 Share Posted April 26, 2020 No pilotage available - your training has to come to the fore. There are quite a number of collisions but at least during this time there are few cross strait vessels. Photo 1 - T-boned @ Singapore by LPG tanker. Photo 2 - T-boned by VLCC. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzingnut Posted April 26, 2020 #258 Share Posted April 26, 2020 11 hours ago, SeaDog-46 said: No pilotage available - your training has to come to the fore. There are quite a number of collisions but at least during this time there are few cross strait vessels. Check out how many ships were just off Singapore when the Amsterdam went through yesterday! 1st screenshot is just the Amsterdam's position. 2nd one is the Amsterdam (purple arrow pointing to her) along with hundreds of other ships! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted April 26, 2020 #259 Share Posted April 26, 2020 (edited) Amsterdam currently finds herself in the South China Sea east of the big Indonesian Island of Sumatra, having passed both her earlier - since rescinded stops - of Singapore and Batam Island, chugging along at 14.7 kts. Next up is the Java Sea, the also big Indonesian island of Java, and her stop in two days (fingers crossed) of Tanjung Priok, the port city for the capital of Jakarta, population a mere thirty million to repatriate the majority of her always hard-working Indonesian staff. There will be a lot of happy faces when that occurs Edited April 26, 2020 by Copper10-8 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cccole Posted April 26, 2020 #260 Share Posted April 26, 2020 After lucky crew members are dropped off at their countries' ports, is there a minimum number of crew members that the Amsterdam will need to transit back to the U.S.? And post # 235 indicates that the ship will wait in Malaysia prior to it's return. I understand that everything is fluid but I am a bit curious as to how many crew members need to remain on-board. Cherie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir PMP Posted April 26, 2020 #261 Share Posted April 26, 2020 39 minutes ago, cccole said: After lucky crew members are dropped off at their countries' ports, is there a minimum number of crew members that the Amsterdam will need to transit back to the U.S.? And post # 235 indicates that the ship will wait in Malaysia prior to it's return. I understand that everything is fluid but I am a bit curious as to how many crew members need to remain on-board. Cherie I assume around 20 - 30 people, bridge, security, kitchen, cleaning staff, Copper will check in and let us know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted April 27, 2020 #262 Share Posted April 27, 2020 1 hour ago, cccole said: After lucky crew members are dropped off at their countries' ports, is there a minimum number of crew members that the Amsterdam will need to transit back to the U.S.? And post # 235 indicates that the ship will wait in Malaysia prior to it's return. I understand that everything is fluid but I am a bit curious as to how many crew members need to remain on-board. Cherie Yes, she will need a skeleton crew from the Deck and Technical Depts. and more than likely some housekeeping folks for general HK duties as well as some food prep staff for that same skeleton crew. The current plans do not have her going back to North America however, but going into long term layup (as opposed to hot/warm laup) at a Malaysian port soon, no doubt, to be followed by other ships enroute to Asia. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising Is Bliss Posted April 27, 2020 #263 Share Posted April 27, 2020 57 minutes ago, cccole said: After lucky crew members are dropped off at their countries' ports, is there a minimum number of crew members that the Amsterdam will need to transit back to the U.S.? And post # 235 indicates that the ship will wait in Malaysia prior to it's return. I understand that everything is fluid but I am a bit curious as to how many crew members need to remain on-board. Cherie Guessing here but probably at least a couple of hundred? Officers, a couple of office/HR people, deck crew, security, engine room, environmentals, food service, laundry, cleaning crew who also maintain the hotel areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted April 27, 2020 #264 Share Posted April 27, 2020 6 minutes ago, Cruising Is Bliss said: Guessing here but probably at least a couple of hundred? Officers, a couple of office/HR people, deck crew, security, engine room, environmentals, food service, laundry, cleaning crew who also maintain the hotel areas. For long term layup, less than 100 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzingnut Posted April 27, 2020 #265 Share Posted April 27, 2020 28 minutes ago, Copper10-8 said: For long term layup, less than 100 From what I could find, the definition of a "long term layup" is about 5 years. I certainly hope this isn't the case here!. I found this in the Lloyd's Register ship lay-up guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gail & Marty sailing away Posted April 27, 2020 #266 Share Posted April 27, 2020 49 minutes ago, Copper10-8 said: For long term layup, less than 100 Why long term layup?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted April 27, 2020 #267 Share Posted April 27, 2020 33 minutes ago, Gail & Marty sailing away said: Why long term layup?? As opposed to what all the cruise lines are doing with their ships and crews at this moment? $$$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gail & Marty sailing away Posted April 27, 2020 #268 Share Posted April 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, Copper10-8 said: As opposed to what all the cruise lines are doing with their ships and crews at this moment? $$$$ Thanks, so it might be for 3 or 4 months for the Amsterdam.??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted April 27, 2020 #269 Share Posted April 27, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Gail & Marty sailing away said: Thanks, so it might be for 3 or 4 months for the Amsterdam.??? That's unknown at this time! If you take a look at Carnival's plan of action post-Covid-19; they have designated ships which are slated to come back but not until Oct and Nov of this year Edited April 27, 2020 by Copper10-8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFD1 Posted April 27, 2020 #270 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Not good news for those agonizing about keeping or canceling cruises for later this summer and early fall.....but not surprising. It's an uncertain future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennysUncle Posted April 27, 2020 #271 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Amsterdam seems to be taking the long way around to Jakarta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted April 27, 2020 #272 Share Posted April 27, 2020 53 minutes ago, JennysUncle said: Amsterdam seems to be taking the long way around to Jakarta. She went around smaller Belitung Island, east of Sumatra, into the Java Sea but still shows an arrival for tomorrow, Tue 28 Apr @ 0100 hrs (1:00 AM). That's a little more than 3 hrs from now local time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ski ww Posted April 27, 2020 #273 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Lots of good info every one, thanks for keeping us all in the know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcummin Posted April 27, 2020 #274 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Has anyone heard anything from the Amsterdam WC passengers who boarded the Pacific Princess in Freemantle to sail to Los Angeles instead of flying? That ship arrived last week, and a lady made a nice posting on their roll call, but no mention of the Amsterdam passengers. Earlier in their roll call thread someone estimated there were three new passengers, but another thought it was more like three couples. Hopefully they have all returned home safe and sound. Barbara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storylady Posted April 27, 2020 #275 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Philip Stolte just posted an update from the Flying Dutchman. Cleared by Indonesian authorities, but will have to wait in line until May 1st to dock. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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