World biggest cruiseliner crosses Suez Canal

Quantum of the Seas cruise ship of Bahamas - one of the world's biggest ships - transited the Suez Canal on Thursday coming from the Mediterranean Sea to pass from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean.

A Suez Canal Authority source said the 395 million dollar ship was built in 2014 and can carry 4,000 tourists.

Quantum of the Seas is a cruise ship for Royal Caribbean International (RCI) and the lead ship of the Quantum class of cruise ships. The Quantum class surpasses RCI's earlier Freedom-class ships by over 14,000 GT, becoming the second largest class of passenger ships behind RCI's Oasis class ships on a gross tonnage basis. Quantum of the Seas was delivered to RCI on October 28, 2014 and is sailing from Shanghai, China.