Are ships just sitting at sea?

[bingomamma19]

I was curious what all the carnival ships are doing during the shut down and if they are at sea, how many crew stay on it for minimal operations?   I did read that only 400 crew are still waiting to get back to their countries.

 

I was thinking it would be cool to just sit out at sea and the peace of the water, but probably not for months and with not much interaction with others. 

 

Does the captain get bored?     

[seaman11]

The crew get fed , and paid and can socialize with other crew, they even have their own bar below the decks.  many stay at sea for 4-5months at a time, granted they get off once a week at a port.  but other than that its not so bad for them. 

[K&RCurt]

Yep, most are just chillin'.

 

[xDisconnections]

26 minutes ago, K&RCurt said:

Yep, most are just chillin'.

 

Can you imagine pollution from this and what changes this will be making to the environment? 

[Doggielover68]

5 hours ago, xDisconnections said:

Can you imagine pollution from this and what changes this will be making to the environment? 

My guess is it is much less of an impact than when ships are full of passengers. 

[xDisconnections]

17 minutes ago, Doggielover68 said:

My guess is it is much less of an impact than when ships are full of passengers. 

Not necessarily.

[chengkp75]

8 hours ago, xDisconnections said:

Not necessarily.

What types of pollution are you thinking are happening?

[quattrohead]

Does your car cause more pollution sitting in the driveway idling whilst you are listening to the radio or hauling down the highway at 70MPH loaded up with your family ?

[MRVEGAS711]

Last week seen 3 NCL ships at the container port in Virginia Beach. The Breakaway was showing a movie so a lot of the crew still has been stuck on board.

 

[ishap]

There are definitely worse jobs in the world than being part of the skeleton crew aboard an empty cruise ship.

[joeyancho]

On 7/17/2020 at 12:04 PM, K&RCurt said:

Yep, most are just chillin'.

 

And burning through million of dollars a week.

[Barry ATL]

Several Youtubers (crew) are posting while at sea.  One is an officer on Princess.  The general consensus of the ones I have watched is they are bored, but otherwise okay.  All are staying in regular guest cabins with one person to cabin and meals are being served in the main guest buffet so they have space for social distancing.  That is from seeing videos on RCCL, Princess, and Carnival.