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quote: MIAMI , November 22, 2005 – Today, Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) announced a revised schedule for Norwegian Star’s Mexican Rivera itineraries. The change is being made because of damage to the forward thrust bearings of the ship’s ABB-manufactured azipod propulsion system. Norwegian Star’s engineers have been running comprehensive inspections on the pod and the results show that a reduction of speed is necessary to prevent further deterioration to the bearings. Although the ship can still travel at the 20 knot pace that is typical for most big cruise ships, she cannot perform the maximum 25 knots that is a feature of the new NCL ships and that is necessary to operate the published Mexican Riviera itinerary. Therefore the itineraries from Friday, November 25, 2005 through the March 1, 2006 cruise will be amended. The azipods will be repaired during a newly scheduled dry dock in March 2006; the earliest date the company is able to secure the needed parts and dry-dock availability to conduct the repair. The ship will resume its scheduled high-speed itinerary beginning with the April 2, 2006 cruise. The company sincerely apologizes for any inconvenience caused by this change to the itinerary and would like to thank our guests for their patience and understanding. The new itinerary is as follows: Day Port Arrive Depart 0 Los Angeles, California 6:00pm 1 At sea - - - - 2 At sea - - - - 3 Manzanillo, Mexico 10:00am 6:00pm 4 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 7:00am 6:00pm 5 Mazatlan, Mexico 8:00am 6:00pm 6 Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 7:00am 2:00pm 7 At sea - - - - 8 Los Angeles, California 9:00am
The azipods will be repaired during a newly scheduled dry dock in March 2006; the earliest date the company is able to secure the needed parts and dry-dock availability to conduct the repair. The ship will resume its scheduled high-speed itinerary beginning with the April 2, 2006 cruise. The company sincerely apologizes for any inconvenience caused by this change to the itinerary and would like to thank our guests for their patience and understanding.
The new itinerary is as follows:
Day Port Arrive Depart 0 Los Angeles, California 6:00pm 1 At sea - - - - 2 At sea - - - - 3 Manzanillo, Mexico 10:00am 6:00pm 4 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 7:00am 6:00pm 5 Mazatlan, Mexico 8:00am 6:00pm 6 Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 7:00am 2:00pm 7 At sea - - - - 8 Los Angeles, California 9:00am
This time it is an ABB-manufactured azipod propulsion system that has had a problem. Would thrust bearings be covered by a warranty or don't they count?
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At least, NCL appears to be handling this propulsion problem noticeably better , compared to how they handled DREAM's problems....
Seems to be 2006 may turn out to be a record year for '' unscheduled drydock to fix a thrust radial bearing on a pod system ""as all the newbuilds from 2001-2003 range should be just about '' due '' for a failure...2 NCL, of course, the multiples on Millie,the others are just about ''ready'' for their turn....Cynical, maybe....but worth the tought.
Hmmmmm
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