The Island Princess Cruise Ship Panama Canal

Here we see the Island Princess, a cruise ship of the Princess Cruises lines with a capacity of 1970 passengers and 900 crew members in her south bound Panama Canal transit approaching the Gatun Locks. One image is taken from the cruise ships on board live cam and the other at the same moment showing the view from the Gatun Locks live cam today March 13 2013.

The Island Princess Cruise Ship approaching the Gatun Locks

View from the Cruise Ship to the Gatun Locks

Cold front impacts Colón

La Prensa reports here: The storms has stranded vessels which ran aground and are expected to remain that way until high tide this afternoon.

The Coral Princess in the Miraflores Locks

Here in these images we see the Coral Princess in the Miraflores Locks in her north bound Panama Canal transit, today on a cloudy Saturday March 2 2013. The first image shows as they see the view from the cruise ships onboard live cam and the other 2 from the Miraflores locks high definition live cam.

From the Coral Princess Live Onboard Cam

The Coral Princess in the Miraflores Locks

The Coral Princess today March 2 2013

Zuiderdam and Island Princess Cruise Ships

In these images we see the Zuiderdam and Island Princess Cruise Ships  entering the Gatun Locks from the Caribbean side of Panama doing a partial Panama Canal transit, visiting the Gatun Lake and later heading out to the Caribbean again. These images where taken today February 21 2013.

Zuiderdam and Island Princess Cruise Ships

Zuiderdam and Island Princess Cruise Ships

Gatun Locks

 

How much bigger can container ships get?

BBC News writes here: The world's cargo ships are getting big, really big. No surprise, perhaps, given the volume of goods produced in Asia and consumed in Europe and the US. But are these giant symbols of the world's trade imbalance growing beyond all reason?

Container ship in transiting the Panama Canal

Coral Princess Cruise Ship

Here we see 2 images, one from the Coral Princess Cruise Ship live cam and the second one at the same moment from the Panama Canal Pedro Miguel Locks showing the ship in front of the ongoing Panama Canal expansion project. These images show the cruise ship on her south bound Panama Canal transit today on a sunny Carnival Tuesday February 12 2013.

Coral Princess Cruise Ship Live Cam

Coral Princess Cruise Ship - Pedro Miguel Locks, Panama Canal

Zuiderdam Cruise Ship

Here we see the Zuiderdam Cruise Ship in the Gatun Locks heading out again to the Atlantis Ocean after her partial Panama Canal transit today January 31 2013.

Zuiderdam Cruise Ship