The Insane Logistics of Shutting Down the Cruise Industry

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Writing by Sam Denby
Research by Sam Denby and Tristan Purdy
Editing by Alexander Williard
Animation by Josh Sherrington
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Select footage courtesy the AP Archive
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[@meerakumari5014]

Its 4 am right now but logistics of cruise ships seemed more important

[@grozaphy]

Seems more important than my homework even though I dont plan to work/start a business that is related to this

[@facundofreire5359]

6am here

[@manankraval3280]

Yeah

[@MrAvishek453]

It is more important than anything, when you’re a crewmember of these cruiseships and you have to lost your job, your career is in limbo and depleting amount of money in the bank!

[@jiajieguo7322]

@@facundofreire5359pop

[@Pyrus425]

This isn’t just your average everyday logistics... This is... *insane* logistics

[@stefanc4520]

Xtreeeme Logistics! Sponsored by Redbull!

[@allu717]

His channel should be called Wendover logistics

[@observantmagic4156]

You are insane logistics

[@cloud-dv1wb]

@@observantmagic4156 no *you* are 😚😚😊

[@TheMan4407]

Sounds like a Spongebob reference!

[@unclepatrick2]

Even though the industry has all this money, they still tried to convince the US Congress to help them out. Congress informed the Industry that they would be happy to help any US ships . None of the Ship are based in the US. If they were , they have to obey US labor laws . And no Cruise Company could afford to stay in business . So the US Government told them to talk to the governments of the Home Ports of the ships .

[@GeneralAnnoyance]

There is one US flagged vessel. The Pride of America. NCL

[@KeyonWasTaken]

I believe Royal Caribbean also has a ship based in the USA for Hawaii cruises

[@jt8280]

The cruise industry doomed, bankruptcy imminent. CDC and Congress don't care as they are non US based ships paying no US taxes.

[@MandoMonge]

If they can’t afford US labour laws onboard, now imagine if they ACTUALLY were forced to adhere to real labour laws unlike the US’

[@jt8280]

@@MandoMonge Exactly. pay your US taxes and comply to US labor code or get out ! Stop hiding in foreign based countries, Happy Bankruptcy !

[@shoshannahhiggins8252]

I was part of this. Its hard to tell the whole story of us crew members, especially the ones who stayed on board. I did 55 days and this comes close to painting a picture. It's very surreal to see my job in one of your videos. I did find it amusing that you never actually showed the Panorama despite mentioning it twice lol. Thanks for another great video. Hoping to get back to sea soon!

[@dankdungeon5104]

cool to hear, what's your job on the ship?

[@BearMeOut]

Probably boat stuff yanow

[@Telencephelon]

Did they stop paying you the moment you stepped off the boat or before that?

[@Kris_G]

@@Telencephelon I'm also a crew member, my company stopped paying me once they realized the pandemic wasn't going to blow over quickly. Might have been different for other companies though

[@lordneojacks]

Crewmember here. Coming to this video after Omicron caused some cancellations. I'm having flashbacks. I see you friend!

[@Planetbustard]

Cruise lines: We saved up money during the good times to help us during the bad times! American Airlines: I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that!

[@ScottRothsroth0616]

Lol.

[@Droidman1231]

Same thing for the US government too; ran a deficit even during the good times.

[@jorge8596]

To be fair, airlines run on far thinner margins than cruise lines

[@ShadowStrike29]

Cruise lines also cried poor and wanted a tax payer funded handout just like the airlines did.

[@Planetbustard]

@@jorge8596 True, but they still found a way to spend $12.4 billion on stock buybacks from 2014-2019.

[@joshuasims5421]

I love this story. What do we do with all these crew members if we can’t fly them home? All we have is a bunch of boats...hmm...

[@GuinessOriginal]

Just arrange for cruises for all the crews

[@DZ477]

@@GuinessOriginal Very insightful...

[@JJLiu-xc3kg]

@@GuinessOriginal Bruh

[@xitoroman]

My company arrenged a ship to cross the entire globe to bring people from asia back home

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

@@GuinessOriginal a crew's cruise

[@juice6521]

Imagine being on one of these behemoths with just 100 people, you could go an entire day and maybe see only a handful in person.

