Amazing footage of a ship being stretched…

I think this is an amazing video, it shows you how the Balmoral managed to add 239 cabins becoming Fred Olsen’s  largest ship.  It surely proves  what lengths these cruise companies will  take to bring their ships up to date allowing them to compete against eachother.  The video shows how the Balmoral was stretched to allow for a further 239 cabins to be added – it really is fascinating

Most people associate the splicing of one vehicle with another as a cut-and-shut technique used by dodgy car salesmen, but here a section of a massive cruise ship has been inserted into another older liner to create a shiny new ship 99 feet longer than before.

The cruise ship, originally named the Norwegian Crown, is seen being towed backwards into a dry dock in the Blohm + Vosss shipyard in Hamburg, where it is then cut in half.

The two sections of the ship are slowly moved apart to make room for the extra 99ft section to make the new ship much longer,.

The new section is welded into place and the ship is then repainted so that its new section blends seamlessly into it.