SonicShip Posted August 12, 2015 #1 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I wonder if any cruises that use that port. The blast was very large. Has any one been to this port? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floridiana Posted August 12, 2015 #2 Share Posted August 12, 2015 It's the port for Beijing. The modern cruise port is far from the city of Tianjin in nowhere land and the city is huge, one of the largest in China. I did not see where exactly the explosion occurred, really bad for the people near it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted August 13, 2015 #3 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Sorry to hear about this. As mentioned, that is not the cruise passenger port. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STLCRUISIN Posted August 13, 2015 #4 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Tianjin is a cruise stop port. We sailed on the Celebrity Millennium last fall from Vancouver to Shanghai with a stop in Tianjin, which is a stepping-off point for tours in Beijing. Our ship docked two nights in Tianjin. You will find a handful of ships making stops in Tianjin in the spring and fall usually during repositioning cruises. None were in port during the explosion. I don't know just where the explosions took place as the entire port area is very large. The devastation is very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movc Posted August 14, 2015 #5 Share Posted August 14, 2015 I think the explosion happened in this general area. https://goo.gl/maps/FKyrR News video shows the hulks of burned out new vehicles nearby. The cruise terminal is the bottom tip of the manmade peninsula to the southeast about 6 miles away if you zoom out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floridiana Posted August 14, 2015 #6 Share Posted August 14, 2015 (edited) movc, Thanks for posting the map. Our ship was docked directly at the right end of the terminal where the long arm comes out for the passengers. I see an auto transporter uses the same dock. BBC's article has a map. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-33924501 Edited August 14, 2015 by Floridiana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gek Posted August 14, 2015 #7 Share Posted August 14, 2015 The explosion was about 5km from the cruise terminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonnieJB Posted August 14, 2015 #8 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Thank you so much for the information. We will be embarking from Tianjin in October and were nervous that the terminal was affected. Glad to hear that the explosion was not in that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movc Posted August 14, 2015 #9 Share Posted August 14, 2015 (edited) BBC's article has a map. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-33924501 Ok it looks I was a bit too far north, based on the BBC link. Here is a new google map link. https://goo.gl/maps/wqoQX You will notice it is much closer to residential towers and sandwiched between two new car holding lots. Tianjin port is in the region of Tianjin in an area called Binhai but the actual city of Tianjin is approx 45 miles to the west. The area also has a Manhattan-themed ghost city. http://www.businessinsider.com/60-minutes-chinas-ghost-cities-2013-3 Pan down in google map south to the area around the river bends. Edited August 14, 2015 by movc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcummin Posted August 14, 2015 #10 Share Posted August 14, 2015 We were docked at Xingang port for Tianjin for two days last October on HAL's ms Amsterdam. Tianjin is a huge area. It took an hour's drive inland to reach the city of Tianjin for our tour there. We drove by new construction and industry with new landscaping to RAPIDLY transform the open spaces. Japan's national bird is the crane.We were told that China's is the construction crane. I am glad to know that the new cruise port is several miles away from the explosion tragedy. Something went terribly wrong. Thanks to everyone for sharing maps and details. Barbara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stowaway2k Posted August 15, 2015 #11 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Tianjin cruises unaffected by blasts Shanghai Daily: http://www.shanghaidaily.com/national/Tianjin-cruises-unaffected-by-blasts/shdaily.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mking8288 Posted August 15, 2015 #12 Share Posted August 15, 2015 The immediate dangers are not over yet, there are still "minor" fires & explosions happened despite the tight media restrictions to this ground zero - 20+ tons of TNT equivalent force not far from a small scale nuclear device gone off. Even its own net citizens are calling for greater transparency in getting to the facts and bottom of it all. Thoughts & prayers for lives lost, injured and missing fire-figthers as first responders on scene, apparently unaware of the highly dangerous, toxic & explosive nature of huge quantity of chemicals stored in those lots right next to commercial & residential districts, against regulations & best practices. Biochemical military teams had been deployed in hazmat suits and the investigations a challenge as records and information were destroyed & lost in the fire & explosions ... it is clear that materials such as cyannide leaked and into the ground water systems, and, Beijing is just 75 miles away. Local and central government are tasked with that delicate balance of assuring calm and stability in disaster recovery and managing the incidents to avoid panic, and, had "detained" officials running the facilities for questioning ... damages to the region's eco-systems could take months, if not years to undo. When we travel abroad, we tend to use AP News (mobile app) and BBC news for updates & info ... CNN is just too sensational and lead only in the breaking news, slightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movc Posted August 17, 2015 #13 Share Posted August 17, 2015 (edited) Edited August 17, 2015 by movc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floridiana Posted August 17, 2015 #14 Share Posted August 17, 2015 I feel so sorry for the many firefighters who were not informed about the chemicals. They had no chance of survival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iluvcruising2 Posted August 24, 2015 #15 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Corruption is at the root of this disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelMore&More Posted August 26, 2015 #16 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Corruption is at the root of this disaster. Should we assume that you have first hand knowledge about this or you are just sharing some irrelevant speculation based on prejudice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITMan Posted August 31, 2015 #17 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Thank you so much for the information. We will be embarking from Tianjin in October and were nervous that the terminal was affected. Glad to hear that the explosion was not in that area. Hi Bonnie, what ship are you on in October? We are in the Quantum on, I think the 27th October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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