Hurricane Queston: where do they put ships not sailing?

[gardn198]

Is there some way to get them out of the water and into a bunker or something out of harm's way? Just curious how they could move something so big. Do they sail them into safe waters?

[chengkp75]

Is there some way to get them out of the water and into a bunker or something out of harm's way? Just curious how they could move something so big. Do they sail them into safe waters?

 

Depending on the track of the storm in relation to where the ship is, they will either get the ship to sea and into waters where the storm isn't as severe, or they will stay in port and triple up on the mooring lines.

[elcuchio24]

Is there some way to get them out of the water and into a bunker or something out of harm's way? Just curious how they could move something so big. Do they sail them into safe waters?

 

Haha, no, although that would be cool! Typically they just berth them somewhere else, out of harms way. Stay an extra few days in Cozumel, or seek a US port with better weather. Something of that nature.

[grandmarnnurse]

No. They send them out to sea away from the hurricane. I've read on the NCL website that they were coming into port early (Thursday) and those that live locally can get off. They are encouraging all others to remain on the ship, and they will keep them safe, out to sea out of the hurricane path.

 

 

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[TomAceEsq]

A lot of the newer ships are built accordion style, so they unload everyone and the furnishings then collapse it and store it til the storm passes. The older ones go out to sea because the collapsible technology wasn't there back in the day.

[Brad1972]

Best cheapest thing they can do is stay out at sea out of the way of the storm till it passes. they can out run the storms and get clear of it. Mooring, no. storm surge would raise water level and snap mooring lines rock the ship back and forth and slam it against the side of the dock for hours on end causing damage to the ship. Taking it out water, no. its cheaper to just head out to sea ahead of the storm and out of the way of the storm. burn some diesel fuel to get it out of the way.

[Staceman225]

A lot of the newer ships are built accordion style, so they unload everyone and the furnishings then collapse it and store it til the storm passes. The older ones go out to sea because the collapsible technology wasn't there back in the day.

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[Fern Crest]

Depending on the track of the storm in relation to where the ship is, they will either get the ship to sea and into waters where the storm isn't as severe, or they will stay in port and triple up on the mooring lines.

Only came here to see your reply.

Thank you!

[tekzilla]

I wondered this exact thing myself. Especially with this storm, because they would have to go pretty far out in the Atlantic or Gulf to get out of the way. But compared to the beating it could take in port, that seems like the only option really.

[riclop]

They put them in John Heald's back yard.

[Brad1972]

If you look at marine traffic.com you can see most of Carnivals Caribbean fleet in the western Caribbean just cruising around between grand cayman, Belize, Roatan and Cozumel along with MSC, NCL and RC cruise lines. couple are in Jamaica too. Basically there is A LOT of cruise ships in the western Caribbean right now. The rest look to be heading to port to let passengers off and I even heard NCL had a couple ships going back early to let some passengers off that live locally to prepare their homes and anyone else who wants to get off and those who want to stay on can certainly do so to stay safe from the storm out at sea away from the storms path.

[hannibal54]

A lot of the newer ships are built accordion style, so they unload everyone and the furnishings then collapse it and store it til the storm passes. The older ones go out to sea because the collapsible technology wasn't there back in the day.

 

Nice.

[Davey Wavey]

Check out http://www.cruisemapper.com for a cool map. Look at how no ships are anywhere near the storms.

[bptex]

The ships can sail at around 22 knots (25 mph) without too much effort and the faster storms might hit 30 mph or so. Irma is moving at 17 mph right now btw. So usually they can outrun storms but not always. In extreme cases they'll go to an alternate port and wait out the storm. Which may also mean disembarking passengers and either busing or flying them to the home port. Many of the more modern ships can actually sail considerably faster but they burn through a whole lot of fuel doing so which of course costs a lot more money.

[elainemasey61]

The ships can sail at around 22 knots (25 mph) without too much effort and the faster storms might hit 30 mph or so. Irma is moving at 17 mph right now btw. So usually they can outrun storms but not always. In extreme cases they'll go to an alternate port and wait out the storm. Which may also mean disembarking passengers and either busing or flying them to the home port. Many of the more modern ships can actually sail considerably faster but they burn through a whole lot of fuel doing so which of course costs a lot more money.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Smiling Cruiser]

TomAceEsq can't they just pull out their 3D printers and make new ones?

 

 

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[sailor05]

If they go east out into the Atlantic they may take themselves into the path of Hurricane Jose. It would take some darn good timing to go out and right back in to avoid both:eek:

[Sillyjilly]

Oh, don't you know? They tow them inland. Then if there is flooding they can sail right out.

[winddawn]

Well here is what Royal Caribbean is doing. RC is allowing employees and their families to get on a ship in Miami to take them out of harm's way during Irma to "calm waters." What a fantastic idea. It's smart not only from a humanitarian standpoint, but also from a business standpoint.

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/royal-caribbean-opens-cruise-ship-191300488.html

[shof515]

The ships do not always have to sail south to get to calm waters. I have a feeling some ships might sail up north towards Bermuda away from all of the storms and away from the coast