Current Ship Activity

[Houndfish]

I have been following current ship activity on Cruise Tracker. Most of the ships off Florida appear to be anchored with some moving. The anchored and the moving seem to change daily. What is going on with that?

[CruiserBruce]

As explained on the various threads, ships need to move away from land for various functions, like making water and legally disposing of waste.

[chengkp75]

1 hour ago, Houndfish said:

I have been following current ship activity on Cruise Tracker. Most of the ships off Florida appear to be anchored with some moving. The anchored and the moving seem to change daily. What is going on with that?

Also, some may be moving to port to take on provisions and fuel.

[Aplmac]

22 minutes ago, chengkp75 said:

Also, some may be moving to port to take on provisions and fuel.

 

We are seeing this with some regularity, here at Bridgetown

as ships take turns coming alongside to provision and re-fuel

[Sunburg1]

Both the Celebrity Eclipse and the Disney Wonder are tied up at the San Diego B Street pier for the duration. This week, on separate days both have left the pier, gone a few miles offshore and circled around for a few hours and then returned.

Out of idle curiosity I wonder why? Do they dump garbage, lubricate some moving parts or is there another reason?

 

 

Edited April 23, 2020 by Host Kat
Threads merged.

[Aquahound]

Gotta dump the poopers and gray water.   

[ColeThornton]

They need to keep the engines in shape and make sure things still work like the fore and aft Flux Capacitors.

[Essiesmom]

They also need to make drinking water which is less expensive to do when in motion that when tide up.  EM

[chengkp75]

2 hours ago, Essiesmom said:

They also need to make drinking water which is less expensive to do when in motion that when tide up.  EM

You are not allowed to make water when tied up, or within 12 miles of shore, but doing so burns more fuel to get enough heat to make water, so it is a trade off between purchasing water at the dock, or making it underway.

[chengkp75]

3 hours ago, Sunburg1 said:

Both the Celebrity Eclipse and the Disney Wonder are tied up at the San Diego B Street pier for the duration. This week, on separate days both have left the pier, gone a few miles offshore and circled around for a few hours and then returned.

Out of idle curiosity I wonder why? Do they dump garbage, lubricate some moving parts or is there another reason?

 

 

No garbage, except ground up food waste is ever allowed to be dumped at sea.  As Paul says, the treated sewage needs to be pumped out.

[Sunburg1]

There are at least half a dozen cruise ships sitting off the coast but these two ships have been tied up at the pier except for brief periods for more than a month. Would it not be much cheaper to join the others offshore, they must be paying a lot for the pier space.

[Houndfish]

I heard that some ships are being refueled by barges while anchored in the Bahamas

[getting older slowly]

On 4/24/2020 at 4:19 AM, ColeThornton said:

They need to keep the engines in shape and make sure things still work like the fore and aft Flux Capacitors.

 

Now if only we can get the time circuits up.....

 

I think we could have a problem achieving the 76.47 knots..... lol

 

Thanks you the laugh       Don