{"id":20631,"date":"2022-12-30T04:38:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T04:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/30\/floating-dry-dock-brings-faster-cruise-ship-repairs\/"},"modified":"2022-12-30T04:38:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T04:38:47","slug":"floating-dry-dock-brings-faster-cruise-ship-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/30\/floating-dry-dock-brings-faster-cruise-ship-repairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Floating Dry Dock Brings Faster Cruise Ship Repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carnival Cruise Line\u2019s<\/a> well-liked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/cruise-ships\/carnival-vista.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carnival Vista<\/a> wanted repairs to the ship\u2019s essential propulsion system, they went about it a bit otherwise.  Carnival will use a floating dry dock; one thing not beforehand out there for ships needing repairs.  It\u2019s all potential attributable to Netherlands-based Boskalis, a worldwide chief in marine options.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis groundbreaking procedure made possible by Boskalis is a revolutionary way to ensure Carnival Vista\u2019s repairs are completed in a safe, timely and efficient manner, so the ship can resume her popular seven-day schedule,\u201d <\/p>\n<p><cite>Lars Ljoen, Carnival Cruise Line Marine Operations<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The process concerned loading the 133,500 ton ship onto a semi-submersible heavy transport vessel, Boka Vanguard, after which docking the vessel on the Grand Bahama shipyard for the restore work.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an fascinating process, with every step detailed on this video:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Animation BOKA Vanguard dry docking Carnival Vista\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/345668784?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The precise first-time occasion went off with out a hitch too:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"cm2cAs445wU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BOKA Vanguard loading Carnival Vista\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cm2cAs445wU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Boka Vanguard arrived in Bahamian waters on Friday, July 5 to organize for Carnival Vista\u2019s arrival on July 12.\u00a0The loading, transport and repairs have been anticipated to take roughly two weeks, permitting Carnival Vista to return to\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/cruise-from\/galveston.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Galveston<\/a>\u00a0in time for her July 27 voyage, at the moment underway.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.chriscruises.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEARN.jpeg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.chriscruises.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEARN.jpeg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.chriscruises.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEARN.jpeg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.chriscruises.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEARN.jpeg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.chriscruises.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEARN.jpeg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.chriscruises.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEARN.jpeg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.chriscruises.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEARN.jpeg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.chriscruises.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEARN.jpeg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.chriscruises.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEARN.jpeg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.chriscruises.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEARN.jpeg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.chriscruises.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEARN.jpeg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"380\" height=\"132\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.chriscruises.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEARN.jpeg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.chriscruises.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEARN.jpeg?ssl=1 380w, https:\/\/www.chriscruises.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEARN-250x87.jpeg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-chris-cruises\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-chris-cruises\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-chris-cruises\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] When Carnival Cruise Line\u2019s well-liked Carnival Vista wanted repairs to the ship\u2019s essential propulsion system, they went about it a bit otherwise. Carnival will use a floating dry dock; one thing not beforehand out there for ships needing repairs. It\u2019s all potential attributable to Netherlands-based Boskalis, a worldwide chief in marine options. \u201cThis groundbreaking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.chriscruises.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1680-SAMPLER-23.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20631","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cruise"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}