Monday 1 December 2014

Lowering to Caribbean Sea level via the Gatun Locks, Panama Canal

We are going to enter the Caribbean Sea once we are lowered to sea level via the Gatun Locks. Two ships pass at the same time. The Celebrity Infinity goes in together with the Stena Chiron tanker and just in front of us is the Adam Asnyk gas ship. It is amazing to see the water level difference and how hard people work on board to pass the locks. We have first row seats from our stateroom balcony.

We gaan weldra de Caraïbische Zee binnen varen eens we naar beneden versast zijn via de Gatun Sluizen. Twee schepen passeren tegelijkertijd. De Celebrity Infinity gaat samen met de Stena Chiron tanker en net voor deze zien we het Adam Asnyk gasschip. Het is onvoorstelbaar het hoogte verschil van zeewater in deze massa te kunnen aanschouwen. Mensen werken hard om de sluizen door te varen en wij kunnen alles volgen van op onze balkonkajuit. Een betere plaats voor dit schouwspel bestaat er niet. 
 
Gatun Locks Panama Canal Stena Chiron

Gatun Locks Panama Canal cruise

Gatun Locks Panama Canal working

Gatun Locks Panama Canal ropes

Gatun Locks Panama Canal

Gatun Locks Panama Canal

Gatun Locks Panama Canal

Gatun Locks Panama Canal

Gatun Locks Panama Canal anchor

Gatun Locks Panama Canal Adam Asnyk

Gatun Locks Panama Canal Adam Asnyk

Gatun Locks Panama Canal lighthouse

Gatun Locks Panama Canal

Gatun Locks Panama Canal

Previous Panama Canal article: Cruising on the extremely hot Gatun Lake, Panama

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12 comments:

  1. willy1 December 2014 at 18:58

    prachtige foto"s van het versassen van deze schepen..

    groeten

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  2. Ginny Hartzler1 December 2014 at 19:22

    This looks like a complicated thing with many steps requiring strength! My fav today is yo giving us a big grin!

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  3. Cloudia1 December 2014 at 19:41

    Best tour ever of the canal! 😸

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  4. Bas.1 December 2014 at 20:26

    zo en dat gaat door z,on op maat gesneden kanaal??wat zijn die groot.

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  5. Dietmut1 December 2014 at 20:50

    heel knap wat men vroeger alles heeft bedacht. Interessante serie en jullie konden alles uit "eerste hand" aanschouween. Fijne avond, Dietmut

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  6. Adam1 December 2014 at 23:59

    that is a cool view of the other ship

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  7. Margaret D2 December 2014 at 00:24

    Marvellous invention are the locks. The ships look good.

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  8. Small Kucing2 December 2014 at 02:47

    Heard of this but have not been to yet. Lovely view

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  9. ChrisAu2 December 2014 at 02:48

    That seems a very tough job. The canal is quite narrow.and I guess the ships have to steer carefully.

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  10. 21 Wits2 December 2014 at 04:38

    Now that's some kind of locks, quite thrilling to ever get to see these We have a few here, and I cherish every time.

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  11. De Groengazette2 December 2014 at 09:14

    Wat een prachtige foto's!

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  12. Agnieszka Korzeniewska3 December 2014 at 23:12

    hard work! :) good night :)

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