The amount of planning and coordination needed is hard to imagine.
The amount of planning and coordination needed is hard to imagine.
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The cruise ship, originally named the Norwegian Crown, is seen being towed backwards into a dry dock in the Blohm + Vosss shipyard in Hamburg, where it is then cut in half.
The Balmoral vessel is owned and operated by Fred Olsen Cruise Lines and was built in 1988, so in an age of even larger cruise ships, the cut-and-shut operation gives the vessel a new lease of life.
`The cruise ship, originally named the Norwegian Crown, is seen being towed backwards into a dry dock in the Blohm + Vosss shipyard in Hamburg, where it is then cut in half.`
[another view/gif](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/01/28/cruise_ship2.gif)
`The Balmoral vessel is owned and operated by Fred Olsen Cruise Lines and was built in 1988, so in an age of even larger cruise ships, the cut-and-shut operation gives the vessel a new lease of life.`
A lot of smart people, a lot of big machines. Holy crap.