Queen Mary 2 calls at Colombo
RMS Queen Mary 2, the flagship of Cunard Line, arrived in the Colombo
port last week. The vessel on her world voyage 2015 arrived in Colombo
from Cochin in India. She left Colombo at 8 pm to her next port, Puket
in Thailand.
With an overall length of 345 m (1,132 ft) and 17 decks, the Queen
Mary 2 is the largest, longest and most expensive North Atlantic liner
ever built. A virtual city at sea, she has a passenger capacity of 2,620
and 1,253 officers and crew on board.
Built in Saint-Nazaire, France, the vessel was commissioned by Queen
Elizabeth II in January 2004.
The facilities on board Queen Mary 2 include, 15 restaurants and
bars, five swimming pools, a casino, a ballroom, a theatre, and the
first planetarium at sea.
Queen Mary 2 has the Royal Mail Ship (RMS) title conferred on her, as
a gesture to Cunard Line's history by Royal Mail, when she entered
service in 2004 on the Southampton to New York route.
Carnival UK relaunched their vessel calls in Sri Lanka in 2012 after
a lapse of many years. Since then, Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and the
Queen Victoria, call at Colombo, on their world voyages.
Capt. L.N.Jayasooriya of Shipping Agency Services (Pvt) Ltd, said
that the company was privileged to represent premium brands of the
Carnival Corporation and were happy about the contributions to the Sri
Lanka Ports Authority and the Tourism Industry, by these high profile
vessel calls in Sri Lanka.
Shipping Agency Services (Pvt) Ltd is a member of the SAS Holdings
Group.
Over a thousand passengers travelled on excursions to Kandy,
Pinnawala, Ingiriya and on city tours. The ground tours were arranged by
Exotic Holidays International. |