Earthworm Jim Posted Sunday at 03:57 PM #1 Share Posted Sunday at 03:57 PM There's a potential longshoreman strike at the end of the month. https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/major-maritime-strike-threaten-ports-east-coast-ila-usmx-rcna171914 I know little of longshoreman's role in cruising, but I assume they load all the supplies, and maybe the luggage. Does anyone know whether Carnival has a plan if this happens? Could it potentially cause cruise cancellations, if supplies can't be loaded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColeThornton Posted Sunday at 04:57 PM #2 Share Posted Sunday at 04:57 PM From a similar thread on the "Ask A Cruise Question" forum by poster "Bill Miller". "I spoke to a Longshoreman foreman yesterday at the Port of Tampa. The Longshoreman's Union has an agreement in place with the cruise lines. Cruise lines will not be part of the impending work stoppage action. So your cruises are safe." 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bollycats Posted Sunday at 07:11 PM #3 Share Posted Sunday at 07:11 PM This article says cruises are not necessarily safe. There could be problems ahead. I'm concerned as I have a cruise in early October that will be affected. https://www.cruisehive.com/major-strike-planned-across-us-ports-how-it-could-impact-cruises/145184 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chengkp75 Posted Sunday at 07:22 PM #4 Share Posted Sunday at 07:22 PM The cruise ships are big pay, short work deals for the longshoremen, so they typically carve out exemptions to allow the ships to be worked. However, the strike may delay shipments needed by the cruise ships from being unloaded in EC ports for forwarding to the ships. This can cause maintenance problems and shortages of some items during later cruises. 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeniseTr Posted Monday at 12:54 AM #5 Share Posted Monday at 12:54 AM Eek. I sail oct4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond-56-Plus Posted Monday at 12:58 AM #6 Share Posted Monday at 12:58 AM 5 hours ago, chengkp75 said: However, the strike may delay shipments needed by the cruise ships from being unloaded in EC ports for forwarding to the ships. This can cause maintenance problems and shortages of some items during later cruises. 😬Uhroo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare nancy1031 Posted Monday at 01:05 PM #7 Share Posted Monday at 01:05 PM cruising oct 13, miami- any chance of the cruise being cancelled or delayed due to the strike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeniseTr Posted Monday at 01:50 PM #8 Share Posted Monday at 01:50 PM I read a response from John Heald, the brand ambassador earlier, and he said there should be no impact. Hopefully he will make a standalone thread that can be linked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfs2k Posted Monday at 01:55 PM #9 Share Posted Monday at 01:55 PM 18 hours ago, Bollycats said: This article says cruises are not necessarily safe. There could be problems ahead. I'm concerned as I have a cruise in early October that will be affected. https://www.cruisehive.com/major-strike-planned-across-us-ports-how-it-could-impact-cruises/145184 I don't see this as anything in your control. All you can do is wait and see. Good Luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basketcasena Posted Monday at 03:44 PM #10 Share Posted Monday at 03:44 PM 14 hours ago, DeniseTr said: Eek. I sail oct4 Me too 10-7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisCJR Posted Wednesday at 10:43 PM #11 Share Posted Wednesday at 10:43 PM (edited) On 9/22/2024 at 3:22 PM, chengkp75 said: This can cause maintenance problems and shortages of some items during later cruises. Genuine question, not trying to downplay the potential impact, but couldn't dire things be diverted to a non-US port like Nassau, Private Island, or even Cozumel? I would guess that food may have certain safety requirements, but maintenance parts should be able to be picked up just about anywhere. Edited Wednesday at 10:43 PM by ChrisCJR Spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chengkp75 Posted Wednesday at 10:51 PM #12 Share Posted Wednesday at 10:51 PM 2 minutes ago, ChrisCJR said: Genuine question, not trying to downplay the potential impact, but couldn't dire things be diverted to a non-US port like Nassau, Private Island, or even Cozumel? I would guess that food may have certain safety requirements, but maintenance parts should be able to be picked up just about anywhere. To divert a container to another port, the container needs to be offloaded from the ship headed to the US either before or after calling at the US, and then there needs to be a ship from that port to where the cruise ship is going to call. All this takes time, about as much as the strike will. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bollycats Posted 5 hours ago #13 Share Posted 5 hours ago I feel a little better after reading this, but I'm still not counting my chickens until I step aboard the ship next week! The ILA on Wednesday said its members would continue to handle all military cargo in the event of a strike, and would also continue to work passenger cruise vessels so as not to inconvenience "the tens of thousands of Americans who have booked trips in advance." East Coast port strike looms for first time since 1977. Here's what to know. - CBS News 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edrussell Posted 5 hours ago #14 Share Posted 5 hours ago We sail on Venezia on Oct 4, when we heard about this over the weekend we definitely paused to say the least. It appears cruising will be largely unaffected. I do wonder if it may delay embarkation though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare starstruck05 Posted 5 hours ago #15 Share Posted 5 hours ago It's a pretty big deal here in NOLA, as you all can imagine. No impact on cruise travel. The supplies are usually local products trucked in and and they will keep doing luggage of course. Agreements already in place. Port economy is going to take a big hit if they can't come into an agreement, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeniseTr Posted 2 hours ago #16 Share Posted 2 hours ago 2 hours ago, edrussell said: We sail on Venezia on Oct 4, when we heard about this over the weekend we definitely paused to say the least. It appears cruising will be largely unaffected. I do wonder if it may delay embarkation though. Me too. Just one week left. Crossing fingers, but everything I've seen so far indicates we should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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