Ocean liner is ready for the bottleneck Ems

 

The “Norwegian Escape” is the newest ship which will be completed on the Meyer Werft in Papenburg.

 

Expected Wednesday to leave the Papenburg harbor towards the North Sea cruise giant.

 

Thousands ship “Kieker” Probably again observe the ship overpass.

 

The 326-meter-long ship taking the route over the Ems ahead with the rudder in attack.

 

The narrow Ems is a challenge for the 41 meter wide ship.

 

300 tons of paint are processed on the outer skin, among other things, for the huge turtle, which has designed the Marine Wildlife artist and conservationist Guy Harvey.

 

In addition to turtles adorn the bow and other marine life – how these jumping swordfish.

 

The “Escape” offers 4,200 passengers.

 

The “Nowegian Escape” is the first ship of the Breakaway Plus class for Norwegian Cruise Line.

 

The interior of the “Escape” runs approximately one week before the overpass loud shipyard still in full swing.

 

If the “Escape” starts its service as a cruise ship, including 1,700 women and men of the crew.

 

For Emsüberführung the weather conditions must be ideal, says shipyard spokesman Peter Hackmann.

 

Therefore stands before the deadline for Emsüberführung the “Escape” to be a “likely”.

 

The handing over of the “Escape” to the shipping company is scheduled for mid-October.

 

Until then, the luxury liner to be tested through its paces.

The undocking on 15 August the “Escape” is the outfitting pier of the yard.According to information from Hackmann last work on the interior fittings are made ​​currently. “It all goes to plan, we’re pretty far,” Hackmann had stressed in an interview with NDR.de recently. The 326 meter long and 41 meter wide luxury liner was composed of a total of 70 blocks. He is the first ship of the Breakaway Plus class for Norwegian Cruise Line. The “Escape” has 18 decks and thus one more than the previous “Norwegian Breakaway” and “Norwegian Getaway”, which had been delivered in April 2013 and in January 2014th Overall, the “Escape” can accommodate more than 4,200 passengers and 1,700 crew members.

Thousands of kilometers of cables and pipelines

For interior of the luxury liner include a theater with 815 seats, 15 restaurants, eight bars, a cinema and various spas.The maritime painting with tropical fish, stingrays and sea turtles at the bow of the vessel was applied to a design by artist and conservationist Seafood Guy Harvey with a laser. The 59-year-old Jamaican had taken a picture of the work in Papenburg in July itself. The total weight of the ink used is around 300 tons, as well as 2200 km cable and 400 kilometers of pipelines were laid. In mid-October, the ship should be passed to the shipping company

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