alwayswantedtobekelli Posted March 6, 2018 #1 Share Posted March 6, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PTC DAWG Posted March 6, 2018 #2 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Google sent me here... https://www.frommers.com/tips/entry-requirements-customs/caribbean-ports-of-call-dock-or-drop-anchor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare shof515 Posted March 6, 2018 #3 Share Posted March 6, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwayswantedtobekelli Posted March 6, 2018 Author #4 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Thanks !!! This is very helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbenjamin Posted March 6, 2018 #5 Share Posted March 6, 2018 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare shof515 Posted March 6, 2018 #6 Share Posted March 6, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tansy Mews Posted March 6, 2018 #7 Share Posted March 6, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LD Silver Posted March 6, 2018 #8 Share Posted March 6, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbenjamin Posted March 6, 2018 #9 Share Posted March 6, 2018 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casofilia Posted March 7, 2018 #10 Share Posted March 7, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted March 7, 2018 #11 Share Posted March 7, 2018 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 ...". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCruisers Posted March 7, 2018 #12 Share Posted March 7, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markanddonna Posted March 7, 2018 #13 Share Posted March 7, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tef43 Posted March 7, 2018 #14 Share Posted March 7, 2018 We have seen instances of passengers having to tender in St Maarten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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