[@EphenStreet]

It was a ghost town but there were assigned dining times so you'd usually see people at breakfast lunch or dinner.

[@ruthlogan9034]

Great atmosphere to write a ghost story series.

[@Wrest2165]

i was following a woman, Captain Kate , From the celebrity cruises, and it was ...weird. SHe said there were 25 people on a ship that normally had 400 crew and 2000 passengers. CRAZY!!! She had her puppy thought at least

[@Wrest2165]

@@tessadieter1201 YES! she is awesome i just mentioned her too!

[@lucius1976]

Great to film some The Shining like movies

[@evelyntan5588]

Sad for all the staff who are out of work after having to wait for a long time to get home.

[@lzh4950]

Heard there was a cruise ship jam at Manilia Bay as the mostly-Filipino crew were waiting for the Phillippine government to finish processing their CoViD test results (they had to test negative before getting off I remember)

[@d00m139]

They got paid tho at least

[@stankythecat6735]

Can you imagine how creepy it would be to be one of the 100 crew on that massive ship.

[@robbielambert5934]

i've just done 6 months onboard a cruise ship, its very strange not having the passengers on board

[@swargpatel7634]

I know right! Those vessels are so huge that even with 99 other people, it may take a while before you run into one. They are like a miniature floating city.

[@ruthharvey4158]

I was on a ship with about 350 of us stranded for 7 weeks or so. Was very strange, but what was weirder was being allowed to use the hottubs etc (before social distancing was put into full force)

[@johnvance882]

I work at a summer camp, imagine a place filled with hundreds of happy and laughing kids being totally empty. No water slides running, no swing noises, no splashing in the pool, no campfire songs... it was just sad

[@EmSpro]

would be very cool

[@nevermind-he8ni]

Brings a whole new meaning to, "The boss is giving me a ride home after work!"

[@Gstrangeman96]

Must be so surreal to be one of a couple hundred people on a floating hotel designed to host thousands, knowing that you're being sailed halfway around the world just so your company can drop off you and a dozen of your compatriots.

[@MrAvishek453]

@@Gstrangeman96 been there, done that!

[@Gstrangeman96]

@@MrAvishek453 Was it surreal?

[@mikitz]

@@Gstrangeman96 Here's Johnny!

[@jamesengland7461]

Hahahaha!

[@DivinityOfBLaze]

We have like 5 cruise liners off the coast where I live (Cyprus) the entirety of covid. I always wake up to see them just floating there wondering how much money they bleed.

[@philthephilosopher9235]

Which Cyprus?

[@DivinityOfBLaze]

@@philthephilosopher9235 The original one, rather than the unrecognized puppet state.

[@TheColdestWater]

@@DivinityOfBLaze you're a puppet

[@DivinityOfBLaze]

@@TheColdestWater Well that doesn't make any sense.

[@ActualDegen]

I’ve never seen the sea in my life! Funny how life is so different in different places.

[@deveus1]

That must be an incredibly wild situation to be on one of those cruise ships, sitting in a cluster off the shore, hanging out there for a year. I'd love to hear more about that. I wonder if any of them are making youtube diaries or anything.

[@MICROKNIGHT3000]

You know when the cruise ships banded together on a single mission, to send their workers home. It kind of felt sad yet beautiful

[@josephvisnovsky1462]

How much did they pay these 10,000 staff on these 7 ships on their "free trip home" ? The 'foreign flag' is the legal loophole all oceanic shipping survive under. Consider the Rhosus (ship that brought ammonium nitrate to Beirut).

[@caelidhg6261]

and then of course.. fired them....

[@adinicic4259]

All those companies care is profits and their shareholders. They could provide good wages and health benefits for all their workers and company would benefit as well. But it costs money to keep paying workers and alive I guess and dollar is above human being these days.

[@AFoxGuy]

@@adinicic4259 These companies would literally cease to exist if they had to pay all their employees with no revenue whatsoever, I’m not saying it’s a good practice but I’d rather have lots of jobs lost in the short term over having no industry to return to after Covid-19. Though they really should treat employees during normal operations like you said.

