"For the First Time with Support of the River Barrier

Papenburg, 29.10.2002 - - The new cruise liner “Norwegian Dawn” owned by Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) will be transferred from Papenburg to Eemshaven (Netherlands) on November 3, 2002.

The “Norwegian Dawn” will leave Meyer Werft shipyard on Sunday and will for the first time be transferred with the support of the Ems barrier. The ship will again be sailing backwards without intermediate stop on the Ems in direction of the North Sea.. Directly after the Ems passage there will be a short technical sea trial in the North Sea. The “Norwegian Dawn” is due in Eemshaven on Monday, November 4, 2002 around 7 am.

The itinerary for the River Ems passage is as follows:

01.00 am ship ready to sail
02.00 am take off
02.30 am waiting position at the dock gate

around 03.00 am passing of dock gate (Papenburg)
around 03.30 am beginning of Ems passage
around 04.45 am passing of “Friesenbrücke” Weener
around 06.30 am passing of “Jann-Berghaus-Brücke”

around 08.30 am passing Terborg
around 10.30 am passing Ems barrier (Gandersum)
around 11.30 am passing Emden “Ostmole”

Itinerary subject to weather conditions and subject to change.

With an overall length of 294,13 m, a breadth of 32,20 m and a tonnage of 92,000 GT the “Norwegian Dawn” can accommodate 2,224 passengers in 1,112 cabins. 511 cabins out of 761 outside cabins are equipped with balconies. The max. engine power of the ship amounts to almost 80,000 HP. The new cruise liner will travel at about 25 knots.

Again an experienced Team of the Emden Pilot Brotherhood will be piloting the ship backwards on the Ems as they did before on the “Brilliance of the Seas” and the “Norwegian Star”.

The entire passage team practised this passage in all details at the computer controlled simulator preparing them to successfully master challenging areas like the Friesenbrücke in Weener. The tugboats Bremerhaven and Wal with 2,200 HP each will be assisting in the passage.

Average passage speed of the ship will be around 6.5 knots for the entire route."

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Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:
Does it have pods?

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I think this was as at Apr this year, so may have been updated since then.

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Originally posted by PamM:

Here's a little table for you:-

I think this was as at Apr this year, so may have been updated since then.

Pam

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Interesting.... none for Princess Cruises who has publicly shunned them for their newbuilds. This is one change I think we will see on future Princess ships while under the control of Carnival Corp.

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Source: www.ruderhaus.de

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If you go to the Meyer Werft site and click on news/press area, there is a link to a page of photos re Brilliance of the Seas transfer, to go with Malcom's above. It looks like one can 'almost' reach out and touch her at times.

Pam

Not sure much will be visible at night. But I'm off to bed now anyway.

Pam

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Originally posted by Ryndam:
Can the Norwegian Star/Dawn sail through the Panama Canal? If so she's probably the largest cruise ship (91000 GRT) to be able to sail there. The Coral and the Radiance classes are 88000, the Spirit class is 86000 and the Vista class is 84000.

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Good point... I believe she can indeed sail through the Panama Canal... Here are sizes of the ships you mention:

Norwegian Star: 91,740 GRT
Millennium: 90,228
Radiance of the Seas: 90,090
Carnival Spirit: 85,920

Coral Princess is expected/estimated to be 88,000 GRT while Zuiderdam is expected to be 82,000.

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Originally posted by Cruiseny:

Good point... I believe she can indeed sail through the Panama Canal... Here are sizes of the ships you mention:

Norwegian Star: 91,740 GRT
Millennium: 90,228
Radiance of the Seas: 90,090
Carnival Spirit: 85,920

Coral Princess is expected/estimated to be 88,000 GRT while Zuiderdam is expected to be 82,000.

So Norwegian Star looks like the biggest so far unless we have missed a ship?

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When dealing with the Panama Canal, length and width are more important than actual tonnage (which is just a measurement of interior space). Tonnage is still used to determine canal fees, but the actual dimensions are used the determine if the ship can actually "fit"!

Which of the ships listed previously (or any other cruise ship) is actually the longest and widest to fit through the canal?

Ryndam

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