Cruise ships conveyed on river - photos

[Altair]

Cruise ships conveyed on the river Ems from an inland German shipyard to the North Sea.










Previously:

Cruise ships colliding at port - GIF
Expanding cruise ship GIF
Magnus effect rotary sail propels cruise ship - GIF
Transporting a yacht through a canal - GIF
Panama Canal locomotives - GIF
River barges transiting a lock - GIF

[mlochala]

For some reason I feel claustrophobic looking at those pictures.

I guess there's no backing up and turning around if you make a wrong turn there.

[Hoosiersmoker]

I love all of the people watching in the third pic! With my luck I'd be the guy late for a job interview in the last picture. "It's gonna be how many hours before the bridge goes back down??!!"

Cruise line: "We want the beam to be 100 meters this time". Shipbuilder: "Sorry, we can only go 90 meters wide but we can make it as long as you want!"

[Frank S]

evrytime I see one of those cruise ships I wonder how long it will be before it goes turtle

[mklotz]

...I guess there's no backing up and turning around if you make a wrong turn there.

Yes, and the consequences of blocking a flowing river are a lot worse than blocking a static (e.g. Suez) canal.

[mlochala]

One more thought, that must be a fairly deep river for a ship that size to pass through.

[Hoosiersmoker]

One more thought, that must be a fairly deep river for a ship that size to pass through.

I'm sure it's freshly dredged just for that purpose