[@Janzer_]

@@AFoxGuy yet they had huge amounts of money stored away when they had to stop doing business. did you even listen? imagine defending horrible business practices and greed.

[@Larry82ch]

Am I the only one who thought it was so cute when an entire cruise ship is visiting Florida to "get groceries and the mail" for all of its siblings?

[@slrhpbbt]

I was wondering if the different ships fight over who gets to go each week

[@kiwikiwi2483]

@@slrhpbbt Carnival Dream: I wanna go to Miami! Carnival Breeze: No I wanna go! Carnival Vista: Neither of you are going. I am!

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

It for the family XD

[@FishingtonBurpPuzzle]

Cuter if there were some pirates jumping it

[@Larry82ch]

@@FishingtonBurpPuzzle lol I wanna see THAT jump

[@shawnwright240]

Well done. I subscribed and bought the year of Curiosity Stream and Nebula because this was so well made. Good job.

[@javianjohnson8746]

4:04 - 5:42 oh my goodness, your research skills is amazing! I never even thought about this going on while I was stuck in quarantine lol

[@MikeyAtalla]

Next Video should be "The Insane Logistics of making the Insane Logistics Videos" haha

[@distortionmusic]

that’s just his tiktok

[@AxxLAfriku]

HELP MY!!! My muscles are too big! I am a big tall man and my muscles are even BIGGER! I use them to get views but they HURT so much!!! Because they are heavy. Do you have any advice, dear mike

[@ajbone5188]

@@AxxLAfriku cut them off

[@MyKevin7777]

Meta

[@CharalamposKoundourakis]

@@Unix_0 Don't engage the troll

[@Teddyknockou]

Carnival had 26 ships when the shutdown started not 23. They have 23 now due to the sale of 4 fantasy class ships and addition of Mardi Gras.

[@davidsworld5837]

ok they had 26 now have 23 sold 4 should that not be 22 or did they buy 1 ship when you look at the money they make from only 26 ship it look impressive.

[@theeraphatsunthornwit6266]

@@davidsworld5837 yes, he said "and addition of mardi gras" 😅

[@antsbradley]

How do you sell a cruise ship in the middle of a cruise ship shutdown, or where they just scrapped?

[@Dave_Sisson]

@@antsbradley Several discount cruise lines sent their old ships to the scrappers and replaced them with second hand ships from the mainstream cruise lines that they bought at a substantial discount to what they would normally pay.

[@SUNGOD663]

Once again, an amazing and informative video from an awesome KZbin channel! Though you already have a lot of subs, I feel like you deserve even more subs for all the hard work and commitment you put into producing quality content. Thank you, have a nice day all

[@gregbridges2540]

"Unlike people, they couldn't just let them (the ships) go"

[@Brick-Life]

the ships are worth more and last longer

[@rj13198]

It has been fascinating living in Southampton as we have more cruise ship movements than ever servicing all the ships moored off the coast, usually movements would only be peak season Fridays and Saturdays but now its every day of the week. Particular highlight was watching both Queen Mary II and Queen Victoria sail off together on a Monday afternoon in February

[@10gamer64]

Southampton, a city known for it's history of ships

[@TornadoHarry]

@10 Gamer April 10 is approaching... 👀

[@isabellind1292]

Rory Jardine - But don't those ships kind of clutter up the beautiful scenery? Of course, the Queen Mary ll & Queen Victoria would be completely different, they're beautiful ships and seeing the other standard cruise ships would be cool too but I just hope they aren't going to use this port as a parking lot for cruise ships, lol...I love your country, it's very beautiful.😊

[@noob.168]

Everytime I hear Southampton, I think of the Titanic

[@rj13198]

@@isabellind1292 the same ships come and go, so you could say they are part of the scenery! I've quite enjoyed seeing the frequency of their arrival but I do hope they restart passenger service soon

[@jonas1015119]

I wonder how the employees felt, on one hand you get a free cruise, on the other you're being laid off and have to spend 2 months getting home

[@brandtaylor93]

well most all the employees on cruised go on 6 month contracts

[@datboi1026]

probably one of the most gracious ways to be laid off tho

[@CastmanDan]

