Ships in the Panama Canal

Ocean Dream Cruise Ship

2013-06-16T13:19:00.000-07:00

Here we see the Ocean Dream (formerly Tropicale, Costa Tropicale and Pacific Star) cruise ship built in 1981 with a passenger capacity of 1,412 on her south bound Panama Canal transit on her World Cruise, today Fathers Day June 16 2013 in the Miraflores Locks and as we understand it is the only cruise ship to transit the Panama Canal this month.

Ocean Dream Cruise Ship

Cargo Ships Panama Canal

2013-05-30T14:51:00.000-07:00

As the cruise ship season is over and the rainy season as well as the hurricane season started again we see almost no cruise ships in the canal anymore till the end of the year. Here we see a snap shot taken today at the Miraflores Locks showing 2 cargo ships on this rainy afternoon.

Cargo Ships Panama Canal

Crystal Symphony Panama Canal

2013-05-14T05:59:00.002-07:00

Here we see the Crystal Symphony cruise ship entering the Miraflores locks on her north bound Panama Canal transit today May 14 2013. In one image we see the view from the on board live cam and in the other at the same instant from the Miraflores visitor center and the third image when the cruise ship is about to leave the Miraflores Locks.

Leaving the Miraflores Locks

Crystal Symphony Panama Canal

Smooth sailing for cruise industry?

2013-05-09T05:35:00.001-07:00

From CNN: A Morningstar analyst explains how the cruising industry is expected to continue growth despite recent bad publicity.

Norwegian Jewel and Seven Seas Navigator

2013-04-28T05:31:00.003-07:00

Here we see the Norwegian Jewel and Seven Seas Navigator cruise ships approaching the Gatun locks on their respective south bound Panama Canal transits including an image from the Norwegian Jewel's live on board camera showing how it looks from that perspective, this Sunday morning April 28 2013.

Norwegian Jewel and Seven Seas Navigator

Norwegian Jewel On Board Live Camera View

Zuiderdam, Regatta & Infinity Cruise Ships

2013-04-26T06:20:00.001-07:00

In this image we see the Zuiderdam and Regatta Cruise Ships in the Gatun Locks in their respective south bound Panama Canal transits at the same time we also have the Infinity Cruise Ships in the Miraflores locks on t a north bound Panama Canal transit, today April 26 2013.

Zuiderdam and Regatta Cruise Ships in the Gatun Locks

Zuiderdam and Regatta Cruise Ships in the Miraflores Locks

Celebrity Infinity

Norwegian Pearl and Norwegian Sun

2013-04-25T05:46:00.002-07:00

Here we see the Norwegian Pearl and the Norwegian Sun Cruise Ships in the Gatun Locks on their respective south bound Panama Canal transits, today on April 25 2013.

Norwegian Pearl and Norwegian Sun

MS Statendam Cruise Ship

2013-04-19T05:49:00.000-07:00

Here we see the MS Statendam, a cruise ship of the Holland America Line, with a capacity of 1258 passengers in her south bound Panama Canal transit in the Gatun Locks, today April 19 2013.

MS Statendam Cruise Ship

Vision of the Seas

2013-04-12T07:48:00.001-07:00

Here we see the Vision of the Seas cruise ship on her north bound Panama Canal transit leaving the Miraflores locks today on a sunny April 12 2013. The MS Vision of the Seas is a Vision-class cruise ship with a Capacity of 2,435 passengers, operated by Royal Caribbean International.

Vision of the Seas

The MS Statendam Cruise Ship

2013-04-08T06:27:00.001-07:00

Here we see the MS Statendam, a cruise ship of the Holland America Line, entering the Pedro Miguel Locks in her north bound Panama Canal transit, today April 8 2013. In the background we can observe the ongoing Panama Canal Expansion works.

The MS Statendam Cruise Ship

Coral Princess Cruise Ship

2013-04-01T10:38:00.004-07:00

In this image we see the Coral Princess cruise ship, owned and operated by Princess Cruises line, with a capacity of 1970 passengers in her partial Panama Canal transit, in the Gatun Locks, heading back out to the Caribbeean sea, today April 1 2013.

Coral Princess Cruise Ship

Island Princess Cruise Ship Onboard Live Cam View

2013-03-31T05:49:00.000-07:00

Island Princess Cruise Ship Onboard Live Cam View

Here we see from the Island Princess Cruise Ship Onboard Live Cam the view they have to the entrance of the Miraflores Locks. In front is the cargo vessel Hanjin Philadelphia and behind her the Arcadia Cruise Ship. They are all on their respective north bound Panama Canal transits today on a sunny March 31 2013.

