Northeast Cruise Guide: Norwegian Dawn Ferries in Passengers While Pier Work Prepares For New Sister Ship

Friday, May 17, 2013

Norwegian Dawn Ferries in Passengers While Pier Work Prepares For New Sister Ship

Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Dawn

For the past several weeks the Norwegian Dawn, sailing to from Boston, was forced to stay anchored just outside the Kings Wharf Docks in Bermuda. Her passengers were ferried to the pier.

The Norwegian Dawn was displaced by workers perparing and strengthening the pier where Norwegian Cruise Line's new Norwegian Breakaway docked yesterday. The new 146,000 ton, 1,060 foot long ship required special enhancements to the pier to handle a ship of its size.

For the past few months, rumors were circulating that the pier work would not be completed in time and that the Norwegian Breakaway would need to anchor a mile offshore from the pier and ferry in passengers OR actually change the itinerary for the maiden voyage to Bermuda - calling elsewhere. Fortunately this was not the case and the Norwegian Breakaway successfully docked there yesterday.

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