Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

VIDEO: Crowds gather to watch cruise liner Azamara Journey arrive in Glasgow

A third cruise ship has docked in Glasgow to see out the coronavirus crisis that continues to have a devastating impact on the travel industry.

Azamara Journey joined sister ships Azamara Quest and Azamara Pursuit in the city’s King George V dock on Wednesday afternoon.

With cruise liners normally docking at Greenock’s Ocean Terminal when on their Glasgow stop, crowds gathered to watch the rare sighting of such a ship so far upriver.

© Ross Crae
Azamara Journey passes Braehead

Azamara Journey was followed throughout the morning by eager spotters as it made its way up the Firth of Clyde for lay-up.

It met up with tugs Ayton Cross and Anglegarth off Greenock for the final stretch in the narrower waters past Dumbarton, under the Erskine Bridge and into Glasgow.

Crowds lined the river walkways at Clydebank, Renfrew and Braehead, with some waiting for hours at their perfect vantage points.

EEMS Dover, a ship carrying wind turbine parts, whet the crowd’s appetite as it passed upriver before the main event of Azamara Journey and its escorting tugs arrived on the scene shortly afterwards.

The ships gave blasts of their horns to the gathered, waving crowds.

Azamara Journey arrived at its new temporary home at around 3pm.

The ship, which can carry almost 700 passengers and 390 crew, has been at sea for over two weeks before arriving in Glasgow.

It is staffed by a skeleton crew, who are Covid-19 free.

© Ross Crae
Crowds watch the liner transit the Clyde

The luxury vessel and its sister ships are set to remain docked in Glasgow until cruise holidays can get underway again.

Azamara is a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Cruises, who yesterday announced an extension to their suspension of most sailings until September 15.

© Ross Crae
The ship was a big attraction on a sunny day

Earlier this month, David Huck, group managing director of King George V dock operators Peel Ports, said: “These are vessels which have skeleton crews of around 40 crew members each and have not had passengers on board for many weeks.

“The vessels involved have been deep-cleaned, are free from Covid and will be on the high seas for at least two weeks prior to arriving on the Clyde.

“There are literally hundreds of vessels arriving and departing from British ports daily, carrying vital goods and supplies, all subject to strict controls, statutory checks and regulations and these vessels are no different.”