MS Hanseatic & GTS Celebrity Infinity

2013-03-27T08:13:00.003-07:00

GTS Celebrity Infinity

MS Hanseatic & GTS Celebrity Infinity

Here in these images we see the big GTS Celebrity Infinity, a Millennium Class cruise ship owned and operated by Celebrity Cruises and the smaller MS Hanseatic, a five-star cruise ship owned by the Hapag-Lloyd cruise line in their respective north bound Panama Canal transits, today March 27 2013.

Coral Princess and Carnival Miracle Cruise Ships

2013-03-22T05:58:00.003-07:00

In this image we see the Coral Princess and the Carnival Miracle Cruise Ships approaching the Gatun Locks, the Coral Princess is doing a partial Panama Canal transit and the Carnival Miracle is on her south bound Panama Canal transit, today March 22 2013.

Coral Princess and Carnival Miracle Cruise Ships

Queen Elizabeth Panama Canal

2013-03-21T13:34:00.000-07:00

Here we see the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship in her north bound Panama Canal transit entering the Gatun Locks today March 21 2013. One image from the Gatun Locks live cam and the other is from the Queen Elizabeth cruise ships live cam.

Queen Elizabeth Panama Canal

The Island Princess Cruise Ship Panama Canal

2013-03-13T05:56:00.001-07:00

Here we see the Island Princess, a cruise ship of the Princess Cruises lines with a capacity of 1970 passengers and 900 crew members in her south bound Panama Canal transit approaching the Gatun Locks. One image is taken from the cruise ships on board live cam and the other at the same moment showing the view from the Gatun Locks live cam today March 13 2013.

The Island Princess Cruise Ship approaching the Gatun Locks

View from the Cruise Ship to the Gatun Locks

Cold front impacts Colón

2013-03-04T07:13:00.001-08:00

La Prensa reports here: The storms has stranded vessels which ran aground and are expected to remain that way until high tide this afternoon.

The Coral Princess in the Miraflores Locks

2013-03-02T05:30:00.004-08:00

Here in these images we see the Coral Princess in the Miraflores Locks in her north bound Panama Canal transit, today on a cloudy Saturday March 2 2013. The first image shows as they see the view from the cruise ships onboard live cam and the other 2 from the Miraflores locks high definition live cam.

From the Coral Princess Live Onboard Cam

The Coral Princess in the Miraflores Locks

The Coral Princess today March 2 2013

Zuiderdam and Island Princess Cruise Ships

2013-02-21T05:43:00.002-08:00

In these images we see the Zuiderdam and Island Princess Cruise Ships entering the Gatun Locks from the Caribbean side of Panama doing a partial Panama Canal transit, visiting the Gatun Lake and later heading out to the Caribbean again. These images where taken today February 21 2013.

Zuiderdam and Island Princess Cruise Ships

Gatun Locks

How much bigger can container ships get?

2013-02-19T08:32:00.002-08:00

BBC News writes here: The world's cargo ships are getting big, really big. No surprise, perhaps, given the volume of goods produced in Asia and consumed in Europe and the US. But are these giant symbols of the world's trade imbalance growing beyond all reason?

Container ship in transiting the Panama Canal

Coral Princess Cruise Ship

2013-02-12T10:49:00.002-08:00

Here we see 2 images, one from the Coral Princess Cruise Ship live cam and the second one at the same moment from the Panama Canal Pedro Miguel Locks showing the ship in front of the ongoing Panama Canal expansion project. These images show the cruise ship on her south bound Panama Canal transit today on a sunny Carnival Tuesday February 12 2013.

Coral Princess Cruise Ship Live Cam

Coral Princess Cruise Ship - Pedro Miguel Locks, Panama Canal

Zuiderdam Cruise Ship

2013-01-31T10:01:00.004-08:00

Here we see the Zuiderdam Cruise Ship in the Gatun Locks heading out again to the Atlantis Ocean after her partial Panama Canal transit today January 31 2013.

Zuiderdam Cruise Ship

MS Queen Victoria

2013-01-26T09:32:00.004-08:00

Here we see the MS Queen Victoria cruise ship with a capacity of 2014 passengers and 900 crew in her south bound Panama Canal transit today January 26 in the Pedro Miguel Locks in front of the ongoing Panama Canal Expansion works.

MS Queen Victoria in the Pedro Miguel Locks

View from the MS Queen Victoria Live Cam at the same moment

Crystal Serenity and the Costa Deliziosa cruise ships

2013-01-25T05:26:00.000-08:00

The Crystal Serenity and the Costa Deliziosa cruise ships in their respective south bound Panama Canal transits today January 35 2013. Including images from the ships onboard live cams.

The 2 cruise ships in the Gatun Locks

Back view from the Costa Deliziosa

Front view from the Costa Deliziosa

Front view from the Crystal Serenity

Century and Statendam Cruise Ships

2013-01-23T05:07:00.001-08:00

In this image we see the Century and Statendam Cruise Ships in the Gatun Locks on their respective south bound Panama Canal transits, today, January 23 2013.

Century and Statendam Cruise Ships