Tender ports vs walk off

[alwayswantedtobekelli]

Is there somewhere I can find out which ports are tender ports? I'm specifically looking for information on

 

San Juan

St. Kitts

St. Marten

St. Thomas

Tortola

 

Thanks so much

[PTC DAWG]

Google sent me here...

 

https://www.frommers.com/tips/entry-requirements-customs/caribbean-ports-of-call-dock-or-drop-anchor

[shof515]

From NCL Website:

2016-2018 TENDER PORTS

 

The following are tender ports:

Alaska, Canada, U.S. Pacific Coast & New England

• Astoria, Oregon*
  
• Bar Harbor, Maine
  
• Catalina Island, California
  
• Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island*
  
• Gaspésie, Quebec
  
• Icy Strait Point, Alaska*
  
• Juneau, Alaska*
  
• Ketchikan, Alaska*
  
• Newport, Rhode Island
  
• Rockland, Maine
  
• Saguenay, Canada*
  
• Sitka, Alaska*
  
• Sydney, Nova Scotia*
  

Caribbean, Mexico & Panama Canal

• Belize City, Belize
  
• Basseterre, St. Kitts*
  
• Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
  
• Cozumel, Mexico*
  
• George Town, Grand Cayman
  
• Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas
  
• Gustavia, St. Barts
  
• Harvest Caye, Belize*
  
• Key West, Florida*
  
• Manzanillo, Mexico
  
• Ocho Rios, Jamaica*
  
• Puerto Vallarta, Mexico*
  
• Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras*
  
• Roseau, Dominica*
  
• Samana, Dominican Republic
  
• San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
  
• St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands*
  
• Tortola, British Virgin Islands*
  

Hawaii

• Kona, Hawaii
  
• Lahaina, Hawaii
  

South America

• Alter Do Chao, Brazil
  
• Buzios, Brazil
  
• Ilha Grande, Brazil
  
• Ilhabella, Brazil
  
• Porto Belo, Brazil
  
• Puerto Chacabuco, Chile
  
• Puerto Montt, Chile
  
• Punta Del Este, Uruguay
  
• Stanley, Falkland Islands
  

Europe

• Bergen, Norway*
  
• Cannes, France
  
• Cork (Cobh), Ireland*
  
• Dubrovnik, Croatia*
  
• Edinburgh (Newhaven), Scotland
  
• Falmouth, England*
  
• Flam, Norway*
  
• Geiranger, Norway*
  
• Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK
  
• Hellesylt, Norway
  
• Helsingborg, Sweden
  
• Inverness (Invergordon), Scotland
  
• Istanbul, Turkey*
  
• Kotor, Montenegro*
  
• Leknes, Lofoten Islands, Norway
  
• Monte Carlo, Monaco
  
• Mykonos, Greece
  
• Lerwick, Shetland Islands
  
• Monte Carlo, Monaco*
  
• Mykonos, Greece*
  
• Naples, Italy*
  
• Olden, Norway*
  
• Santorini, Greece
  
• Split, Croatia*
  
• St. Malo, France
  
• Stockholm (Nynashamn), Sweden*
  

Asia

• Bali (Benoa), Indonesia*
  
• Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
  
• Ko Samui, Thailand
  
• Komodo Island, Indonesia
  
• Phuket, Thailand*
  

Australia, New Zealand & South Pacific

• Airlie Beach, Australia
  
• Akaroa, New Zealand
  
• Alotau, Papua New Guinea
  
• Bora Bora, French Polynesia
  
• Bay of Islands, New Zealand
  
• Fakarava, French Polynesia
  
• Eden, Australia
  
• Geelong, Australia
  
• Gisborne, New Zealand*
  
• Huahine, French Polynesia
  
• Ile des Pins, New Caledonia
  
• Kangaroo Island, Australia
  
• Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia
  
• Rangiroa, French Polynesia
  
• Sydney, Australia*
  
• Whitsunday Islands, Australia
  

* Indicates a port where ship can dock or anchor, varies by call.

 

Depending on how many ships in port, there is a small possibly that St Thomas and Tortola be a tender port

[alwayswantedtobekelli]

Thanks !!! This is very helpful

[pbenjamin]

Most of the ports in the NCL list have an asterisk, which, if I understand correctly, means that a ship might tender and might not, depending upon the situation. How can you tell for your specific cruise whether or not it will use tenders?

[shof515]

How can you tell for your specific cruise whether or not it will use tenders?

it depends on the port and how many berths they have. if a port only has 2 berths for 2 ships, the third ship needs to tender.

you can use a site called cruise timetable to check the port schedule: https://www.cruisetimetables.com/ . It tells you many ships in that ports.

 

Most ports only has 2-3 berths. Only a few ports like Nassau, Cozumel and St. Marten have berth space for like 6-8 ships

[Tansy Mews]

Most of the ports in the NCL list have an asterisk, which, if I understand correctly, means that a ship might tender and might not, depending upon the situation. How can you tell for your specific cruise whether or not it will use tenders?

 

Things can change. We weren't supposed to tender in one Scottish port but there was a naval ship taking our space. So we tendered.

[LD Silver]

A port can be a tender and a walk off port in the same day. We had just such a situation on the Dawn a few weeks ago when we were in Roatan.

 

We were docked at the pier from 7:00 am to 9:00 am and you could just walk off. At 9:00 am, we pulled out and the ship moved to a tendering position to allow the NCL Breakaway to dock at the pier. Tendering started at 10:00 am and was a short 10-minute ride.

 

In over 20 cruises, I’ve never experienced a port in which you both docked and tendered into on the same day.

[pbenjamin]

Yes, I'm aware of that site. It tells me how many ships will be in port and when (e.g. 0700-1315) each ship will be there. It does not tell me how many berths that the port has, although I was able to find that out through other means. Can one just do the math and assume if there are two berths and your ship is one of the first two scheduled that your ship will not use tenders? Does NCL ever tell you in advance whether or not? I'm assuming that they need to know in terms of selling you ship sponsored excursions...

[casofilia]

In over 20 cruises, I’ve never experienced a port in which you both docked and tendered into on the same day.

We did it in Astoria. Docked to get off and tendered to get back on later.

[BirdTravels]

Most of the ports in the NCL list have an asterisk, which, if I understand correctly, means that a ship might tender and might not, depending upon the situation. How can you tell for your specific cruise whether or not it will use tenders?

There are no guarantees. There are "most of the time, the ship ...".

[OCruisers]

Depending on how many ships in port, there is a small possibly that St Thomas and Tortola be a tender port quote]

 

Also St. Kitts. Our ship had to tender there in January 2018.

[Markanddonna]

Someone mentioned they never saw a port where ships both tendered and docked at port. It depends on how busy the port is. We had that situation in Victoria, CA. There was one sad Celebrity ship anchored far away where the folks had to tender. I think port/dock assignments go out a year ahead of time, but emergencies and bigger priorities can change even that.

[tef43]

We have seen instances of passengers having to tender in St Maarten.