Aplmac Posted March 23, 2020 #51 Share Posted March 23, 2020 8 hours ago, navybankerteacher said: If Europe remains a mess of COVID 19, will Caribbean governments want to assume the risk of a denser than usual cruise season.? Our summer cruise season sucks! 2 ships a week if we're lucky. Caribbean Governments need the money: we can do it - if everyone washes their hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1city@atime Posted March 24, 2020 #52 Share Posted March 24, 2020 cruisemapper.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted March 24, 2020 #53 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Here on the island, I am observing multiple cruised ships just parked-up, waiting on......... Visually, and with the aid of marinetraffic.com, I am seeing that some of them take little daily jaunts out to sea, and then return to safe harbour here. I'm assuming that these little jaunts of theirs are for a reason. Flushing grey water tanks,etc. But I'm also assuming that this Covid crisis has presented cruise lines with the rare opportunity to train crew in procedures hitherto unavailble.. due to No Passengers On Board! I am imagining lifeboat drills out in the open ocean, under real life conditions like a rolling 3-5 ft. swell, with winds unabating! -also hi-speed turns?... training bridge team members in this and that -- seeing how the ship simply drifts (Mein Shiff 1, drifting at 4.7 kts. currently) and other fun stuff that they couldn't be trying with pax on board! I'm hoping that our resident expert Chengkp75 might shed some light re. what sort of tricks they might be up to, out there? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted March 24, 2020 #54 Share Posted March 24, 2020 5 minutes ago, Aplmac said: Here on the island, I am observing multiple cruised ships just parked-up, waiting on......... Visually, and with the aid of marinetraffic.com, I am seeing that some of them take little daily jaunts out to sea, and then return to safe harbour here. I'm assuming that these little jaunts of theirs are for a reason. Flushing grey water tanks,etc. But I'm also assuming that this Covid crisis has presented cruise lines with the rare opportunity to train crew in procedures hitherto unavailble.. due to No Passengers On Board! I am imagining lifeboat drills out in the open ocean, under real life conditions like a rolling 3-5 ft. swell, with winds unabating! -also hi-speed turns?... training bridge team members in this and that -- seeing how the ship simply drifts (Mein Shiff 1, drifting at 4.7 kts. currently) and other fun stuff that they couldn't be trying with pax on board. I'm hoping that our resident expert Chengkp75 might shed some light re. what sort of tricks they might be up to, out there? It was mentioned on another thread that making water, and dumping the various waste products, needs to be further away from shore, so the ships will move off, and cruise around regularly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted March 24, 2020 #55 Share Posted March 24, 2020 3 minutes ago, CruiserBruce said: It was mentioned on another thread that making water, and dumping the various waste products, needs to be further away from shore, so the ships will move off, and cruise around regularly. Thank you for that feedback, all very probable and necessary! I believe 12 miles offshore is their legal limit for flushing their holding tanks. but I don't see how they could be missing this God-given opportunity to conduct stuff they probably wouldn't want us knowing about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diver2014 Posted March 24, 2020 #56 Share Posted March 24, 2020 I love this topic because I love looking at photos of cruise ships. I love cruise ships, period. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted March 24, 2020 #57 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Today's cruise ship situation at Barbados looks like this.. the marinetraffic.com graphic - as of 7:30 p.m. Tuesday 24th. March. Other photos taken around 1030 hrs. morning time -same day showing Freedom of the Seas anchored off Needham's Point and the stern end of MSC Preziosa showing to the left of the trees -she was anchored in Carlisle Bay @the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocap Posted March 25, 2020 #58 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Allure OTS is moored at City Terminal, Southampton, UK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Kat Posted March 25, 2020 #59 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Check out the Cruise Critic article What Are Cruise Lines Doing With Their Empty Ships? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted March 28, 2020 #60 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Still at anchor in Carlisle Bay, Barbados! AIDAperla and RCL's VISION of The Seas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted March 28, 2020 #61 Share Posted March 28, 2020 On 3/25/2020 at 7:33 PM, Host Kat said: Check out the Cruise Critic article What Are Cruise Lines Doing With Their Empty Ships? Very informative. Thanks very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipgeeks Posted March 28, 2020 #62 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Aplmac, I am enjoying your photos of the ships at Barbados. Port of Miami webcam is interesting, as ships come and go all day every day. Currently six within view anchored out, as well as several at the piers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Kat Posted March 28, 2020 #63 Share Posted March 28, 2020 15 hours ago, Aplmac said: Very informative. Thanks very much! You are most welcome! I especially enjoyed the pictures & videos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted March 30, 2020 #64 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Two more for Monday 30th. March 2020 showing MSC Preziosa and Hanseatic Inspiratin anchored in Carlisle Bay -BARBADOS. Looks like Mein Schiffs One and Two have taken off (yesterday) heading N-Eastward towards Europe and the Med for a hopeful Summer cruise season? -lol Good luck with that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocap Posted March 30, 2020 #65 Share Posted March 30, 2020 I was watching Viking Sea heading north to Gibraltar last week, but I've spotted her anchored outside now for a couple of days. Does anyone know if she's not allowed to dock, or is just waiting for a slot? I see QM2 and MSC Orchestra are still waiting outside Durban. QM2 is on her world cruise; I'm not sure about Orchestra, because she used to overwinter in SA. Interesting shuffle around of ships in Southampton- Ventura and Queen Elizabeth went around the English Channel for a couple of days, but now are back in their original docks; Allure OTS and Britannia are now having a wander down the Channel. Is this for grey water reasons? Little Boudicca, which was allowed to dock in Cuba, and then passengers flew back to the UK in separate planes for sick/well, is now due to arrive in Southampton tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted March 31, 2020 #66 Share Posted March 31, 2020 P & O’s Britannia sailed into Weymouth Bay (Dorset UK) today having left Southampton yesterday. She’s now moored. I wonder how long she’ll remain. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocap Posted March 31, 2020 #67 Share Posted March 31, 2020 5 hours ago, Grahambythesea said: P & O’s Britannia sailed into Weymouth Bay (Dorset UK) today having left Southampton yesterday. She’s now moored. I wonder how long she’ll remain. The S'ton docks look pretty full, and Azura's coming along the Channel ready to dock there… I cannot find Allure OTS anywhere, because marinetraffic seems to break down when I ask. No room for both Britannia and Allure unless the Fred O ship moves out from Ocean Terminal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocap Posted March 31, 2020 #68 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Found Allure of the Seas... she's in the Bristol Channel, south west of Pembroke Dock. Her destination is still logged as Southampton, so perhaps she's disposing of grey water. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted April 1, 2020 #69 Share Posted April 1, 2020 This evening, around 5:20 - 5:30 there were either 8 or 9 cruise ships anchored in Carlisle Bay, Barbados! I thought we had lowered the numbers -but it doesn't seem so. We're glad to have them!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted April 1, 2020 #70 Share Posted April 1, 2020 I hear that Europa is due here on Saturday and more ships next week, too. This from a contact who handles such things, in the Port. Seems Barbados will accept ships for lay-up whereas others ports will not! Lots of 40 ft. shipping containers full of things for three RCLs are also in the Bridgetown Port, to keep things going, on board This morning the Carlisle Bay anchorages looked like this.... with two more ships lying about offshore, and not shown here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted April 1, 2020 #71 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Later this same morning of April 1st. 2020..... Carlisle Bay Barbados is crowded with multiple cruise ships looking like this! Freedom OTS is anchored to the left of that crowd you see in the first pic with Hanseatic Nature also -in the Port at Bridgetown! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted April 1, 2020 #72 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Barbados situation. 3 anchored off Speightstown, our second town to the North of the island 6 in Carlisle Bay.. 2 more lingering offshore All of them oriented towards staying here for the forseeable future! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingron Posted April 1, 2020 #73 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Maybe they should go back to their home ports. These countries should have some obligation to providing the flags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocap Posted April 1, 2020 #74 Share Posted April 1, 2020 6 hours ago, Aplmac said: Barbados situation. 3 anchored off Speightstown, our second town to the North of the island 6 in Carlisle Bay.. 2 more lingering offshore All of them oriented towards staying here for the forseeable future! I presume all passengers have left? So the crew are still on board... are the ships moving around for water reasons, like the Southampton ones? Tonight, Aurora, which was safely tucked up in Dover, is roaming the Channel... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted April 1, 2020 #75 Share Posted April 1, 2020 5 minutes ago, jocap said: I presume all passengers have left? ===> Yes: all gone back home now. So the crew are still on board... ===> Some crew, I should imagine -not all are the ships moving around for water reasons, like the Southampton ones? ==> Yes. Tonight, Aurora, which was safely tucked up in Dover, is roaming the Channel... There seem to be about 10... maybe a dozen cruise ships hanging-out at Barbados whether at anchor in the lee of the island or whether 20 miles offshore fooling around with whatever it is cruise ships fool around with when faced with gobs and gobs of boring Down Time! Yes, tank-flushing is a neccessity, albeit probably a lot less now with no pax on board 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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