Today, just over a year since the
Mein Schiff 2 refused to dock in St.John's (Antigua), another vessel, Holland America's cruise ship, the Noordam also made a similar about-turn. Arriving at the entrance to St.John's harbour around 7am, the ship made several loops off shore before finally departing at approximately 9am. The remainder of the day was spent meandering in the north Caribbean Sea enroute to its next scheduled stop, St.Thomas, where it is due to dock tomorrow.
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| Noordam en-route to St.Thomas after abadoning scheduled stop at St.John's, Antigua (from marinetraffic.com) |
While I have no information on the reasons for the ship not docking, there have been talks of sweeping the harbour to remove silt which has accumulated over the years and it is my understanding that the ship which has been contracted to perform this task is already enroute to Antigua. Based on a search of
marinetraffic.com I have been able to determine that the Cyprus registered hopper dredger,
Shoreway (IMO
9420344) is scheduled to arrive in Antigua from Rotterdam on February 17th.
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