Boskalis brings cruise ship on heavy lift in Freeport (+ video)

Due to propulsion problems, the ‘Carnival Vista’ (nearly four thousand passengers, length over three hundred metres) had to go to dry dock. The loading operation began at dawn on Saturday and lasted for 12 hours. The cruise ship ‘Carnival Vista’ was loaded onto the ‘BOKA Vanguard’ a few kilometres off the coast of Freeport and transported to the nearby Grand Bahama Shipyard. Here, it will be repaired this week. The cruise ship will remain on the heavy lift vessel during the work. Afterwards, the ‘Carnival Vista’ will be unloaded again a few miles offshore, so that it can start its next cruise from Galveston, Texas, on 27 July.