Fred Olsen Cruise Lines Reportedly Is The Longest Ship To Pass Through The Narrow Corinth...

Watch: Breathtaking Images & Video Show The Longest Ship To Pass Through A Narrow Canal In Greece

Going through tight spaces can be tough, you feel me? That’s probably why passengers aboard a 22.5 meter wide cruise liner held their breaths when this ship became the largest to pass through Greece's narrow Corinth Canal. 

Reportedly, the cruise ship had 929 passengers on board, and it was only narrowly (as can be seen through the images and video) that the Braemar cruise liner managed to squeeze through  the rocky walls of the canal. The ship measures a maximum of 25 meters in width at the water’s surface and it has become the longest ship to make the journey, according to the cruise company Fred Olsen.

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Fred Olsen Cruise Lines

CNN described the Corinth Canal as ‘a tidal waterway connecting the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf, dividing the Pelopónnisos from mainland Greece’.

Since 1893, ships have been navigating through this narrow waterway, but Fred Olsen claims that his was the longest cruise ship to have taken a journey through the canal. The ship weighs 24,344 gross tonnes, and is 195.82 meters long.

Clare Ward, director of product and customer service for Fred reportedly said, "This is such an exciting sailing and tremendous milestone in Fred Olsen's 171-year history, and we are thrilled to have been able to share it with our guests."

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Fred Olsen Cruise Lines

Olsen Cruise Lines said in a statement, "At Fred Olsen, we strive to create memories that last a lifetime, and with guests on board Braemar able to get so close to the edges of the Corinth Canal that they could almost touch the sides, we know that this will be a holiday that they will never forget.”

Well, talk about squeezing through tight spaces. 

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