Very large ship, very small hole! Cruise Ship Celebrity Equinox conveyance Germany

On Saturday 20th June, 2009, a 122,000 tonne, 317 metre long, £700 million cruise ship gingerly edged its way through a tiny gap in the river bank as it left its shipping yard in Germany for the first time.

The conveyance (as its officially known) is a rite of passage for all ships. The entrance to the docks is less than 40 feet (12 metres) wide which, at its narrowest point, meant there was less than 10 feet (3 metres) between the ship and the bank on each side. The maneuver is so delicate that the slightest change in the weather or the tides meant the ship would not have sailed for risk of causing thousands of pounds worth of damage.

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• cruise ship
• conveyance
• Celebrity Equinox
• Celebrity Cruises
• Papenburg
• River Ems
• Southampton
• Celebrity Solstice

[MissSamanthaBecker]

Beautiful ship! Can't wait to see you in March!

[DempseyBloom]

@wojak100 GPS was not invented in 1911

[enthusiasticcab6]

Great video thanks for posting. I also found cruisesforthefamily (.) com to be a good source .

[beyondonethousand]

@wojak100

What the hell did you just say?

[Ipodboy4]

@wojak100 how can it be it never completed one voyedge!!

[wojak100]

Titanic was teh best ship...

but it fuckin sinked!!

All by fuckin GPS!!

[bikercc]

thats going to be the next ship i go on, if a ship has a good captain, chances are it will have a good crew.

[vladika07]

I think you meant the entrance was 40 meters wide, not 40 feet as you said in your comments

[pagourino24]

greek captain!!!the best!!!!

[Kreuzfahrt100]

wow, very impressing!