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3 Top Chefs on board with Swan Hellenic
There will be 3 top chefs on board the future Swan Hellenic flagship, the SH Minerva, bringing world class with them: Jörg Lehmann, Andrea Ribaldone and Sang Keun will elevate the gastronomy on board to the highest levels on this ship of the iconic leader of cultural and expedition cruises, Swan Hellenic. The company announced […]
Lindblad presents the National Geographic Resolution
After the enthusiastic resumption of sailing, beginning this week in Alaska and the Galapagos Islands, on Tuesday, June 8th, 2021, in Ulstein Verft in Norway, Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, celebrated its new ship, the National Geographic Resolution. This twin ship of the National Geographic Endurance was delivered in 2021 and is the company’s second polar ship. […]
Silver Moon sets sail with its culinary arts program
“Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures”. In its return to cruising, this quote could not be more appropriate than the Herculean effort put forth by Silversea cruises. In the blink of an eye, Silversea pivoted from its previously announced sailings and created two magnificent itineraries. Sailing from Athens, these 10-day voyages start on June 18th, […]
Ultramarine: polar cruises with Quark Expeditions
Ultramarine, the innovative expedition ship owned by Quark Expeditions, was officially delivered at the Brodosplit shipyards in Spalato, Croatia. “Today we gained more than just a new ship. We officially welcomed into our fleet a revolutionary ship that will soon become an operative base without rival for polar adventures,” declared Andrew White, Quark Expeditions President. […]
Swan Hellenic: sold out inaugural trip
Swan Hellenic announces with satisfaction that the inaugural cruise on board the SH Minerva is completely sold out. This can be seen as a sign of the strong demand from the public who wants to return to cruising but also of the specific interest towards a particular cruise model: expedition cruises that are especially attentive […]
Silversea Cruises: success for the World Cruise 2023
Silversea’s Astonishing “South Side Story – All The World’s A Stage” Breaks Box Office Records When Silversea announced its’ World Cruise 2023, the luxury cruise line created a spectacular 27- minute video production that has been viewed by at least 7,892 people. That’s the latest number provided by YouTube where you can still see the […]
Ponant presents Le Commandant Charcot
Ponant presents Le Commandant Charcot: the first LNG powered hybrid-electric polar exploration ship and the new itineraries for 2021/2022. Le Commandant Charcot is the first hybrid-electric polar exploration ship to use liquified natural gas and is the new flagship of Ponant, the world leader of expedition cruises using luxury ships. This innovative ship was designed […]
Discovery Princess float out: interior fittings underway
Discovery Princess, the sixth Royal class unit built for Princess Cruises by Fincantieri, was floated out today in Monfalcone. Today at the Fincantieri shipyards in Monfalcone, Italy, the ceremony was held for the technical float out of the future flagship of Princess Cruises, a Carnival Corporation brand. Discovery Princess will have a tonnage of 145 […]
Swan Hellenic: SH Minerva quickly takes shape
The SH Minerva, the first ship build scheduled in the new Swan Hellenic fleet, continues to take shape and is even ahead of schedule. In fact, the company has announced that the hull sections and deck modules have been completed ahead of schedule. The shipyard is now working on creating the cabins, the renderings of […]
Oceanwide Expeditions: Janssonius technical float-out
Janssonius, the new expedition ship and twin of the Hondius: technical float-out in Croatia for the Oceanwide Expeditions unit. A new ship but with the same spirit. “It doesn’t happen every day that we have such an important reason to celebrate, but today is one of those days,” declared Oceanwide Expeditions. They are celebrating the […]
Coral Geographer is delivered to Coral Expeditions
Coral Geographer was delivered today by the Vard shipyard to the owner, the Australian expedition company specialized in small ships cruises along the Australian coast, Coral Expeditions. This is the third unit for the small but modern Australian company. The Coral Geographer is in fact the twin ship to the Coral Adventurer, which recently joined […]
Viking Aton: a new river cruise ship on the Nile
