Zaandam strange cruise

[FrankieSue]

Anybody knows what is happening with the present Zaandam cruise. Checking on Marine Traffic, the Zaandam was in Sydney today and it is now just floating at large and looks like going back to Sydney tomorrow! Very strange…….

[kazu]

Where was she heading to?  there are some severe gale warnings in the Atlantic for some areas.  If she was heading into any of them, it would be enough to turn back for safety’s sake.

[FrankieSue]

It shows « scheduled in Sydney » again tomorrow!!

[FrankieSue]

It shows « scheduled in Sydney » again tomorrow!! It should be on a 25 days Canada, New England, Iceland return trip…. Maybe it is just a positioning glitch..

Edited August 2, 2023 by FrankieSue

[Blackduck59]

@lissie Are you able to respond to the OP? I have to admit I'm curious because we are scheduled to board when you get off. If you're not in a rush to catch a plane maybe we can meet up for coffee at the port in Boston.

[visagrunt]

There have been significant fires and floods this summer in Nova Scotia.  Nothing would surprise me for change/cancelled ports.

[dfish]

I think it was a glitch.  We are in Corner Brook, Newfoundland.

[FrankieSue]

Thanks Debbie… enjoy the day in NFLD

[pmjnh]

There was a photo just today on another site of the Zaandam in Cornerbrook, Newfoundland. I think Marine Traffic erred.

[Heidi13]

1 hour ago, pmjnh said:

There was a photo just today on another site of the Zaandam in Cornerbrook, Newfoundland. I think Marine Traffic erred.

 

Marine traffic showed the ship in Cornerbrook yesterday, departing at 17:49.

 

She is now bound for Qaqortoq, Greenland with an ETA of 03:00 (Z-2) on 5th August.

[WriterOnDeck]

If you aren't a paid subscriber to Marine Traffic, it frequently shows outdated location information. I use Cruise Mapper for cruise ships.

[Sir PMP]

On 8/2/2023 at 12:55 AM, visagrunt said:

There have been significant fires and floods this summer in Nova Scotia.  Nothing would surprise me for change/cancelled ports.

Just spent 14 days on her, nothing but smoke, fog and cold, maybe one good day.

[Heidi13]

3 hours ago, WriterOnDeck said:

If you aren't a paid subscriber to Marine Traffic, it frequently shows outdated location information. I use Cruise Mapper for cruise ships.

 

Not totally correct.

 

The free version of Marine Traffic only shows AIS transmissions received from a GES (Ground Earth Station), it does not provide data received from satellites, unless you have a paid subscription. When a ship is outside GES coverage, Marine Traffic still shows the ship's actual real time position, it just doesn't provide the name, course, speed, etc. It just lists the type of ship. It also posts the time since the last position, so in most cases it is easy to identify the ship based on speed and time.

 

Cruise Mapper may update the position from a satellite once a day, or a few times per day. but the rest of the time it is an estimated position based on course and speed. I have seen many times where Cruise Mapper positions have a significant error, until they receive the next satellite update. This frequently happens when a ship is retasked. However, unless you compare the ship's actual position on Marine Traffic, you aren't aware of the position error.

 

There is a reason Marine Traffic is the preferred option for marine professionals, even the free version.