Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Norwegian Epic

After the first and the second part, one more quarter of an hour in the life of the port of Livorno at dawn.
Cruise ship Norwegian Epic, IMO 9410569, port of Livorno
At 6:19 AM the 329-meter “Norwegian Epic”, the world's fifth cruise ship by gross tonnage, enters the port.
Cruise ship Norwegian Epic, IMO 9410569, port of Livorno
Cruise ship Norwegian Epic, IMO 9410569, port of Livorno
At 6:20 AM one of the pilot boats was sailing along and at 6:23 AM the ships slowly passes by my position.
Cruise ship Norwegian Epic, IMO 9410569, port of Livorno
At 6:35 AM the tug “Fratelli Neri” assists the “Norwegian Epic” during the mooring process.

Before Dawn - Atlantide II - Mega Andrea - Oceana - Tugs - Island Princess - The Rower
- The Red Fishing Boat - MSC Diego

See also: MS Norwegian Epic - Fratelli Neri
External links: Norwegian Epic (Wikipedia)
Search labels: cruise ship - tug

19 comments:

William Kendall said...

It looks so massive, and top heavy.

Revrunner said...

Epic seems like a highly appropriate name.

Taken For Granted said...

Hard to believe ships can be this big. Must be 11 or 12 stories above the deck. Great photos.

Andy said...

Beautiful ship. Beautiful photos.

Jack said...

Wow. This ship is huge! I will never understand how they stay upright.

orvokki said...

Waude .. the contrast between this really big ship and the little one is fantastic (the last photo is great). I like these detalies, lovely images.

Gunn said...

WOW, I really like the artistic decorations on the BIG boat, and I also like the cute pilot boat :) Great images.

EG CameraGirl said...

Livorno sure is a busy place. A lot happens so early in the morning there.

Birdman said...

Ha. In the 'small world' dept. Dining the other night with a couple who are flying to Europe soon and cruising on the, you guessed it, the Epic. Funny.

Karl said...

I like so much the contrast between the BIG ship and the small boat, especially in the first shot ;)

Sharon said...

Wow, that is like a huge floating high-rise building.

Halcyon said...

Those things really are massive!

RedPat said...

The pilot boat looks so tiny next to that huge ship, VP!

Arianna said...

Davvero epica! Ciao, Arianna

cieldequimper said...

Frame the last shot!

Kate said...

I am always somewhat amused at the size of the boats that are guiding the huge ships.

Dina said...

Everyone knows his role in this process. Especially the photographer.

Stefan Jansson said...

Impressive ship although a holiday on such a ship sounds way too boring for me. But I like your photos of it.

PerthDailyPhoto said...

Love the artwork VP but oh my there's way too many rooms on that ship :)