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Oh well, not the only air ticket I will have to eat this year ...
Thank you for the warning!
[ 04-01-2004: Message edited by: Globaliser ]
Still the passage of the vessel is dependent on the tides. The following postponed schedule is valid for the transit, which may vary in accordance with the weather conditions:
Sunday, 3rd April 2004abt. 02.00 h Passage of harbour lock (Papenburg)abt. 04.35 h Passage of ?Friesenbrücke? (Weener)abt. 07.30 h Passage of ?J.-Berghaus-Brücke? (Leer)abt. 13.00 h Passage of Ems river barrier (Gandersum)abt. 14.55 h Passage of Emden abt. 18.00 h Arrival at Eemshaven
The schedule is subject to wind and weather conditions and hence without engagement. Postponements may occur.
The ship leaving the pier in Papenburg and passing through the harbour lock will be presented live on the Internet. The web cam can be found on the Meyer Werft homepage: www.meyerwerft.de
Moreover, the Town of Papenburg?s tourist information is of-fering a bus shuttle service from the market place to the har-bour, and is also accepting short-term reservations for yard tours. More information on phone: +49-4961-83960 ? Fax: +49-4961-839696"Pam
quote: abt. 18.00 h Arrival at Eemshaven
What are the plans after this schedule? Will she dock at Eemshaven?
The some short one and two night trips from Hamburg to the North Sea and to Olso.
The ship is booked for Northern Europe in 2005 again.
Jewel Ems Passage
[ 04-04-2004: Message edited by: Captain Rhone ]
Press articles etc.
East Friesland looks different from deck 13Larger version of photo
Easterly wind delays transfer of the JewelLarger version of photo
Papenburg: the "Jewel of the Seas" transferred
Smooth transfer of "Jewel of the Seas"
Ahoy, "Jewel of the Seas"!
Larger version of photo in both of the above stories
East Friesland looks different from deck 13Larger version of photo 1 (page with caption)Larger version of photo 2 (page with caption)
In slow motion down the Ems
Auch der sechste Pott meistert die Tücken der EmsLarger version of photo
First journey of the "Jewel of the Seas"
Impressions before and during the transfer (from the Papenburg tourist site)
Photos on their own
A newspaper's photo of the day
Photo by Carsten Borrmann (complete page with credits)Another photo by Carsten Borrmann (complete page with credits)
Video
Page with transcript of voiceover (choose player and connection speed)Direct URL to broadband/Windows Media player version
Enjoy!
That bridge that she was squeezing through wasn't the tightest fit. That honour goes to the Jann Berghaus bridge at Leer - the one where the bridge flips up to the vertical - where there's less than 2 metres on either side, apparently. But there don't seem to be any pictures that really show that.
quote:Originally posted by Globaliser: But there don't seem to be any pictures that really show that.[/QB]
It was too dark and besides it was raining, so no good pics from the passing this time.
quote:Originally posted by recab:It was too dark and besides it was raining, so no good pics from the passing this time.
quote:Originally posted by Globaliser:Pity. The first part of the video was shot there, but it doesn't really show it either.
Yapp. I did some video taping from my balcony, but it did not turn out good either!
Photos from the Ems passage:-http://home.hccnet.nl/jh.dijkema/jewel%20of%20the%20seas.htmhttp://home.hccnet.nl/jh.dijkema/jewel%20of%20the%20seas%2010.htmhttp://home.hccnet.nl/jh.dijkema/jewel%20of%20the%20seas%2015.htm
Photos from the Ems passage and docked at Eemshaven:-http://home.uwnet.nl/~prummel/Jewel%20of%20the%20Seas/Jewel%20of%20the%20Seas.html
A page containing some lower resolution photos of the ship docked at Meyer Werft, but also (at the bottom) links to four webcam pictures from the very beginning of the Ems passage (see separate links below):-http://members.home.nl/thomaspronk/werf_papenburg.htmhttp://members.home.nl/thomaspronk/images/webcambeeld_1.bmphttp://members.home.nl/thomaspronk/images/webcambeeld_4.bmphttp://members.home.nl/thomaspronk/images/webcambeeld_5.bmphttp://members.home.nl/thomaspronk/images/webcambeeld_10.bmp
These pages are Dutch, as the URLs show. As the Google tool doesn't have Dutch, you might find http://babelfish.altavista.com to be a more useful translation tool.
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