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Very important information. Thank you.They have been causing problems for years. I don't know how long they take to fix.
However we at least now know why GRAND AURORA will have to anchor and wait until Thursday morning to dock.
BS284 PVD-Lock Interruption for the shipping traffic
From:
13/11/2020
till:
09/12/2020
Due to maintenance works the P. Vandamme Lock will be interrupted for the shipping traffic on:
- Monday the 23rd of November 2020 from 8h00 till 13h00
- Wednesday the 25th of November 2020 from 08h00 until Thursday the 26th of November 02h00
-Monday the 7th until Wednesday the 9th of December 2020 from 8h00 until 13h00
Each time until the mentioned end time or as much shorter as possible or longer as necessary.
Let's hope that this time the work finishes on time!
Mr. M,
I was thinking back many pages where you mentioned how important seamanship from the captain was when deciding to route around storms and such. And obviously, with 6,000 cars at $50,000 per car its pretty important that things go reasonably well so as to not end up on the bottom of the drink. Maybe sometime when you get a chance you could elaborate a bit on some of the following: 1) How many crew onboard, how they end up doing that, what's the conditions and pay like, 2) How's the food? 3) What kinds of work do they do enroute? 4) What happens during bad weather? 5) Do the crew stay with a single ship, or do they bounce around? 6) Any tourists on board? 7) Any pets onboard besides the odd rat or two? 8) What do they do to pass the time when things are going swimmingly? 9) Do they have internet access when at sea? 10) And most importantly, is there alcohol allowed onboard?
I'm sure that 99.9999% of the population has no clue about any of this. And since we are here tracking these ships 24/7 I thought it would be fun to have a bit more insight into that whole lifestyle.
RT
I assume someone is on the phone to Southampton to see if they can slip in and dump some cars off.Very strange but looks like Grand Aurora is hanging around just West of the Isle of Wight. Didn't think it would anchor there for Zeebrugge
Meanwhile, the gridsquares are going......And here I am, practicing to be patient and getting roasted for it
So @JC100 may have been right all along!I assume someone is on the phone to Southampton to see if they can slip in and dump some cars off.
The trouble is I am not sure there is the space in the docks as TRITON ACE has only just unloaded.
Not strange, completely scheduled:Very strange but looks like Grand Aurora is hanging around just West of the Isle of Wight. Didn't think it would anchor there for Zeebrugge
No free berth. No dock space for the cars. I'll stop there!Here's a brave/naive proposal: Grand Aurora docks in Southampton, unloads all the cars, then EU ones are transported by road through the tunnel to Zeebeugge. Or vice versa.
Discuss my bold and innocent plan below!
West of the Isle of Wight doesn't seem like a logical place to anchor for Zeebrugge. I would have thought they'd use the Antwerp Anchorage
I agree with you it is an unusual place to loiter - she hasn't, and won't anchor there. However, it's well chosen in that it's well clear of the shipping lanes and obstacles and she can probably get a decent mobile signal there too! I feel sure as I said earlier that the possibility of dropping off her RHD Tesla's into Southampton was being explored too.West of the Isle of Wight doesn't seem like a logical place to anchor for Zeebrugge. I would have thought they'd use the Antwerp Anchorage
Yeah, she could have easily moved ahead and stayed in a waiting pattern at Antwerp Anchorage. It looks as if she is moving ahead towards Zeebrugge again now.West of the Isle of Wight doesn't seem like a logical place to anchor for Zeebrugge. I would have thought they'd use the Antwerp Anchorage
So bad children get huge panel gaps??ALL Teslas are delivered by Santa.....