Statendam Cruise Ship Panama Canal

Here we see the Statendam Cruise Ship, a cruise ship of the Holland America Line, approaching the Pedro Miguel Locks in her North Bound Panama Canal transit, today February 27 2012. In the background we can see the ongoing work on the Panama Canal expansion.

Statendam Cruise Ship - Panama Canal

The Zuiderdam and the Coral Princess Cruise Ships

Here we see the Zuiderdam  and the Coral Princess Cruise Ships in the Gatun Locks, the Zuiderdam cruise ship is doing a partial Panama Canal transit and the Coral Princess Cruise Ship is on her north bound Panama Canal transit today February 23 2012.

The Coral Princess Cruise Ship leaving the Gatun Locks

The Zuiderdam Cruise Ship entering the Gatun Locks

The MV Artania Cruise Ship In The Panama Canal

Here we see the MV Artania (previously Royal Princess and Artemis), a cruise ship of the Phoenix Reisen fleet, in her north bound Panama Canal transit in the Miraflores Locks, today February 13 2012.

Class and type: Cruise ship
Length: 230.61 m (756.59 ft)
Beam: 29.60 m (97.11 ft)
Decks: 8 (passenger accesible)
Capacity: 1188
Crew:     537

The MV Artania Cruise Ship In The Panama Canal - Miraflores Locks

Here we see the Artania in the Gatun Locks and in the background the Zuiderdam Cruise Ship

MS Statendam Cruise Ship in the Panama Canal

MS Statendam

Here we see the MS Statendam, a cruise ship of the Holland America Line, leaving the Pedro Miguel Locks, in her south bound Panama Canal Transit, today February 8 2012. The ongoing Panama Canal Expansion works can be seen in the background where new locks are built.

Queen Victoria Cruise Ship Panama Canal

Queen Victoria in the Panama Canal - Gatun Locks

View from the Queen Victoria Cruise Ship's Live Cam

 

Here we see the Queen Victoria Cruise Ship in her south bound Panama Canal transit in one image in the Gatun Locks as seen from the Gatun Locks live cam and in the other at the same instant as seen from the Queen Victoria Cruise ships live cam, today February 4 2012.

General characteristics of the MS Queen Victoria

Tonnage: 90,000 GRT
Length: 964.5 ft (294 m)
Decks:     16 total, 12 passenger
Speed:     23.7 kn (43.9 km/h; 27.3 mph) maximum,
Capacity:     2,014 passengers
Crew:     900 officers and crew

And in the final image we see the location of the Queen Victoria cruise ship as taken from the real time Panama Canal ship tracking GPS map that you can find here.

Location of the Queen Victoria cruise ship in the Panama Canal of the time when the above images where taken.

Island Princess Partial Panama Canal Transit

Here we see the Island Princess Cruise Ship in the Gatun Locks doing a partial Panama Canal transit, first image is from the Gatun Locks Live Cams and the second image taken at the same time today February 2 2012 is taken from the Island Princess Cruise Ship live cam seeing what the captain sees when looking straight forward to the Gatun Locks and heading back out to the Atlantic Ocean.

Island Princess Cruise Ship in the Gatun Locks

View from the Island Princess Cruise Ship Live Cam

Balmoral Cruise Ship

Balmoral Cruise Ship

Here we see the Balmoral in the Pedro Miguel Locks on her south bound Panama Canal transit, today Fevruary 1 2012 and in the background we see the work of the Panama Canal Expansion in progress. Balmoral is a cruise ship owned and operated by Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines.

Length: 217.91 m (714 ft 11 in)[1]
Draught: 7.25 m (23 ft 9 in)[1]
Decks:     10 (passenger accessible)
Capacity: 1,778 passengers
Crew: 471