Arrivals at the DWB in Ringaskiddy

Rocky Bay

According to the Port of Cork website the Dora Schulte will arrive on Wednesday, 12/19, and the Anna Schulte will arrive on Thursday, 12/20. The Anna being this weeks "banana boat". Just wondering if they will be there at the same time.

goldie fish

Normally turnaround for the Bigger "banana boats" is 12 hours.

youknowwho

Lad's do you mind me asking what the reference to "banana boat" is to?

Bob_the_dog

youknowwho wrote: »

Lad's do you mind me asking what the reference to "banana boat" is to?

Weekly boat bringing bananas into the country I do believe.

Rocky Bay

goldie fish wrote: »

Normally turnaround for the Bigger "banana boats" is 12 hours.

"Bigger"? I thought they were basically of the same capacity.

Rocky Bay

I found the schedule for the service, just can't figure out how to post it here. Anybody know how to?

goldie fish

Bob_the_dog wrote: »

Weekly boat bringing bananas into the country I do believe.

Not just bananas of course. All fruit products coming from central america.
In the late 70s and 80s they were general cargo type geared Reefers, with masts and derricks, normally painted white, and cargo was not unitized.
Common to find bunches of loose bananas strewn around the quayside after they had unloaded.

These days they are a modified container ship, with each container having its own reefer unit.

mp22

goldie fish wrote: »

Not just bananas of course. All fruit products coming from central america.
In the late 70s and 80s they were general cargo type geared Reefers, with masts and derricks, normally painted white, and cargo was not unitized.
Common to find bunches of loose bananas strewn around the quayside after they had unloaded.

These days they are a modified container ship, with each container having its own reefer unit.

God be with those days if the stuff fell on the deck it was ours (crew) if it fell on the quay side the dockers got it.You would be surprised what would fall on the deck (he,he).

murphym7

mp22 wrote: »

God be with those days if the stuff fell on the deck it was ours (crew) if it fell on the quay side the dockers got it.You would be surprised what would fall on the deck (he,he).

It was surprising how cases full of bottles of whiskey could survive a drop of 100 feet or more, but they did.

tricky D

Rocky Bay wrote: »

I found the schedule for the service, just can't figure out how to post it here. Anybody know how to?

PM it to me and I'll see if I can hack something together.

Rocky Bay

tricky D wrote: »

PM it to me and I'll see if I can hack something together.

Thanks, I wish I could PM it to you. I have it in "My Pictures" and can't get it out to you. (I don't know how I got it in there.) It is probably much quicker for you to go to Maersk-Schedules-Trade Lane-Central America & Caribbean Express (CRX) because by the time I figure it out the schedule will have changed...

mp22

Is this what your after http://www.jocsailings.com/GlobalSailingSchedules/SailingScheduleResults.aspx?ORIGIN=Caribbean&DEST=Cork%2c+Ireland&DR=52&DT=2012%2f12%2f13&VT=all%2c

Rocky Bay

mp22 wrote: »

Is this what your after http://www.jocsailings.com/GlobalSailingSchedules/SailingScheduleResults.aspx?ORIGIN=Caribbean&DEST=Cork%2c+Ireland&DR=52&DT=2012%2f12%2f13&VT=all%2c

Thanks but that is not it. I am trying to put a copy of the Maersk schedule, Central American & Caribbean Express (CRX), on here for all who are interested in it.

Rocky Bay

Anna Schulte did not make her call-"no room at the inn". Are the boxes unloaded at Tilbury ? If so, do they come back in one move or several moves? A shortage of bananas for Christmas?

youknowwho

Thanks for the info

Rocky Bay

If I read the Port of Cork website correctly, the arrivals schedule shows no "banana boat" this week.

goldie fish

Happens sometimes if weather conditions in the atlantic are poor.

Rocky Bay

Rocky Bay wrote: »

If I read the Port of Cork website correctly, the arrivals schedule shows no "banana boat" this week.

Next "banana boat" due 23 March according to Maersk schedule.

goldie fish

Rocky Bay wrote: »

Next "banana boat" due 23 March according to Maersk schedule.

Port of Cork says the same, Esther Schulte @1930

Rocky Bay

goldie fish wrote: »

Port of Cork says the same, Esther Schulte @1930

I checked their website earlier in the day and there was no listing of the call, perhaps it was updated later on.

24March Esther Schulte
29March Thekla Schulte
5April Marianne Schulte
12April Nedlloyd Adriana
19April Ocean Promise
26April Anna Schulte
3May Esther Schulte
10May Thekla Schulte
17May Marianne Schulte
24May Nedlloyd Adriana
31May Ocean Promise
7June Anna Schulte
14June Esther Schulte
21June Thekla Schulte
28June Marianne Schulte
5July Nedlloyd Adriana
12July Ocean Promise
Maersk does not show any calls after 12July at this time. It will be updated in the future.

Rocky Bay

Anybody notice the Vogerunner at anchor outside the port? Port of Cork website does not show any information on the ship ...as of a few minutes ago. Now eastbound off the south coast of Wexford, still with Cork as its destination.

goldie fish

Lots of ships and other vessels seem to have headed to cork to Shelter from the horrific winds currently blowing off the SW coast.

Rocky Bay

Todays "banana boat", the Maersk Niagara, I believe has not been in the rotation in the past.