Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas just completed her conveyance to the North Sea and is now one step closer to launch.
Check out these photos Royal Caribbean provided of Anthem of the Seas' journey.
Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas has left Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany and is headed down the River Ems on her 26-mile conveyance to the North Seas.
Anthem of the Seas is moving down the river and is guided by tugboats at a speed of about 2-3 knots.
The conveyance will take approximately 10 hours for Anthem of the Seas to sail the 32 kilometers down the River Ems.
Photographer Björn Haß has shared photos with us of Anthem of the Seas' trip down the river.
Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas is just hours away from her conveyance down the River Ems and one step closer to launching. We have some brand new beautiful photos of Anthem of the Seas to share.
Photographer Björn Haß has shared a batch of brand new phoros of Anthem of the Seas that were taken in what will likely be Anthem of the Seas' final night at Meyer Werft shipyard.
Enjoy!
Royal Caribbean's newest cruise ship, Anthem of the Seas, will have her conveyance down the River Ems on one day earlier than expected on March 10, 2015.
The conveyance will begin around 9am eastern time.
Anthem of the Seas' conveyance will take the ship from Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany along the Ems River to the North Sea.
#AnthemoftheSeas' intricate conveyance down the River Ems will begin tomorrow 3/10 at 9 am ET http://t.co/YlSDY2KEIE pic.twitter.com/SDShqZ4Ezq
— Royal Caribbean PR (@RoyalCaribPR) March 9, 2015Meyer Werft had previously scheduled Anthem of the Seas' conveyance to March 11 but that timetable has now been updated to March 10.
UPDATE: Royal Caribbean has also released new infographics all about the upcoming Anthem of the Seas conveyance to explain how it all works.
Personally, I love night time photos of Royal Caribbean ships because of the contrast between the lights onboard and the darkness but these same ships are equally as beautiful in the daylight hours as well.
Today, we have some brand new photos by Jeroen Houtman of Anthem of the Seas in the harbor outside Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany during the daylight hours.
Anthem of the Seas is just days away from her conveyance up the River Ems and here's another look at what she looks like these days. Enjoy!
Royal Caribbean's newest cruise ship, Anthem of the Seas, will have her conveyance down the River Ems on March 11, 2015.
Anthem of the Seas' conveyance will take the ship from Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany along the Ems River to the North Sea.
The conveyance is scheduled to being at 6:00am local time and should arrive at Eemshaven around 9:00pm. This schedule is subject to change.
The river conveyance is necessary because the Meyer Werft shipyard is located inland to avoid the North Sea's unpredicatability.
Blog reader and talented photographer Björn Haß recently had the opportunity to take some wonderful shots of Royal Caribbean's newest ship, Anthem of the Seas following her float out last week.
Since I'm not one to pass up a good photo of Royal Caribbean's newest cruise ship, I thought I'd share Björn's photos. Enjoy!
Royal Caribbean released a new video, detailing the recent float out for Anthem of the Seas.
Over the weekend, Royal Caribbean's newest cruise ship floated out of its Meyer Werft shipyard and already we found a lot of really beautiful photos of this new ship and wanted to share them.
The talented photographer Jeroen Houtman sent us these great shots of Anthem of the Seas. Enjoy!
Royal Caribbean's newest cruise ship, Anthem of the Seas, succesfully was floated out of Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany yesterday despite numerous weather related delays.
The float out was originally scheduled for 1:00pm local time but had to be pushed back several times. Eventually the ship left the building dock and was towed at a slow pace to the shipyard harbor.
While in the harbor, Anthem of the Seas will receive some last changes and tests.
The next major milestone for Anthem of the Seas will be her conveyance on the River Ems to the North Sea for sea trials. She will then make her way to Southampton, England to begin offering cruises.
After the 2015 cruise season in Southampton, Anthem of the Seas will head to Cape Liberty, New Jersey in November 2015 to offer cruises to the Bahamas and Caribbean.