A MASSIVE cruise ship carrying more than 2,500 passengers brightened up Greenock's waterfront this morning on its second visit of the season.

TUI Cruises vessel Mein Schiff 3 returned to the ocean terminal early on Friday a little over a month after it was last seen on the Clyde.

The near-300m-long ship stopped off in Inverclyde following a trip to Orkney and it will depart in the early hours of Saturday morning en route to Belfast.

The 15-deck vessel is currently on a 12-day round trip of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, finishing up in Dover next week.

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