Cruise Ship Propulsion Problems
Royal Caribbean assures guests that the ship is fully operational and there is no impact on the maneuverability of the ship or on the safety of our guests and crew.
Cruise ship propulsion problems. Even the more confusing situation may occur when both PODs in twin POD propulsion. One of the vessels propellers required repairs. The ship set sail on a new voyage this past Sunday probably with the propulsion issues.
Propulsion Problems on Caribbean Princess. Carnival says the Legend should be operating normally. The Saturday December 14 2019 voyage aboard the Holland America Lines cruise ship Nieuw Amsterdam has been cancelled due to unexpected technical issue.
This has caused Royal Caribbean to shorten stops in. Holland America Ship Suffers Propulsion Issues. An interesting fact about cruise ship propulsion is that Norwegian Epic doesnt have pods though slightly bigger than Queen Mary 2 at 153000 GR tonnes because of NCL concerns about the new technology.
PO Ventura Suffers Propulsion Issues. The ship was forced to undergo an unscheduled urgent dry dock in January 2017 for one week. The main issue is that you need to drydock the ship for regular maintenance and service since the motors are outside the hull below the waterline unlike with traditional propellers where most of the drive shaft and mechanical parts are accessible from inside the ship.
In an pod system with the propeller on the front of the pod the propeller is turning in undisturbed water. During her 12-day cruise out of Southampton UK the PO Ventura suffered engine failure and as a result issued a mayday. Yesterday during regularly scheduled testing of the ships emergency diesel generator a malfunction occurred.
At no time did the ship lose power and the ships propulsion systems and primary power source was not impacted. Freedom of the Seas is scheduled for a dry dock session in January 2015. This isnt even the first time for the Vista.
