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The huge ship was at a normal river
What do you think, for what purpose this great ship went down in the usual German river, at the risk of running aground?
The shipyard is located in the north of Germany in the town of Papenburg, which is located 40 kilometers from the North Sea coast on the river Ems. Meyer Werft for many years building large ocean-going cruise ships and is one of the largest and most modern shipyards in the world. Distance from the sea is not a hindrance, and all the vessels carefully conducted before the big water by tugs. Just in time for the photo tugs pulling a huge boat on the river. And dragged astern. And this is not the most impressive photo of that operation.
Interestingly, the shipyard is a family company founded in 1795 already. Now it belongs to the seventh generation of the Meyer family. From a small shipyard engaged in the construction of sailing ships, it has grown to the largest enterprise in the industry and can build up to three large cruise ships a year. Its formation and development helped that she had the rest of the region took up the construction of railways steam ships, and during the war was the repair base and avoid severe damage. At the end of the 20th century shipyard built passenger and car ferries. Infamous Estonia gone exactly to its stocks. Finnish Silja Line ordered Meyer Werft in 1993, the largest in the world at that time cruise passenger ferry Silja Europa. I'm on it even as it sailed from Turku to Stockholm. It's really a great ship.
Now the shipyard almost completely switched to orders from the largest cruise operators. In 2000 began to build a new large indoor dry dock c dimensions 384 x 125 x 75 meters. In 2007, its length was increased to 504 meters, and now it is the largest indoor dock in the world and one of the largest buildings in the world.
The shipyard is located in the north of Germany in the town of Papenburg, which is located 40 kilometers from the North Sea coast on the river Ems. Meyer Werft for many years building large ocean-going cruise ships and is one of the largest and most modern shipyards in the world. Distance from the sea is not a hindrance, and all the vessels carefully conducted before the big water by tugs. Just in time for the photo tugs pulling a huge boat on the river. And dragged astern. And this is not the most impressive photo of that operation.
Interestingly, the shipyard is a family company founded in 1795 already. Now it belongs to the seventh generation of the Meyer family. From a small shipyard engaged in the construction of sailing ships, it has grown to the largest enterprise in the industry and can build up to three large cruise ships a year. Its formation and development helped that she had the rest of the region took up the construction of railways steam ships, and during the war was the repair base and avoid severe damage. At the end of the 20th century shipyard built passenger and car ferries. Infamous Estonia gone exactly to its stocks. Finnish Silja Line ordered Meyer Werft in 1993, the largest in the world at that time cruise passenger ferry Silja Europa. I'm on it even as it sailed from Turku to Stockholm. It's really a great ship.
Now the shipyard almost completely switched to orders from the largest cruise operators. In 2000 began to build a new large indoor dry dock c dimensions 384 x 125 x 75 meters. In 2007, its length was increased to 504 meters, and now it is the largest indoor dock in the world and one of the largest buildings in the world.
