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Chrisatrdg In relation to your 18.19 post there was a recent thread where a recent act of the Northern Ireland Assembly was discussed. This Act had the effect that planning decisions did not have to go to the executive I suspect that the ML may be covered by this provision. I had a healthy discussion on the point of a public enquiry on #infa and the problem I was having was to see what additional information a public enquiry would generate that would not have already been raised in the prior consultations.
Hi stokey12 - I believe that going to the Executive is one of the options open along with a possible 'Public Enquiry'.
To explain what a public inquiry is, the following information as taken from the Institute for Government website https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/public-inquiries:
· Public inquiries are major investigations – convened by a government minister – that can be gifted special powers to compel testimony and the release of other forms of evidence.
· The only justification required for a public inquiry is the existence of “public concern” about a particular event or set of events.
Chrisatrdg In relation to your 16.28 post why do you think the ML will go to the executive? I suspect that the Minister will sit on it until just before the summer recess then make a decision so members of the Assembly would not be able to ask questions for a couple of months.
ThisTimeNextYeer - I think you have got it & it just joins up the dots hopefully news this month.There is a rather large unoccupied dock at H&W that could fit 2 cruise ships at any one time & would make it a more cost effective contract.In the meanwhile we await news on the ML which if it is to go before the Executive of NI for a final decision we will not hear anything soon.I am still showing 'Strong Buy'.
Yet another fabulous find and post Mr TTNY .Well done indeed. I think that you and good old Stokey are on the right tracks here .Remember that JW met representatives of RC with the Powers That Be at No.10 ,I think in 2020, and word has been mentioned that our Building Dock could even take two of this beauties for a bottom scrape as you call it !.
If you look at Vessel Finder you will see that Harmony of The Seas is currently in dry dock with Navantia at their Cadiz yard ..Anthem of The Seas and Jewel of The Seas are lying at anchor just off the South Coast --better that they head North rather than South .The Bay of Biscay can be rough at any time of the Year ..You never know ..Only conjecture,though some will know of " The Unknowns " ?!!!
With many of the cruise companies now advertising heavily and resuming their cruises in the coming months, this is going to see a big increase in the number of them requiring work to be done before coming back into service. The amount of work required will depend on whether they have been in 'hot, warm or cold lay up'. The website DNV (link below) has an article on these lay up definitions and also in the last paragraph talks about what it takes to bring a vessel back into service after Covid. Bear in mind this article was from 1 year ago, just after lockdown restrictions, so the amount of work could be even greater with the long lay up the ships have had.
https://www.dnv.com/expert-story/maritime-impact/Key-factors-to-consider-when-assessing-lay-up-options.html
The longer a ship is stationary or laid up also increases hull fouling issues or bio fouling. The longer a ship sits stationary the greater the issue with bio fouling, barnacles, organisms, weed etc attaching. This fouling affects a ships performance, speed, fuel efficiency etc. My reason for this paragraph is that many of these cruise ships at the very least will need a scrape and hose before going back into service.
Now, here's another 2 links below and it's to do with Navantia and Royal Caribbean, both companies that Infa have had interactions with very recently.
Navantia is the company that Infa are working with (along with BMT) in Team Resolute, for the FSS MOD contracts. Royal Caribbean is of course the very big player in the cruise ship world. Obviously Infa have been working very closely with Navantia, and JW has also met Simon Zielonka Director, New Build and Marine Projects at Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines last year at No 10.
I'm eventually getting to a point here. Navantia have just had a contract to bring 4 Royal Caribbean ships back into service. It's stated that the work done across the four ships will take about 500,000 hours and create 1,230 jobs at the Navantia shipyard.
My question ! Might the relationship that Navantia / Infa / H & W / and John Wood have bring some of this work to Belfast as sub contracted ? ? ?
I wouldn't be surprised if it did ! !
Again, I've absolutely no knowledge on this but I do have time on my hands and do a lot of reading and research trying to put 2 and 2 together. Many times I'm way way off the mark but sometimes my 2 plus 2 does equal 4. Could we possibly see a Royal Caribbean ship in the Belfast Building Dock very soon. VERY possible imho. The last post (well found Stokey) about the Miami office was interesting too as this just happens to be the base of Royal Caribbean’s operation.
https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2021/04/05/four-royal-caribbean-cruise-ships-will-get-dry-dock-work-spain
https://twitter.com/johnwoo64494325/status/1238469509536718853?lang=en