Hull - Zeebrugge ferry ending

[Clancy Moped]

We sailed on one the last trips on "Pride of Bilbao" from Portsmouth to Bilbao in April 2010. P&O withdrew from the route claiming it was uneconomical. Along came the French and have been operating it ever since, and also to Santander. All French crew on 1:1 rotation - not a cheap option like some ferries?
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Wouldn't fancy it this afternoon....

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[Capt Popeye]

Ah well yes quite so, the now expected fall in demand, or maybe just some Pen Pushers calculations have resulted in at least 4 Cruise Ships at anchor off our South Devon Coats at the moment; one a QMary type; been there for a couple months now; I have suggested that they may be awaiting clearance to come inshore to be scuttled then used as Wave Breakers plus Dive or Angling attractions; so after the Virus frighteners we can rejuvinate our Tourist activity with fresh new attractions; after all I cannot imagine that Cruise Liners will be attractive with the required social distancing in future ?

Why venture abroad these days, when ones return date is questionable and terribly uncertain; one can experience the very best of Diving and Angling at home ?

 

[Pete7]

to be scuttled then used as Wave Breakers plus Dive or Angling attractions; so after the Virus frighteners we can rejuvinate our Tourist activity with fresh new attractions; after all I cannot imagine that Cruise Liners will be attractive with the required social distancing in future ?

Already happening, the local dive and fishing charter boats in Weymouth are doing evening sunset cruises around the cruise ships for a bit of site seeing.

 

[Capt Popeye]

Already happening, the local dive and fishing charter boats in Weymouth are doing evening sunset cruises around the cruise ships for a bit of site seeing.

Hi Pete yes our local Trip boats, Teignmouth, Brixham and Paignton, are doing that as well, 'Come aboard and see close quarters the QM' or similar, so its not all bad for business then, another attraction is on offer, might soon see it advertised as 'see the last of those cruise liners' before them scuttled ?
Cripes just maybe them Liners can become the modern version of 'Pirate Radio Ships', or 'Brothels afloat' or some such similar, or even illegal Imigrants catered for ?

 

[JumbleDuck]

Ah well yes quite so, the now expected fall in demand, or maybe just some Pen Pushers calculations have resulted in at least 4 Cruise Ships at anchor off our South Devon Coats at the moment; one a QMary type; been there for a couple months now; I have suggested that they may be awaiting clearance to come inshore to be scuttled then used as Wave Breakers plus Dive or Angling attractions...

The Turkish shipbreaking industry is getting busy with cruise ships, it seems: five in and three awaiting according to this article, from which

I'm mildly surprised that the Home Secretary hasn't yet suggested using them for refugees, as she seems to be working her way through every other impractical and inhumane option. Perhaps "Antarctica" is next on the list, or "Cryosuspension".

 

[PilotWolf]

Wouldn't fancy it this afternoon....

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There used to be a photo aboard of her leaving you Bilbao and I don’t know what the weather conditions were but all you can see is white water breaking over the bridge deck, I believe she was 11 decks high

we had a couple of interesting crossings!

On one there was an elderly lady riding on those electric scooters around generally being a pain crashing into people and things. Until the weather deteriorated and she was one minute doing 2 miles an hour uphill in the next 20 downhill! We didn’t see her again after she took out one of the tables in the restaurant.

on one was in elderly lady riding on those electric scooters around generally being a pain crashing into people and things. Until the weather deteriorated and she was one minute doing 2 miles an hour at pool in the next 20 downhill! We didn’t see her again after she took out one of the tables in the restaurant.

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[Tzu]

Ah well yes quite so, the now expected fall in demand, or maybe just some Pen Pushers calculations have resulted in at least 4 Cruise Ships at anchor off our South Devon Coats at the moment; one a QMary type; been there for a couple months now; I have suggested that they may be awaiting clearance to come inshore to be scuttled then used as Wave Breakers plus Dive or Angling attractions; so after the Virus frighteners we can rejuvinate our Tourist activity with fresh new attractions; after all I cannot imagine that Cruise Liners will be attractive with the required social distancing in future ?

Why venture abroad these days, when ones return date is questionable and terribly uncertain; one can experience the very best of Diving and Angling at home ?

Ah well yes quite so, the now expected fall in demand, or maybe just some Pen Pushers calculations have resulted in at least 4 Cruise Ships at anchor off our South Devon Coats at the moment; one a QMary type; been there for a couple months now; I have suggested that they may be awaiting clearance to come inshore to be scuttled then used as Wave Breakers plus Dive or Angling attractions; so after the Virus frighteners we can rejuvinate our Tourist activity with fresh new attractions; after all I cannot imagine that Cruise Liners will be attractive with the required social distancing in future ?

Why venture abroad these days, when ones return date is questionable and terribly uncertain; one can experience the very best of Diving and Angling at home ?

Saw a couple of cruise ships last week operating in the Ionian, German and Italian I think.

 

[newtothis]

Saw a couple of cruise ships last week operating in the Ionian, German and Italian I think.

Was this one of them?

Crew on first post-lockdown Greek cruise test positive for coronavirus

 

[Tzu]

Was this one of them?

Crew on first post-lockdown Greek cruise test positive for coronavirus

Might have been!.. certainly one of the Mein Schiff's arrived in the morning in Corfu when we were there for an overnight. It was a Costa that left after we arrived in the evening. Saw a couple in the area the week prior via AIS too.

 

[Pete7]

Saw a couple of cruise ships last week operating in the Ionian, German and Italian I think.

Glasgow docks have another half a dozen tied up. No idea how long they have been there.

 

[masterofnone]

When I was stationed in Celle, just north of Hanover to save you looking it up, that route was popular with most squaddies who lived in the north. I preferred the Rotterdam ferry, nicer drive and not full of drunk squaddies ?

So you weren't an aficionado of the Hamburg/ Harwich ferry. I was in Soltau.

 

[SimonFa]

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So you weren't an aficionado of the Hamburg/ Harwich ferry. I was in Soltau.

Harwich to Pickering didn’t look like a good journey and from Hull I could be home inside an hour at that time in the morning and didn’t have to leave home to get back until late afternoon. My not then wife who was teaching in Germany did it once but didn’t like it.

 

[Offshore57]

Blimey how will Del Boy, Rodney and Uncle Albert manage...…...

Bonjour