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9 hours ago, shof515 said:

To me it looks like the captain is taking the ship for a test drive to make sure everything is in 10000% fully working order. Very similar to what your mechanic does when they finish repairing your car

 

now they confirmed everything is 10000% working order they can return to port to supply the ship with provisions for the transatlantic crossing

Explorer has departed Gibraltar after re-fueling. Appears to be heading west. 

Could be that they discovered a problem at sea and need to go back to Cadiz to fix something.

8 hours ago, Biker19 said:

Many/most ship location sites/apps use only land-based AIS receivers to report ship location. Once out of range, those sites/apps freeze like that, and you have to look at the last timestamp of the data to realize it's "frozen". Cruisemapper adds sat locating data to the mix and is much more accurate when the ship is out of AIS range.

Thanks for that.  I uninstalled 'FindShip' from my phone and installed 'Cruisemapper'.  So much more accurate.

33 minutes ago, voyager70 said:

Cruisemapper is showing EX halfway between Miami and Cadiz. She departed Miami Sunday the 29th so that seems pretty accurate. Should be in Cadiz by the 7th.

 

 

I did some additional research and found that the Explorer will indeed be in Cadiz, Spain on 7 Feb. 18:00 hours.  FindShip App. data had the ship 'frozen' at the position between Miami and the Bahamas - which was accurate on 1/29/23 but NOT at this time.

On 1/30/2023 at 11:19 PM, stalek said:

Explorer are now on her way to Cadiz and have ETD 7th feb. It is some more news about the plans for drydock / amp?

I don't believe Explorer will make it to Cadiz by Feb. 7th as it is currently half-way between Miami and the Bahamas. 

You can verify this yourself at https://findship.en.softonic.com/