Gene Sloan
USA TODAY
Monday will be a day for the record books at the Panama Canal as one of world's biggest cruise ships, Norwegian Bliss, passes through the waterway for the first time.
[post_ads_2]
Unveiled by Norwegian Cruise Line in April, the 168,028-ton vessel is the ninth largest cruise ship ever built and by far the biggest to attempt a transit of the Panama Canal.
Twenty decks high and 1,082 feet long, Bliss is in the midst of an inaugural journey from the shipyard where it was built in Germany to Seattle, where it will be based for the summer.
[post_ads]The transit comes nearly two years after the completion of a massive expansion at the Panama Canal that has opened it up to the world's biggest cruise ships. Two new sets of locks were added at the canal — one each on the Atlantic and Pacific sides — that allow for bigger ships. The expansion also brought new channels that serve the new locks as well as an expansion of channels to the canal's original locks, which remain in operation.
USA TODAY
Monday will be a day for the record books at the Panama Canal as one of world's biggest cruise ships, Norwegian Bliss, passes through the waterway for the first time.
[post_ads_2]
Unveiled by Norwegian Cruise Line in April, the 168,028-ton vessel is the ninth largest cruise ship ever built and by far the biggest to attempt a transit of the Panama Canal.
Twenty decks high and 1,082 feet long, Bliss is in the midst of an inaugural journey from the shipyard where it was built in Germany to Seattle, where it will be based for the summer.
[post_ads]The transit comes nearly two years after the completion of a massive expansion at the Panama Canal that has opened it up to the world's biggest cruise ships. Two new sets of locks were added at the canal — one each on the Atlantic and Pacific sides — that allow for bigger ships. The expansion also brought new channels that serve the new locks as well as an expansion of channels to the canal's original locks, which remain in operation.
 |
At 168,028 tons, Norwegian Bliss is
the biggest ship ever for Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line.
|
Note: If you think this story need more information or correction, feel free to comment below your opinion and reaction.
Tags
Travel