I was on board at that time, but missed the free cruise because my ship happened to be at my home country already. Bummer hahaha. My friends who stayed, however, seemed to have had a good time. The living conditions during that time were even better than normal. With no passengers on board, they had little to no work and were free to use some of the ship's services - in my ship, everyone had an individual, fully equipped passenger suite (with balcony!) for that period. Also, spending long stretches of time on board is normal, so those 2 months of travel weren't nearly as stressful as they may have sounded. For job security, during that travel they were all on payroll, on top of that, we weren't really laid off and as soon as this passes we will be hired back, as the industry recovers. From the comments here, I see that people have a really bad image of work and living conditions on board, but they are not bad at all. I definitely wish I had been forced to extend my stay for a two months trip like that.

[@cwuzii]

I bet they pissed, nay, shat in the pool 🤣

[@patchescessna7348]

Jonas, Do you recollect the time frame of getting staff to their home countries? At the time there was little/no air lift available anywhere let alone for thousands of staff. You are right that its bad being laid off but how many friends in all our cities were too? The good thing is the cruise lines will be ramping up in phases and these people will have jobs to go back to. The sad part was the quick pic of the closed Ketchikan stores, Nobody is talking about the job losses/economic losses in port cities at least in the US.....

[@koolaideman9049]

This is the one KZbin channel that i could watch all day and not get bored because they always keeps you engaged and wanting to know more

[@ortopediaco]

I work on cruise ships and I haven't been able to work since then. It's really upsetting.

[@potusjoe6944]

500000 dead. It's really upsetting.

[@blacklightfreakout825]

@@potusjoe6944 500,000 i s not upsetting when there are 388 MILLIOIN Americans in the United States. So in essence only 0.001% of the American population died. Comparetively speaking that is not enough people, especially to shut down the American economy. I can understand if 1/4 or 1/2 of the American population died, but basically it is unrealistic to think that no one will die from a virus, not Covid or the flu a year. Shutting down the economy was the stupidest thing ever, which caused massive unemployment for years to come for only 500,000 people.

[@fifthbusiness2591]

@@blacklightfreakout825 that’s a lot of words to say, “I am dumb and selfish.” Or, “I am a russian troll.”

[@SuperLammens]

I feel sorry for you and all the people who are struggling now, the sisease is nothing, but the outrageous actions taken by governments is horrible to billions of people(while the disease is a little bit more dangerous than flu and has been lethal to only a minority of people.

[@peepeepoopoo7181]

@@SuperLammens although i agree with you partially, we simply cannot risk passing this disease around like wildfire. If the disease evolves or adapts inside stronger human bodies, it may just simply complicate things futher.

[@badhrihari1705]

CEO of cruise ship company: It's too hard to remain open, I'll shut down Wendover: Are you sure about that

[@FalbertForester]

Some cruise lines didn't collect up all their ships in one floating offshore zone. Some sent them to ports - including some ports *way* off the beaten track. I am fortunate enough to live near Eastport, Maine, USA where the Oceania Riviera was docked for many months, and went to go see the ship. The cruise ship is large enough to take the whole town's population on board, with room left over, so it was rather impressive to see it at the waterfront, towering over even the church steeples. And while there, the ship was paying 1/10th the docking fees of a major city, and mostly paid the debt on the recent expansion of the dock to be able to handle ships that large, so the town was pretty happy to host the ship.

[@the_one_titan3381]

Damn it must be insane seeing a ship that could just take everyone in your town on a vacation right outside

[@akabukiman]

One of the best you ever made! Great stuff, man!

[@ChrisGorski]

Your videos are always interesting, but this one was just especially so. What a unique situation. Thank you for documenting and sharing.

[@mooingAlong]

As one wise man said. It's not over, till it's Wendover.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

As the same wise man said on another channel, it's not interesting till it's Half as Interesting.

[@buddyclem7328]

After this, you know I was Wendover! (Pause for laugh track.)

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

Noice

[@JezaLoki]

Haha. Thanks for the giggle

[@Kris_G]

As a person who works on cruise ships (I'm one of the rare Canadians that works on ships 😛) I really appreciate you telling the story of what happened after the guests got off the ships!

[@vilextone8031]

So its not only underpaid filippinos who work there :o ?

