Shocking: with the right choice, that's how the Corinth Canal crossed Greece

The cruise ship Fred Braemar. Olsen Cruise Lines crossed the Corinth Canal in Greece and passengers attended the impressive 9 October show, the company said.

The canal is 6.4 kilometers long.

"He broke the existing record to become the biggest ship to go through this feat of engineering. The canal is only 24 meters from its narrowest point, "said the company.

Weighing 24 344 tonnes, 195.82 meters long and 22.52 meters wide, Braemar left Southampton (United Kingdom) on 27 September. At the time of passage in the Greek canal, there were 929 passengers on board.

What is that is

The Corinth Canal is a waterway that separates the Greek mainland from the Peloponnese, making it an island. It is an important shipping lane, which once allowed ships to enter the Aegean Sea.

While the canal is immersed in more than two millennia of history, the structure we know now has been completed and used for the first time on October 28, 1893.