Taipei Trader na muamua taula i le fanua i luga Aokuso 25 mo se polokalame masani e aofia ai le faʻamalosiina ma le faʻamalosiina o le thruster, ma le sauniaina o le tino mo le puipuiga ufiufi apalai. Ua Aokuso 30, e tusa ai ma faʻatafunaga a le afā o vaʻa, na tatau ona tatala le vaʻa ma tuʻua le fanua o le vaʻa ona o le auala na fuafuaina e le Afa o Dorian.
Ina ua maeʻa le toe foʻi mai ma faʻataʻamiloina o Taipei Trader, sa toe faʻaauau e le Grand Bahama Shipyard galuega faʻaleleia ma toe lipea luga o le vaʻa, lea ua faʻamoemoe e maeʻa ia Oketopa. I le amataga o le masina nei, na faalauiloa ai foi e le vaa o le vaa le toe foi mai o le 57,062-tone Agathonissos e ana Greece-e faʻavae Eletson, lea o loʻo i ai nei i le uafu faʻamaeʻaina galuega toe faʻaleleia ae leʻi amataina le afa.
Fuafuaga tumau i le ala mo le isi fuafua folau vaʻa folau matutu-uafu i le shipyard, Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Ecstasy, luga Oketopa 5.
"Matou te faʻafetai tele i le matou aufaigaluega tuuto i le Grand Bahama Shipyard, o le latou galue malosi na mafai ai ona matou toe amataina ni galuega mago ma faʻaauau pea le tautuaina o matou tagata faʻatau," o le tala lea a le aliʻi. David Skentelbery, Pule Sili o le Grand Bahama Shipyard. "O lenei matutu-uta o se isi taua taua mo le toe fausiaina o vaa ma le alalafaga, lea o le a faʻaauau pea ona vaʻaia lelei le gaioiga o gaioiga mai le faʻagaioiga o vaʻa ma maua ai manuia i le motu."
Faʻaopopo Skentelbery: "A o faʻamamaina ma toe faʻaleleia galuega sa faia i le fale teu oloa i sauniuniga mo le toe amataina o le toe faʻaleleia o vaʻa ma drydock gaioiga, a matou tagata faigaluega faʻaauau volenitia o latou taimi, punaoa ma tomai faʻapitoa tomai e fesoasoani ai i le toe faʻaleleia taumafaiga i le salafa o Grand Bahama. E leʻi mafai ona sili atu lo matou mitamita i le latou taumafaiga e siʻitia i luga pe a manaʻomia e toe amataina le fale vaʻa ma lagolago a matou paʻaga ma tuaoi. "
O le aufaigaluega a le vaa na fesoasoani i le Grand Bahama Utility Company Ltd. i le toe faaleleia o vai fou, fesoasoani i le tufatufaina o fesoasoani taua e le Bahamas National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), saunia moli feaveai ma eletise gaosia meafaigaluega i East Grand Bahama ma fausiaina "lele" vaega o volenitia volenitia e fesoasoani i le mea e manaʻomia ai luga o le motu, e aofia ai le 40-tagata 'au na auina atu e faʻamama ma kilia otaota mai fitu aʻafia aʻoga e fesoasoani mautinoa fale ma potuaoga mama ma saogalemu mo le toe foʻi mai o tamaiti aʻoga .
Faʻavaeina i le 2000 e tagata e faʻatau ai kamupani Carnival Corporation, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd, ma le Grand Bahama Port Authority, Grand Bahama Shipyard o se taʻimua i le faʻamagoina-faʻatulagaina, faʻafouina lipeaina, toe faʻaleleia toe faʻaleleia ma toe faʻaolaola mo vaʻa mai vaʻa folau, pisinisi ma atunuʻu mamao o le pisinisi o le sami. I se tulaga taua i luga o auala tetele o felauaiga, Grand Bahama Shipyard faʻatulagaina 85-100 drydocks i tausaga taʻitasi, e aofia ai le sili atu ma le luasefulu sili tetele folau vaʻa malo malo taʻitasi tausaga.
