钢是影响邮轮业的最新供应链中断
经过布列塔尼·克鲁斯切尔(Brittany Chrusciel)/
另一个供应链问题是困扰邮轮,尽管这一问题有可能使整个行业不安,在两年的破坏后努力取得基础。
到目前为止,我们都熟悉这些供应链中断如何影响我们自己的生活,使购买新车,在线库存中找到某些物品或启动该建筑项目变得困难。但是,这些日益增长的供应短缺现在与乌克兰正在进行的战争的后果相结合,导致稀缺性会影响邮轮业和其他人可能会在未来几年影响:钢铁。
In a recent discussion with Norwegian’s president Harry Sommer, he mentioned that the biggest supply chain concern for the cruise line is in fact steel.
索默告诉我们:“这只会影响原告,这就是为什么我们不得不取消一次巡游的原因,但我们认为这不会影响Viva [第二艘Prima Class船]。”“该系列中的第三艘船可能会受到影响 - 现在还为时过早。该船直到2025年11月才能交付。”
首届收入航行在挪威的,the first ship in Norwegian Cruise Line’s new Prima Class, has been delayed just a few weeks from August 17 to September 4, 2022. In a letter sent to impacted guests, the line cited “supply chain challenges.”
挪威邮轮公司利用Shipbuilder Fincantieri来建造许多船只,包括Prima。索默(Sommer)提到,院子已经在乌克兰边界的罗马尼亚的一家植物中获得了所有钢铁的保护,而工厂的许多工人都是乌克兰人,他们无法再越过边界。
The Italian shipyard is popular with many cruise lines, which means it won’t be a materials problem unique to Norwegian. Other ships slated to be delivered this year from Fincantieri are Virgin Voyages’ Resilient Lady, MSC Cruises’ Seascape, and Viking Ocean’s Viking Neptune.
但是根据索默(Sommer)的说法,新建筑的问题可能会在2025年及以后首次亮相,“因为现在是您需要钢铁制造的时候。”2025年至少有六艘船在Fincantieri订购;更不用说在世界各地造船厂的所有其他船只,例如法国的Chantiers或德国的Meyer-Werft。
供应链中断是玛格丽塔维尔在海上第一艘船的故事中的恶棍,该船推迟于4月至2022年5月;翡翠阿祖拉(Emerald Azzurra)被推迟了六周,并在第一次航行中遇到了家具的问题。缺乏补给造成了丽兹 - 卡尔顿收藏馆的第一艘船Evrima的又一次延迟,该船只现在预计于2022年8月。
“Listen, there are issues getting everything; there are issues getting chairs, getting carpet, getting doors. Everything is getting more difficult to find now than it was before,” Sommer said. “And it’s not just for the new ships.”
索默(Sommer)解释说,挪威舰队在估计三年周期中有17艘船,在任何给定年份中,总是有少数船只在干船坞中进行翻新。索默(Sommer)定期说:“我们要订购数千码的地毯,墙壁覆盖物,内饰 - 所有这些东西。”
On our Azamara Journey sailing in December 2021, the much-delayed arrival of wall coverings from Japan meant that the crew had to remain flexible and get the work done with guests onboard. We were told that carpet was so hard to find during Journey’s summer ’21 refurbishment that Azamara in fact temporarily borrowed carpet from Celebrity Cruises so guests wouldn’t be walking on unfinished flooring.
Five months later on the inaugural voyage of Azamara Onward, which departed Monte Carlo on May 2, 2022, a letter went out to guests mentioning that due to supply chain issues, it was recommended to bring your own hairdryers and umbrellas. But if steel supply orders aren’t fulfilled in the coming months, wet hair won’t be cruising’s biggest concern. Fresh from a pandemic shutdown, we could once again face a time in the future with no new cruise ships to inaugurate.