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Johan C
First Class Passenger
Member # 1201

posted 07-05-2006 03:08 AM

MSC's Monterey is now in Barcelona with engine problems. (source Belgium TV VTM)
Passengers are offerd to take another MSC ship out of Barcelona.
As far as I know this is the first time Monterey have engine problems. I hope these problems are not too serieus because this could mean the end of this wonderful ship

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 07-05-2006 01:23 PM

if the problem arose in Palermo, as it seems, and she sailed directly to Barcelona for repairs, missing out on her call to Palma, I don't think it can be that serious? She might still be stuck in Palermo if it was... that's if the reports are correct.

Anyway, fingers crossed & let's hope it's nothing too serious so she sails again next week.

Pam

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Marlowe
First Class Passenger
Member # 1632

posted 07-05-2006 03:58 PM

One of the few advantages that a steamship has over motorships is that while a complex maze of pipes, pumps, valves, boilers, feed heaters, et all., a steam plant has very few moving parts to breakdown. It really ends up being the turbine rotors and the reduction gears that can actually "fail" in a traditional sense. Of couse it is not uncommon for various individual components to breakdown but usually there is redundancy. The piece of machinery needing work is just taken offline to be fixed, but the ship keeps on steamin.

Diesels on the otherhand are reciprocating and have many more times the number of moving parts. Pistons, wrist pins, rods, crossheads, crankshafts and many bearings plus valves, cams, timing gears, injection pumps, etc... If one of these components fails, it usually involves shutting the entire engine down with a concurrent loss in the ability of the ship to keep operating.

Diesels of course rule the sea today because they are more thermally efficient, need a much smaller engineroom and require a much smaller engineroon crew to run as well as are more flexible for power distribution in the case of diesel/electric ships.

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Jepp
First Class Passenger
Member # 5576

posted 08-28-2006 10:02 AM

Any news? Was it serious? Did she complete her summer season?
/Jepp

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Neil - Ex P & O & PRINCESS CRUISES
First Class Passenger
Member # 5641

posted 08-30-2006 05:08 AM

Email Neil - Ex P & O & PRINCESS CRUISES

The ship is shown on the MSC website as sailing from Barcelona on the 4th, 11th and 18th of September on seven day cruises.

No mention of any problems though !

Neil ( Bob )

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 08-30-2006 06:44 AM

Jepp, it cannot have been much as yes she has since been sailing. Cruisetalker Anthemius was aboard her 17th July sailing and I saw her myself at the end of that cruise 24th July. Discussed in another thread here under the subject "Oceanic & QE2 Pics Together" [one of course should be well aware Monterey should come into that discussion

Pam

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