[@Kris_G]

@@vilextone8031 hah yeah, there's tons of nationalities that work on cruise ships. I have friends from all around the world that I've met through work. And the pay is actually pretty good depending on the economic status of your country. Like $1500 USD is a lot in the philippines... Or so I'm told. I'm not sure how far $1500 can go in the philippines so I'm not really an expert

[@bmona7550]

@@Kris_G That money can pay for a whole school semester in the Philippines. It’s big enough. I know someone who was able to buy a house in a good neighborhood with that much cruise money in the country

[@Kris_G]

@@bmona7550 thank you for sharing! I appreciate having the info to support my comment!

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[@miniminerx]

I watched your documentary and I LOVED IT! It was an awesome hour long in depth version of a normal wendover video and it worked awesome.

[@MatanArie]

After years of enjoying Wendover and HAI videos, I unexpectedly saw my house off in the distance in this video. You're welcome.

[@Hygix_]

At what time, can I see it lol

[@MatanArie]

@@Hygix_ 13:33 just above the four red cranes on the left side of the screen.

[@psalm1197]

Yeah, we had that with the movie Chariots of Fire

[@lotan9398]

I think were are neighbors lol

[@TheColdestWater]

@@MatanArie I'm coming over

[@liem11]

So glad they just didn't abandon their crew. After all they could have just said, "You're fired, find your own way home."

[@AbdulGoodLooks]

Surprised they don't make crewmembers walk the plank for insulting the captain or asking for a higher wage

[@martinum4]

I think Immigration laws of the countys where they were anchored while the pandemic hit prevented that.

[@ruthharvey4158]

I was one of the stranded crew! The company was great with us generally, but a lot of the independent contractors got screwed (art auctioneers, etc) by their own companies. One of my mates was effectively told this, and kinda had to be adopted by the cruiseline for repatriation at no cost.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

@@ruthharvey4158 I can't imagine what it would be like to be an independent contractor in a time like this. Job security is at the lowest it's ever been.

[@adamdapatsfan]

The amount of stranded workers would be roughly on par with the size of many of the national militaries in the Caribbean. As badly as cruise lines generally treat their workers, I think those ships were taking people home one way or another :P

[@TimeBucks]

Never watched any video of yours without learning something new.

[@Nooticus]

^

[@delta9tetrahidrocannabinol743]

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[@geznicks]

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[@MichaelLawrencem3]

Loved most of the video, not so much the ads

[@MichaelLawrencem3]

@DK it's not ads per se but in the video itself promoting other services etc. I get making money but seemed excessive

[@garywatersjr8959]

I live in the Portland, Oregon area. There is a coastal town called Astoria about an hour away that has just gotten the facilities for cruise ships, nothing huge. However, there were 10 cruise ships anchored because of the shut down. It was a big deal because no one from around here had ever seen that many large vessels in one place before.

[@StarOfTomorrow2009]

I worked on a cruise ship as an American citizen during the shutdown. I was stuck onboard for a month off the coast of Florida, we could port in Florida but no one was allowed off for any reason (unless immediate medical attention was needed and then they couldn’t get back on). We knew we wouldn’t be sailing with guests anytime soon but the CDC wouldn’t allow us off to get personal supplies from the store. I couldn’t even get off to go to my car in the parking lot to drive twenty minutes down the road to my home.

[@NH4x4Jeep]

Man Overboard! ... Again... Seriously, that must have been really frustrating. Still better than getting COVID!

[@imcrazy534]

Was staff allowed to use the amenities during that time? Like swimming, movie theater etc?

[@CristianDF]

This is probably the most rounded video video you've done so far. You approach the issue from all different aspects, give a broader view of what's happened. Well done.

[@darthmortus5702]

2:36 Well my neighbour here in Serbia married his Filipina coworker from the cruise ship so this definitely checks out :P

[@sirpentium]

I got such a kick seeing my former floating home in your video. Great explanation of the current cruise climate.

[@AdamEmond]

0:30 SAM Edit: 0:31

[@NoName-mh7oo]

Hmmmmmmmm.

[@magnetospin]

It's a secret warship!

[@ceddricc5909]

S a m

[@mrtoocranky56]

MAS

[@hotbam37]

I don't get it, what are you looking at?

