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Two hours ago

I passed by Carlisle Bay, here in Barbados.

 

Oh man there's a small raft of cruise ships out there

- parked up for now!

with minimal crew on board to keep the place afloat, I guess?

 

Some are simply anchored (for free?) in Carlisle Bay

some are docked in the Bridgetown Port -and are presumably paying berthing fees?

 

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The photo of  the solo ship out in the Bay..

that's AZURA - P&O Cruises.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Azura

 

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On 3/15/2020 at 11:54 PM, capriccio said:

The locations of MSC ships:

Preziosa -berthed Guadaloupe then headed to Barbados.

 

Preziosa is at Bridgetown Port, presently out on the breakwater arm

 

Check here - Yes, they move around and/or leave.
Royal Clipper headed out yesterday evening

heading North-Westerly last I saw

 

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-59.627/centery:13.091/zoom:14

 

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On 3/15/2020 at 6:08 PM, CruiserBruce said:

Currently there are reports that 3 ships are sailing very slowly off the Mexican coast after dropping their pax off i n Mexico.

If they are, they won't be doing that long.

 

 

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Interesting article about laying u

 

https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/22623-cruise-lay-up-best-practices-be-ready-to-enter-service.html

 

Stating that you have to keep systems running, flushing toilets daily and running water...It stand to reason that it is a good idea to release your crew from their quarters and have them stay in the cabins (as Edge is doing).  EM

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On 3/15/2020 at 6:18 PM, Capt_BJ said:

Relative to the FL departure ports, they will be at their normally assigned home piers where possible

 

Not likely ..... cruise terminals are NOT exclusive to one ship.  They will serve multiple ships in a given week.  So three ships working from one terminal can not return to this one terminal to be 'parked'. You suggest each airplane can just return to their home airport and park at the terminal .... NOT!  On the other hand, a cruise ship can't be pushed to a corner of the airport, lights turned off and doors locked.

 

Some will get pier space but I suspect a cruise-line will secure a pier and then anchor a couple of ships nearby and rotate them around .... anchoring costs 'nothing' but there are issues of waste disposal and water bunkering etc etc ...... (you don't want to 'make water' close to shore .....)

 

If you look at the Port Everglades ship schedule you already see this happening . . . 

 

Want to really see what's happening ..... I'm watching the activity at MarineTraffic.com .....

Provided that the water is fairly calm (i.e. inside a protected port) it is possible to lash ships together, side by side, with one of them lashed to the dockside.

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AIDA BELLA at Piraeus Port

Crystal Serenity Perth

Crystal Symphony Singapore

ASTORIA, VIKING STAR and MAGELLAN all laid up in Tilbury

Ø Carnival Conquest, Carnival Magic and Carnival Elation will lay up at Freeport, Bahamas.

Ø Carnival Valor and Carnival Freedom will lay up at Gulfport.

Ø Carnival Sensation and Carnival Horizon will lay up at Miami.

Ø Carnival Breeze and Carnival Liberty will lay up at Port Canaveral.

Ø Carnival Paradise and Carnival Legend will lay up at Tampa.

Ø Carnival Pride will lay up at Baltimore.

Ø Carnival Sunshine will lay up at Charleston

Ø Carnival Sunrise will lay up at Fort Lauderdale.

Ø Carnival Dream will lay up at Galveston.

Ø Carnival Vista (which arrived Galveston on Saturday last) will lay up at anchor.

Ø Carnival Ecstasy will lay up at Jacksonville.

Ø Carnival Inspiration will lay up at Long Beach.

Ø Carnival Imagination (which arrives Long Beach on Sunday) will lay up at anchor.

Ø Carnival Panorama (which arrived Long Beach on Saturday last) lay up port to be decided.

Ø Carnival Fantasy will lay up at Mobile.

Ø Carnival Glory will lay up at New Orleans.

Ø Carnival Fascination’s lay up port is still to be decided.

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I, for one, find it interesting and informative.  Thank you, OP.

It has been interesting watching the port webcams, and seeing the ships head out to an anchorage, switch places with another ship, etc.  And very interesting to note how many people are watching at any time.  Lots!

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2 hours ago, CretaMed88 said:

AIDA BELLA at Piraeus Port

Crystal Serenity Perth

Crystal Symphony Singapore

ASTORIA, VIKING STAR and MAGELLAN all laid up in Tilbury

Ø Carnival Conquest, Carnival Magic and Carnival Elation will lay up at Freeport, Bahamas.

Ø Carnival Valor and Carnival Freedom will lay up at Gulfport.

