Jackhammers, Fumes Turn BC Family’s Panama Canal Cruise Into Construction Zone

Jackhammers, Fumes Turn BC Family’s Panama Canal Cruise Into Construction Zone
The Norwegian Jewel, right, a Norwegian Cruise Lines ship, is seen in Warnemuende, northern Germany, in this file photo. AP Photo/Thomas Haentzschel
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VICTORIA—The noise of pounding jackhammers and the smell of sickening fumes are the unwanted memories of a spring-break cruise through the Panama Canal for a suburban Victoria woman and her family.

Cecilia Jenkins said a major construction project began moments after the Norwegian Cruise Lines vessel left a dock in Miami, and the ruckus lasted the entire voyage.