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MikeJ

MikeJ

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I don't think we have anyone who lives in any cities that are major ports for cruise ships, but I'll ask anyhow, any of you guys ever deliver to any cruise ships?

A cruise ship almost sounds to me like it would be a AAA load like 3 trucks would go off in a convoy and deliver at once. I could see a cruise ship easily taking a whole bulk truck from where I work and every-other place that sells beverages as well. In addition I can see a cruise ship easily taking 3 full truck loads from Sysco or whoever.
 
You would think that the cruise ship would have a conveyor belt or crane. Just drop the pallets off and a crane picks them up and loads them into the boat. Oh goodness wheeling a whole 53 foot trailer up the cruise ship ramp that sounds like a 12 hour days work.
 
MikeJ said:
You would think that the cruise ship would have a conveyor belt or crane. Just drop the pallets off and a crane picks them up and loads them into the truck. Oh goodness wheeling a whole 53 foot trailer up the cruise ship ramp that sounds like a 12 hour days work.
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I have found that most folks want as much work done for them as possible, IDK how they are serviced, it would be interesting to know though! I bet that some poor soul is getting his ass kicked delivering them though! LOL!
 
grocerythrower said:
I have found that most folks want as much work done for them as possible, IDK how they are serviced, it would be interesting to know though! I bet that some poor soul is getting his ass kicked delivering them though! LOL!
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Boy if that's not the motto of everything I don't know what is! Ha-ha! Having a crane or conveyor belt nahh that makes to much sense, instead have Timmy run up and down the ramp like an idiot 200 times in one day. Then because of routing and driver shortages will throw on a stop or two on the way back in after all he has to come back this way anyhow and it's no big deal the one stop is only 75 cases should have that done in what 10-12 minutes at the most.
 
MikeJ said:
Boy if that's not the motto of everything I don't know what is! Ha-ha! Having a crane or conveyor belt nahh that makes to much sense, instead have Timmy run up and down the ramp like an idiot 200 times in one day. Then because of routing and driver shortages will throw on a stop or two on the way back in after all he has to come back this way anyhow and it's no big deal the one stop is only 75 cases should have that done in what 10-12 minutes at the most.
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Mike, you just described Sysco and their thought process...LOL!!!
 
When I was there we had a driver that was planning on transferring to Florida in a couple of years and he had gotten to know the transportation manager at one of the Florida houses (I don't know which one). But he said cruise ship company's were their biggest customer as far as volume of business and that they had a dock and would receive whole 48 footers. If you think about the volume of food 3000+ people would eat in a week it would be huge.
 
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That's what I figured at least a entire 48 footer. I was thinking like 3 truck loads go to the cruise ship they have a $40,000 invoice and that might even be a little low.
 
I'm willing to bet that it was all delivered to a warehouse then they have the logistics to load the ship.

Liability would be very high to board the ship l would think. ... just my opinion. ... not a expert or had experience delivering to a ship
 
johndeere4020 said:
When I was there we had a driver that was planning on transferring to Florida in a couple of years and he had gotten to know the transportation manager at one of the Florida houses (I don't know which one). But he said cruise ship company's were their biggest customer as far as volume of business and that they had a dock and would receive whole 48 footers. If you think about the volume of food 3000+ people would eat in a week it would be huge.
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The amount of booze is even more.
 
MikeJ said:
You would think that the cruise ship would have a conveyor belt or crane. Just drop the pallets off and a crane picks them up and loads them into the boat. Oh goodness wheeling a whole 53 foot trailer up the cruise ship ramp that sounds like a 12 hour days work.
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They have doors that open at the pier level and just drive forklifts on the ship and into the hold.
 
Look a GFS truck with one of the big trailers and a Coca Cola Truck. Coca Cola Cleveland Bottling Group runs those same kind of trucks.
 
Sorry for the belated reply.

This is the Mississippi Queen:

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It used to dock up the river a little ways, and I would have to drive right down on the cobblestone to it, pull the pallets to the back of the trailer and tailgate it for them.

The last couple times I've done it they had me stay on the blacktop and wheel it down the ramp for them, then they take it from there.

Here's a nice picture of me turning the truck around for fun:

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And here's a link to where the magic happens:

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6211919,-90.1848659,139m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
 
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