VIKING ATON: VIKING RIVER CRUISES ADDS A NEW ADDITION TO ITS BUCKET-LIST CRUISES Viking River Cruises has just announced the addition of a second vessel in its fleet of Nile River itineraries. Viking Aton will join her identical sister ship Viking Osiris and Viking’s first owned and operated ship, Viking Ra, when Aton will debut […]
Costa Toscana: Costa’s future flagship is floated out
Costa Toscana touched the cold Finnish waters off the Meyer Werft shipyards of Turku for the first time today. The future flagship of Costa Cruises will enter into service in December 2021. Costa Toscana, like its twin unit the Costa Smeralda, is powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), and is part of Carnival Corporation’s expansion […]
Silver Dawn: float out for a new Silversea ship
Silver Dawn, a new Silversea Cruises ship, touched water for the first time during the float out at the Fincantieri shipyards in Ancona. The interior design and fittings will then continue for this, the tenth ship in the Silversea Cruises fleet. “We celebrate with pride this important goal achieved by our beautiful ship, the Silver […]
Star Breeze is delivered after being “lengthened”
Star Breeze was returned to Windstar Cruises today at the Fincantieri shipyards in Palermo after undergoing the lengthening process, planned for all three Star Class ships. The Star Plus Initiative has a value of 250 million dollars and involves the Star Breeze, the first of the three ships to undergo the intervention, as well as […]
Pullmantur: is a future resumption possible?
Pullmantur considers resuming cruising months after the Spanish company became the first victim of insolvency caused by the Covid-19 virus. During the month of September, the company asked their followers on Facebook what they would like to see if Pullmantur was able to make a comeback. Among the requirements was obviously safety from a health […]
The resumption of cruises in the United States still far off
The lifting of the “No Sail Order” in the United States will bring a gradual return to cruising, with new and rigid protocols and some trial cruises required before welcoming the first guests back on board. The reality is that we still have a ways to go. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
The Silver Moon: delivered by Fincantieri in Ancona
The Silver Moon, the new flagship of Silversea Cruises and second of three ships on order from Fincantieri, was delivered this morning in Ancona. Preceded by the beautiful Silver Muse, launched in 2017 in Sestri Ponente, the Silver Moon was delivered to the owners and is now awaiting to find out the itineraries it will […]
Swan Hellenic and Helsinki Shipyard: Vega3 arrives
On October 21, 2020 Swan Hellenic and Helsinki Shipyard announced the stipulation of a new contractual agreement for the order of a third cruise ship in the Vega class. Larger than its twin ships and designed to navigate in the waters of all the continents, the Vega 3 weighs 12,000 tons and is 125 meters […]
American Cruise Lines ready to launch American Melody
On October 16, 2020 in Guilford (Connecticut) the company American Cruise Line announced that their next ship is almost ready to launch. It will be called the American Melody and it is the fourth ship of the company’s acclaimed series of modern river boats. Its delivery is set for next year on the Mississippi River. […]
The new Iona delivered to P&O Cruises
In the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany on October 9th, P&O Cruises took ownership of Iona, the latest addition to its fleet and the largest cruise ship ever built for the UK market. Iona is the first of two new vessels for the P&O Cruises brand. At 185,000 tonnes, 345 meters in length with 17 guest decks […]
Enchanted Princess delivered to Princess Cruises
Enchanted Princess was delivered today by Fincantieri to it’s ship owners, Princess Cruises. It is the fifth ship in the Royal class for the company, due to set sail in the Mediterranean next season. The new flagship of Princess Cruises, the Enchanted Princess, is the fifth ship in the Royal class to join the fleet. […]
Mardi Gras: sea trials begin in Finland
Today the Mardi Gras, the future flagship of Carnival Cruise Line, left for sea trials from the Meyer Werft shipyards in Turku, Finland. The technical sea trials will last 10 days, after which the ship will return to the shipyards for the final preparations before its definitive departure for the United States where it will […]
Swan Hellenic: construction begins on the SH Minerva
Today the keel laying ceremony took place in Helsinki for the first of the two new Swan Hellenic cruise ships, the SH Minerva. The first 347-ton block of the ship, which had just arrived from Klaipeda where it was set up and painted, was placed on the keel over special coins for good luck. Relaunched […]