[@calvinbouroughproductions8321]

Luckily, this will likely never happen, because the cruise industry uses Curiosity Stream, and watches its favorite documentaries on Nebula.

[@neilopfer5687]

Thanks for a great presentation!! Knew a little about their shutdown but this really opened my eyes!!

[@cherryspeaks988]

This video was surprisingly insightful. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Great job!

[@dbgrfdg]

I hope the next video will be The Insane Logistics of Shutting Down the Suez Canal

[@TKUA11]

Please . No! We’ve already watched enough videos on how a woman drew a peni$ and balls in the sea then crashed a ship. How much more videos about that can we watch ?

[@Fridelain]

@@TKUA11 It wasn't a woman captain, that was a fake rumour. It was tripulated by 25 indians.

[@FilthyGaijin]

There's this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4SWdJRvq5ujr9E

[@xitoroman]

I was working at a cruise ship when the shutdown happened, it was quite an experience

[@TheBenzaus]

were you on one of the all crew cruise back to your home country if so what was that like ?

[@insectbite1714]

@@TheBenzaus the crew members are the only ones who know that the cruise ships dump plastic into the ocean

[@nathaniel1069]

@@insectbite1714 Not much the crew members can do if there is nowhere to put it. I would blame the company for not creating a policy that regulates cruise ship disposal.

[@thomasdang4860]

This is one of the best videos of yours I’ve watched - especially the repatriation of the crew. Fascinating and dizzyingly complex.

[@123tools1]

Just found this documentry . was amazed about the detail and facts ,enjoyed it immensly

[@JaredVeale]

Head over to Nebula where this video doesn’t exist yet because everything is uploaded later on the platform for some reason. Nice one

[@robertschnobert9090]

It's necessary to get the ad revenue and publicity from having a video with lots of views on youtube 🌈

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

*Wendover uploads a video that isn't about anything airplane related* Everyone: Panik *He says "Airlines" at **0:48* Everyone: Kalm

[@TheDarkever]

Ahah that meme is still alive! :D

[@Alniemi]

I finally paid the sub and got curiosity stream! no regrets! some of the most entertaining docs ive seen in a while

[@TheMrFishnDucks]

Fantastic video. Keep up the good work.

[@FinancialShinanigan]

In a few months: The Insane Logistics of Reopening the Cruise Industry

[@patrickong6543]

It's just this video but in reverse

[@joaquinqueijo6086]

No it’s more like “the insane logistics of reopening EVERYTHING”

[@buddyclem7328]

Also, the insane logistics of the Nebula bundle, at the low introductory price of only $15.

[@lonarbuckle9788]

auction for ships,,,,scrap metal,,,too far to late

[@joshf19]

I was thinking the same thing. How are they going to bring back all of the staff to their ships?

[@christygendron9910]

It has been very difficult here in southeast Alaska. I can’t imagine what another summer of no ships will do to our small community’s like Skagway.

[@ExploreLearnEnglishWithGeorge]

hint: you had a year where you could retrain

[@christygendron9910]

@@ExploreLearnEnglishWithGeorge what are you talking about?

[@tijmen131]

I didnt know people were interested to visit alaska on cruiseships

[@christygendron9910]

@@tijmen131 sarcasm or ignorance?

[@johnsmith-ce2tq]

what did you do before cruise ships ?? from Australia

[@DMX-du9mn]

Absolutely amazing channel - keep doing what you do 👍👍

[@mattiagnagno757]

Very well done documentary, really appreciated learning something new about an industry as massive as this one, especially since it’s not my main interest :)

[@fedelpz]

This is the best youtube video I've ever seen, I'm speechless by how good it is.

[@Gaetano.94]

My dad and brother work on a popular cruise line. Both have been out of work for over a year. My brother was stranded on his ship until May, when he finally got a flight back here to Canada.

[@JatPhenshllem]

@seeni gzty Huh?

[@horrgakx]

Fascinating and informative video, thanks for posting!!

[@bowdenjm]

This was such an amazingly insightful video.

[@Novella1]

Wendover always make great videos! One of my favorite youtube channels, inspired by you!