Ø Carnival Sensation and Carnival Horizon will lay up at Miami.

Ø Carnival Breeze and Carnival Liberty will lay up at Port Canaveral.

Ø Carnival Paradise and Carnival Legend will lay up at Tampa.

Ø Carnival Pride will lay up at Baltimore.

Ø Carnival Sunshine will lay up at Charleston

Ø Carnival Sunrise will lay up at Fort Lauderdale.

Ø Carnival Dream will lay up at Galveston.

Ø Carnival Vista (which arrived Galveston on Saturday last) will lay up at anchor.

Ø Carnival Ecstasy will lay up at Jacksonville.

Ø Carnival Inspiration will lay up at Long Beach.

Ø Carnival Imagination (which arrives Long Beach on Sunday) will lay up at anchor.

Ø Carnival Panorama (which arrived Long Beach on Saturday last) lay up port to be decided.

Ø Carnival Fantasy will lay up at Mobile.

Ø Carnival Glory will lay up at New Orleans.

Ø Carnival Fascination’s lay up port is still to be decided.

 

How very sad and depressing, both for cruisers like us

and for the industry as a whole!

 

Mankind.

Brought to his knees, by something the size of a VIRUS!!

 

 

Talk about.. it has hit the Fan!

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2 hours ago, clo said:

Truly not being snarky, but why would anyone not in the biz care about this? Truly.

Apparently because it is more interesting than the number of restaurant workers in the US.  Get the point or am I too deep

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5 minutes ago, wheezedr said:

Apparently because it is more interesting than the number of restaurant workers in the US.  Get the point or am I too deep

 

IDK, I think I'm more concerned about my out of work restnt worker neighbors than I am about where a cruise ship is parked.  Just sayin.  

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On 3/19/2020 at 2:39 PM, clo said:

Truly not being snarky, but why would anyone not in the biz care about this? Truly.

You mean, you don't care about this.
That's OK.
Next time you sign in, you know which topic heading to skip.

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Here's a list of cruise ships in UK waters as of 19:30 utc, March 22.
I don't profess that the list is 100% complete; if you have more to add, do post.
Some of this replicates what's already been stated above.

 

Name Operator Location Status
       
Allure of the Seas RCI Southampton Moored
Astoria C&MV Tilbury Moored
Aurora P&O Dover Moored
Balmoral Fred Olsen Leith Anchored
Black Watch Fred Olsen Leith Anchored
Boudicca Fred Olsen Leith Anchored
Britannia P&O Plymouth, south of Under way, e/b
Magella C&MV Tilbury Moored
Marco Polo C&MV Avonmouth Moored
Oceana P&O Dover Moored
Saga Sapphire Saga Tilbury Moored
Spirit of Discovery Saga Tilbury Moored
Ventura P&O Portland, west of Under way, w/b
Viking Star VOC Tilbury Moored

 

 

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Just passed Carlisle Bay Barbados

 around 6:30 sunset time -22nd. March 2020

 

Things looked like this -still four or five ships hanging around.

Bottom picture: 4 ships plus a small (dark)research vessel, at right

 

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Here's a link to a local Barbados newspaper article

talking about the cruise ships temporarily docked here

 

https://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/244545/positives-relationship-cruise-sector

 

The interesting bit is one short paragraph, below

where our Minister of Tourism alludes to

something I found myself wondering about, a few days ago

- the good possibility that this Summer's Med Cruise Season is a BUST!

 

Symmonds is hopeful there is an option for an expanded cruise itinerary

to include the summer

- when the vessels traditionally go to the Mediterranean.

 

Normally ships will start crossing the Atlantic in April,

and remain in the Med until October.

Will they do so, this year? with Europe a mess of Covid-19?

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1 hour ago, Aplmac said:

Here's a link to a local Barbados newspaper article

talking about the cruise ships temporarily docked here

 

https://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/244545/positives-relationship-cruise-sector

 

The interesting bit is one short paragraph, below

where our Minister of Tourism alludes to

something I found myself wondering about, a few days ago

- the good possibility that this Summer's Med Cruise Season is a BUST!

 

Symmonds is hopeful there is an option for an expanded cruise itinerary

to include the summer

- when the vessels traditionally go to the Mediterranean.

 

Normally ships will start crossing the Atlantic in April,

and remain in the Med until October.

Will they do so, this year? with Europe a mess of Covid-19?

If Europe remains a mess of COVID 19, will Caribbean governments want to assume the risk of a denser than usual cruise season.?

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