Cruise Ship Propulsion Problems
The Norwegian Star experienced a problem with one of its azipods over the weekend apparently resulting in a fire of some type resulting in a cancelled port on its last cruise.
Cruise ship propulsion problems. Yesterday evening after the large. The main difference between steering of a ship with conventional propulsion and a ship equipped with AZIPODs that may be confusing is that starboard rudder causes the ship turn to starboard whether starboard directed POD causes the ship turn to port fig11. Anthem of the Seas had a similar issue in March 2017 Liberty of the Seas in 2015 Freedom of the Seas in 2014 and even Allure of the Seas back in 2013.
March 18Cruise Ship With. The vessel scheduled to sail a 7-night voyage didnt leave the dock at Fort Lauderdales Port Everglades. By Jim Walker on November 4 2019.
Yet as horrific as it sounds that it appears that Royal has done little or NOTHING to fix the issues this isnt the first time we hear about problems with the Allure and its sister ship the Oasis Azipod units its just the first time Royal admits to them. PO Ventura Suffers Propulsion Issues. At no time did the ship lose power and the ships propulsion systems and primary power source was not impacted.
There is no word on what caused the propulsion problems. The ship was forced to undergo an unscheduled urgent dry dock in January 2017 for one week. The cruise ship Caribbean Princess lost propulsion and was adrift for nine hours on the Irish Sea with 4000 passengers onboard.
Propulsion problems are not uncommon among cruise ships resulting in slower speeds until the issue can be addressed in port. The cruise line said there are problems with the ships propulsion systems. In the traditional system the propeller is turning in water that has been disturbed by the passage of the ships propeller shaft framings and brackets.
The Saturday December 14 Eastern Caribbean cruise aboard Holland America s ms Nieuw Amsterdam was canceled due to issues with one of the vessels two Azipods. Freedom of the Seas is scheduled for a dry dock session in January 2015. Even the more confusing situation may occur when both PODs in twin POD propulsion.
