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I expect these ships will be sold in the near future with delivery to new owners upon completion of their contractual obligations to the Government of Bermuda.
Tim
quote:Originally posted by Tim in 'Lauderdale:I expect these ships will be sold in the near future with delivery to new owners upon completion of their contractual obligations to the Government of Bermuda.
As Bermuda is (or at least used to be) selective about the ships it allows to call, all ships serving Bermuda on a regularly scheduled basis may only do so once a contract is signed between the cruise line(s) and the Government. Bermuda provides the line(s) and ship(s) guaranteed berthing rights and the cruise lines provide a promise of "x" number of passengers.
When the majority of ships sailing were mid-sized, competition to sail to Bermuda was quite keen and this granted A) Bermuda the right to control or actually select the ships sailing to the island and B) the cruise lines who were granted contracts a certain amount of prestige. And many ships such as Sea Venture/Island Venture, Nieuw Amsterdam/Noordam, Horizon/Zenith and Homeric/Atlantic were specifically designed for/with the Bermuda trade.
With the gross onslaught of mega ships, no more mid-sized ships are being built and this has resulted in Bermuda being strong-armed to now grant contracts to the new Carnival ships and the soon to be lengthened Enchantment of the Seas.
Bermuda used to be the only feasible warm weather destination for cruise ships cruising from northeast and mid-atlantic ports. As the ships have now grown larger and faster, Bermuda has been losing market to these new ships. And since the lines won't build ships to fit Bermuda's requirements for size and limited passenger capacity, they are being forced to accept these much larger ships and forcing the mid-sized ships from the marketplace.
Tim, feeling long-winded.
quote:Originally posted by Tim in 'Lauderdale:Keitaro,And since the lines won't build ships to fit Bermuda's requirements for size and limited passenger capacity, they are being forced to accept these much larger ships and forcing the mid-sized ships from the marketplace. Tim, feeling long-winded.
And since the lines won't build ships to fit Bermuda's requirements for size and limited passenger capacity, they are being forced to accept these much larger ships and forcing the mid-sized ships from the marketplace.
Thad
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