[@Ikcatcher]

At this point we need the insane logistics of producing bricks

[@kyle1751]

I get the joke but for real I'd be down to watch the logistics of cement as its the 2nd most consumed resource in the world.

[@Loremastrful]

I was in Aruba last week and spotted the Norwegian Sky tied up at the terminal. The cabbies said they had been there for a year. We wondered what became of the other ships. This video answered a lot of those questions. Thanks.

[@Pheorize]

It would be awesome with a follow up video to this a year after this one. So in like 3 months during the spring or maybe later during the coming summer. Thanks for a great video though! Second time I watched it. I've also watched the Nebula exclusive video about the alaskan town you talked about in the end. Also a great video!

[@6z0]

The Logistics videos are the best videos from Wendover.

[@barrytschirpig9328]

Great video. One thing that I wished you covered was that it was not "smooth sailing" for every cruise company. There was half a dozen smaller cruise companies that folded in 2020, the largest was CMV-Cruise and Maritime Voyages. In July 2020, the parent company SQTL (South Quay Travel & Leisure Ltd) went into administration / bankruptcy; leaving the fate of employees, their five ships (plus one they were in the process of purchasing) and the passenger's fares in the great unknown.

[@mmjackk]

Top quality content, editing and graphics

[@victorwashington7306]

Excellent expose on the business and labor side of the cruise industry Thanks for sharing

[@AoyagiAichou]

Now could you do what environmental impact do these floating hotels have? I heard that it's really quite bad, and I love cruise ships.

[@insectbite1714]

I have been looking for a comment like yours for so long. Cruise ships are made of materials that cause damage to your body and one cruise ship map I looked at and a lot of the boat is underwater and it kills big sea animals and no one notices. Cruise ships also damage the enviorment when scrapped and the cruise industry was recently caught DUMPING PLASTIC RIGHT INTO THE OCEAN so I told my parents that cruise ships are evil and they seem to agree.

[@MarKeMu125]

There's also the fact they switch to the most polluting fuel ever a few miles from port so the pollution levels on the top deck are beyond what you find in major cities. Also, there's been so many cases where serious crimes have been committed against other passengers, yet the culprit has been allowed to simply walk off the ship by the crew. All they care about is money.

[@got2kittys]

I have heard that a typical ship is equal or greater than the carbon emissions of most countries vehicle fleets. All of them.

[@insectbite1714]

@@isabellind1292 The fact that cruise ships dumped sewage into the ocean at all is unacceptable and causes perminant damage to ecosystems. I was on a cruise ship once and I got so sick and needed an injection to stop the symptoms. Cruise ships were filthy even before Covid existed.

[@stephanst]

Well. Good explanation. However in the case of Hurtigruten's Roald Amundsen. I live in Norway and in the news here the uncovered that the crew as you stated comes from lower waged county and they didn't quarantine property. Some testet before traveling to Norway. The didn't test when arrivals and actually had there quarantine onboard the ship while working among passengers. The management of Hurtigruten tried to cover the whole thing up.

[@aleksandarivanov5860]

Was waiting for Wendover to do a video on this

[@dominicmartinez1373]

Watching from Odyssey of the seas! I love learning about the logistics of things I’m currently participating in.

[@Jobother]

Did I just watch a 15 minute ad for a documentary? I'm not mad, but damn that's impressive.

[@_thereswaldo]

3:58 i also regularly border the "Ecstasy" 😏

[@utuberme1]

Wow. A regular drug user. How awe-inspiring!

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

I can't believe that name hasn't been changed.

[@Ari--d]

@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 it was made in 91' so its not like they didnt know

[@qwertyest7083]

Makes me wonder how that name got the green light.

[@eah8185]

Fascinating - having worked in large organizations my entire life, I knew that simply stopping the servicing & sending home a "customer base" was only the tip of the iceberg when cruise companies had to shutter this time two years ago. I especially marveled at the solution Carnival used to shuttle their fleet's personnel home from the Caribbean - remarkable; I would love to know what the life of crew members was like during those sailings (especially Filipino employees whose "shuttle" took the longest)?

[@Heliocentric]

What a wonderful, well done video. pro-quality indeed.

[@martinrcam]

I was onboard the Carnival Liberty from the Caribbean to India and back to the Caribbean. Great Voyage.

