Hello all
Sorry for this post
i know my home port is not in the poll
but i would love to see my home port of curacao in SSE
(repeat)
It's natural and very deep
entrance depth of the port is 254 meters, And the depth inside is between 60 and 100 meters
Allot of ships are capable of entering the port
But any ship higher then 52 meters cannot due to the juliana bridge wich is 55 meters high above sea levelAlso we get allot of rare ship visitors
Most of them are cable layers, VLCC's, Or Warships
Big ship like 200 meter giant's are not allowed to go faster then 6 knots in the entrance or inside the port
Ships smaller then 200 meters have a max speed of 10 knots, Also tanker's and ships that do not manuaver easy must use tug's to enter this port
As for cruise ships more inside the port our outside at the pier In the entrance the port has a pontoon bridge called "Emma Bridge"
she was build in 1888, she takes 5 minutes to open and close
My question " is ther any port in the world that has a pontoon bridge that can open?"
Please have a look at these foto's and get your impression
opinions are surely wanted
Kind Regards
Oceandream