Veendam-- Answers to Some Bermuda Tendering Questions

[RichNY]

For those of you who were worried about not being able to tender into St George's because of the weather here is the official answer from the Bermuda Government..so we wont be sitting out at Murray's Anchorage loosing a day.

The Premier of Bermuda, Dr. the Hon. Ewart F. Brown requested I respond to your concern about tendering from Murray’s Anchorage to St. George’s from the Holland America Veendam. The tender ‘Bermudian’ is a 650+ passenger vessel constructed specifically for this type of operation. The vessel has a ramp arrangement that aligns with the doors of the ship to provide ease of access. Although we anticipate that weather conditions will be fine for most of the season, we do have backup plan in case we cannot tender. That plan is to go direct to Hamilton on the Tuesday morning, and we have reserved the berth in Hamilton each Tuesday just in case the tendering cannot be done.

We hope you have a great cruise to Bermuda and I can assure you we will make your visit to St. George’s as seamless as possible.

Kind regards,

Larry Jacobs
Ministry of Tourism and Transport

[jjb415]

Thanks for posting, I am so looking forward to this summer in Bermuda. :) Sounds great.

[fishbabe]

For those of you who were worried about not being able to tender into St George's because of the weather here is the official answer from the Bermuda Government..so we wont be sitting out at Murray's Anchorage loosing a day.

The Premier of Bermuda, Dr. the Hon. Ewart F. Brown requested I respond to your concern about tendering from Murray’s Anchorage to St. George’s from the Holland America Veendam. The tender ‘Bermudian’ is a 650+ passenger vessel constructed specifically for this type of operation. The vessel has a ramp arrangement that aligns with the doors of the ship to provide ease of access. Although we anticipate that weather conditions will be fine for most of the season, we do have backup plan in case we cannot tender. That plan is to go direct to Hamilton on the Tuesday morning, and we have reserved the berth in Hamilton each Tuesday just in case the tendering cannot be done.

We hope you have a great cruise to Bermuda and I can assure you we will make your visit to St. George’s as seamless as possible.

Kind regards,

Larry Jacobs
Ministry of Tourism and Transport

Rich, thanks so much for this info. We were kind of hoping this would be the solution. DH and I are on the first NY to Bermuda jaunt on Veendam (April 25), so this is good news.

We'll see what actually happens!

[Krazy Kruizers]

Thanks for the information.

[Cruisin'NJMama]

Rich, thanks so much for this info. We were kind of hoping this would be the solution. DH and I are on the first NY to Bermuda jaunt on Veendam (April 25), so this is good news.

We'll see what actually happens!

We're going to Bermuda June 27th and are looking forward to reading about everyone's experiences on Veendam - starting with your cruise on April 25th. I hope that you'll be posting a review upon your return. :o You only have two weeks to go!! Have a great time!

[GrammieK]

Thirteen days, but who's counting??? My preference would be to go directly to Hamilton. Good to know that there is a Plan B.