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quote:Originally posted by Grant:Apparently the first dry dock available for her to enter for repairs is not until her December arrival down under in Australia.
I am sure that is not the issue. Most assuredly if they needed a drydock they could get to one but it might require some travel as there are limited drydocks to handle a ship her size and "rush" fees to get her immediate attention if the shipyard has other work.
I assume the executives at HAL-nival decided that she could manage if there is in fact a mechanical problem and that the problem did not warrant the loss of revenue required to pull her from service, reposition her to an available drydock, spend the needed time in drydock and then get her back on to her schedule. If the problem is reducing her speed I am certain HAL would accept shortened port calls and late arrivals over the loss of revenues.
Plus depending on the nature of the problem they could have to fabricate something as a replacement part, motor, pump, etc. and the decision might be that she can also continue to operate as is until such time as the replacement is available.
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If the runs during the cruise are not being impacted and she can make her ports on time all the more reason for HAL to live with the problem for a while and not drydock her till Australia.
If as Grant says they can not get the Vancouver dry dock the next closest is likely San Francisco assuming it has time. As Grant points out that would take days and means she would miss two cruises.
Hence my contention that HAL-nival decided revenues were more important than repairs at this moment.
quote:Originally posted by SSTRAVELER:Yes. HAL-nival clearly decided [..]
Who says that it was HAL's decision? Why should this be about dry-dock availability? The availability of spare parts could indeed be beyond the control of HAL - in that case having a dry-dock ready for her would not change anything either.
quote:Originally posted by LeBarryboat:[...] Further explanation is that the Oosterdam is ten years old but designed ten years prior to that so about 20 year old technology, that is being slowly updated and upgraded. [...]
The Vista class design is definitely not 20 years old nor is the design based on '20 year old technology' - this might be a simplified statement but it's simply not true.
From reports concerning QV's issues we get confirmation of the exact nature of Oosterdam's problems, as they are very similar. Apparently on Oosterdam when one of the pods is running at over 85% of designed power, there is a major leakage of oil. As a result this pod is kept at a maximum of 75% power thus reducing her cruising speed.
Reports of issues were indeed accurate, just difficult to track down!!Grant
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