Four cruise ships off Qld Coast ordered to move out of Old waters

[MMDown Under]

Nine cruise ships were in Qld waters.  The four cruise ships remaining have been ordered to move out of Old. waters

by one minute before midnight Wednesday. 

[NSWP]

1 minute ago, MMDown Under said:

Nine cruise ships were in Qld waters.  The four cruise ships remaining have been ordered to move out of Old. waters

by one minute before midnight Wednesday. 

Oh dear, the Pacific Explorer only just went up there, what other ships are up there?  Pacific Dawn would be one as it is based in Brisvegas.  So the $64000 question where do they go then?  

[MMDown Under]

17 minutes ago, NSWP said:

Oh dear, the Pacific Explorer only just went up there, what other ships are up there?  Pacific Dawn would be one as it is based in Brisvegas.  So the $64000 question where do they go then?  

Where did the other five go?  We took our eyes off the ball.  

[NSWP]

2 minutes ago, MMDown Under said:

Where did the other five go?  We took our eyes off the ball.  

I thought you Queenslanders would know, don't you have high magnification binoculars? 😂  Maybe heading to PNG, the locals there need the $.

Edited April 7, 2020 by NSWP

[Aus Traveller]

2 minutes ago, MMDown Under said:

Where did the other five go?  We took our eyes off the ball.  

I read a report that they are going to the Philippines to disembark crew members. After that, who knows???

[MMDown Under]

8 minutes ago, NSWP said:

I thought you Queenslanders would know, don't you have high magnification binoculars? 😂  Maybe heading to PNG, the locals there need the $.

You Southerners think Australia stops at the "Brisbane Line"!

[The_Big_M]

So much for the belief that the ships would be more inclined to stay in QLD as they are being treated better.

[lyndarra]

Philippine crew being sent back to this.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/dead-duterte-warns-violating-lockdown-200401164531160.html?utm_source=website&utm_medium=article_page&utm_campaign=read_more_links

[NSWP]

3 hours ago, MMDown Under said:

You Southerners think Australia stops at the "Brisbane Line"!

Actually I thought Australia stopped at the Tweed River, Tweed-Coolangatta.🤣

[NSWP]

4 minutes ago, lyndarra said:

Philippine crew being sent back to this.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/dead-duterte-warns-violating-lockdown-200401164531160.html?utm_source=website&utm_medium=article_page&utm_campaign=read_more_links

Oh dear, martial law,  the crews should be allowed to stay in Straya for humanitarian reasons.  

[icat2000]

Maybe they should just keep circumnavigating Australia. 

[SinbadThePorter]

From the Crew Centre website.

 

"P&O Australia received an order and can’t touch Australian ports any more as the Australian government has now required that all Non-Australian registered cruise ships to leave Australian waters promptly.

 

The cruise ship Pacific Explorer has already left Australian waters and is off to the Philippines. The ship will slow down the speed and wait for their sister ships Sun Princess and Sea Princess to arrive at the rendezvous point and set sail together. Soon to join Explorer are Pacific Aria and Pacific Dawn which will also sail to Asia.

 

P&O Australia is working with the governments of Indonesia and the Philippines to seek approval for the return of their citizens. The company is also working on charter flights for the non-essential crew from other nations."

 

Seeing the three Sun class ships sail in formation would be quite a sight.

[SeaDog-46]

Pacific Aria is under pilotage in Port Philip - AIS Jakarta.

Golden Princess is into the Bight & has AIS Jakarta.

The 2 Carnival ships are still stooging around near Fraser Island.

The World has left Cockburn Sound & is N. bound on WA coast.

Q. Elizabeth has left Brisbane & N. bound - waiting orders.

Pac. Dawn bunkering at BNE container berth.

Edited April 7, 2020 by SeaDog-46

[By The Bay]

6 minutes ago, SeaDog-46 said:

Pacific Aria is under pilotage in Port Philip - AIS Jakarta.

Golden Princess is into the Bight & has AIS Jakarta.

The 2 Carnival ships are still stooging around near Fraser Island.

The World has left Cockburn Sound & is N. bound on WA coast.

Q. Elizabeth has left Brisbane & N. bound - waiting orders.

Pac. Dawn bunkering at BNE container berth.

Thanks for the update.

[Aus Traveller]

1 hour ago, lyndarra said:

Philippine crew being sent back to this.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/dead-duterte-warns-violating-lockdown-200401164531160.html?utm_source=website&utm_medium=article_page&utm_campaign=read_more_links

That is a terrible situation. I suppose the crew would rather be with their families at this time: their families need them.