What to do with Cruise Ships

[Galley Slave]

This is an interesting article from the Seattle Times:

 

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/the-worlds-cruise-ships-cant-sail-now-what-to-do-with-them/

[Sir PMP]

Interesting, it shows how hard it is to keep these ships in good shape..

[kangforpres]

I saw a similar story to this in Bloomberg last week, since it's beginning to look like there will be no cruising in N. America for the rest of 2020, lines will have to make decisions on what vessels to scrap and what to keep pretty quickly. 

 

The 2 ships that had been porting in Oakland this summer Seven Seas Mariner and an NCL ship both have sailed to LA, so it least they got a few days of sailing in.

 

Florida reported 15,400 new Covid 19 cases today, since most of the Winter Caribbean season sails from FL, It doesn't look good.

 

-Paul

[Himself]

1 hour ago, Galley Slave said:

This is an interesting article from the Seattle Times:

 

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/the-worlds-cruise-ships-cant-sail-now-what-to-do-with-them/

Good article.  Thank you for posting it and sharing it.  How will the cruise industry survive?

[KirkNC]

I made a note to not be on the first sailing of any ship coming out of cold storage, it will be worse then after dry dock.

[ontheweb]

4 hours ago, Sir PMP said:

Interesting, it shows how hard it is to keep these ships in good shape..

That really should be "ship" shape.

[ontheweb]

2 hours ago, KirkNC said:

I made a note to not be on the first sailing of any ship coming out of cold storage, it will be worse then after dry dock.

Sounds like good advice.

 

So far the ships seem to not yet be in cold storage, but as these delays continue, who knows. And from reading these boards there are some who will nevertheless be eager to be the first onboard.

 

[colonialinnkeeper]

Nice to read how they put the ships in abeyance mode.  I hope they are working on protocols for restarting so when the time comes, it can be done in an effective manner.  

[ski ww]

Wonder how many ships in the HAL fleet will be sold or scarped? 

[KirkNC]

1 hour ago, ski ww said:

Wonder how many ships in the HAL fleet will be sold or scarped? 

Don’t know but my guess is six.

[crusinbanjo]

3 hours ago, ski ww said:

Wonder how many ships in the HAL fleet will be sold or scarped? 

CCL has already said they intend to dispose of 13 ships.  I suspect the remaining S class ships are likely candidates as well is one or two of the R Class.....   But I have no inside info, just my guess.

 

Edited July 13, 2020 by crusinbanjo

[BSR]

21 hours ago, kangforpres said:

I saw a similar story to this in Bloomberg last week, since it's beginning to look like there will be no cruising in N. America for the rest of 2020, lines will have to make decisions on what vessels to scrap and what to keep pretty quickly. 

 

The 2 ships that had been porting in Oakland this summer Seven Seas Mariner and an NCL ship both have sailed to LA, so it least they got a few days of sailing in.

 

Florida reported 15,400 new Covid 19 cases today, since most of the Winter Caribbean season sails from FL, It doesn't look good.

 

-Paul

NCL ship is the Jewel. 

[tidecat]

9 hours ago, crusinbanjo said:

CCL has already said they intend to dispose of 13 ships.  I suspect the remaining S class ships are likely candidates as well is one or two of the R Class.....   But I have no inside info, just my guess.

 

There are multiple reports that the Carnival Fantasy has been sold for scrap, and the Carnival Inspiration appears to be shortly behind her.

 

This along with Costa Victoria and Oceana (P&O) will make up 4 of the 13 ships. The 13 apparently does not include 4 vessels that Carnival had agreements to sell prior to the pandemic.

 

Maasdam and Veendam are both near the Suez Canal per MarineTraffic.com. No word yet on whether Turkey is their final destination, but if it is, they are in formation.