[@williamreynolds6132]

Ketchikan is such an awesome place and one of the reasons we took a second Alaska cruise.

[@insectbite1714]

Cold places and cruises are a recipe for disease and I don't know how you can be so ignorant to support cruises despite how they have been caught dumping plastic right into the ocean. Stop supporting this.

[@Bortniky]

Love this channel so much

[@MrKockabilly]

If the government suddenly announce and mandate a restriction in the number of youtube channels that one could subscribe to, this would be one of the channels I'd give up. The research, insights, and overall effort in producing this video is just...top notch.

[@jomancool55]

I was sure your next video was gonna be about the Suez canal / Evergreen getting stuck. But NOP you fooled us!

[@willywonka3050]

There’s probably a video down the line. These things take like a month to make

[@TariqHlayel]

I haven’t even watched yet and I already know it will be great. Can’t wait to watch the full video.

[@superswagger4531]

what if it was bad

[@ScottRothsroth0616]

@@superswagger4531 Spoiler (lol): It’s not bad.

[@sperkisimo]

Did you watch it yet? 😀

[@Annadog40]

Spoiler, it is long and ploting like his latest videos tend to be

[@matpk]

Problems cause by Wuhan Lab Virus. All you need to know.

[@NotAJosh]

Watching this on a cruise! On the exact boat you shown in the beginning of the video, anthem of the seas

[@gianabrooke8787]

I was stuck on a Princess Ship for 2 months! it was crazy, can’t wait to get back!

[@Happyheftig]

im amazed by the fact that you know how to research that

[@sayurik]

I’m surprised that they didn’t mentioned the Cruises to nowhere launched by Royal Caribbean in Singapore which is hugely popular among locals

[@Dangic23]

And safe. Also Aida, Costa, Mein Schiff had been crusing safely since August 2020.

[@alifaan595]

Actually yeah, that's a good idea. I mean, most of the time ppl ride cruises for the experience of riding the cruise not to go somewhere.

[@Cenentury0941]

Cool, do they get to see the house from courage the cowardly dog?

[@insectbite1714]

@@alifaan595 what about pollution from all this? Countries need to use their clinate plan and ban cruise ships.

[@alifaan595]

@@insectbite1714 that's another conversation entirely, this is more about what things cruise companies can do to stay afloat (pun intended) while they're shut down

[@ponyrang]

Wow, Beautiful Upload friend. keep it up. Thank you for sharing this to us. Greetings from Korea

[@kimrodriguez1698]

Well crafted, in-depth reporting.

[@rojeezee]

God, this channel is just absolutely incredible.

[@Nooticus]

It really is!

[@tigerfun8644]

How about "the insane logistics of shutting down a crucial canal in Egypt" If that's related to a real world event it's purely coincidental

[@chrism3784]

Pretty sure he's going to work on it, has to wait to see the long term outcome of that event to make a really informative video about it

[@RealDDDeal]

@14:39 Hey what a cool bus, that's an MCI MC-9 Crusader II stainless steel coach bus !

[@mikki7711]

Great vid!

[@Southerntrainsandmore]

Fun fact the carnival ecstasy has now been scrapped

[@janheissenberger7197]

I’m so thankful that this video isn’t about the Suez Canal and evergreen ship

[@CineZoneYT]

**evergiven**

[@vivigm6]

Soon

[@rrange]

Very interesting! Great job

[@kevinroylancephotography9437]

My family has a summer fishing home in Sitka Alaska and it was a ghost town last August. I've been there during the tourist season and it's nuts. As a photographer last year I could stand in the middle of main street and take any picture I wanted.

[@Josh-iw3md]

Sigh, lost my job at Carnival back in July last year. This hits home. Do miss it a lot

[@PixelStacker]

This isn’t just your average everyday logistics... yes!

[@user-gg1rs2ir3w]

Amazing content 🙏

[@DevonDandy]

There are many ships at anchor off the South Devon Coast, UK. , including the Cunard ships, Tui, P & O and some Norwegian. They are a constant attraction for people coming to see them form the shore.

[@yusufkozan9979]

We need a video about the logistics of Wendover Productions.