Cruise news (Viking Cruises-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Godmother Nicole Stott names Viking OCEAN’s newest ship Neptune in Los Angeles USA
Viking Cruises named its newest ocean ship, Viking Neptune, with a celebration on Sunday, January 8th, in Los Angeles CA. As part of the event, the...
January 11, 2023 - Accidents
Viking Orion ship stranded off the coast of Australia due to fungus outbreak
Travelers hoping to enjoy a holiday voyage instead found themselves stranded off the Australian coast due to a fungus outbreak onboard Viking OCEAN's...
December 30, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Townsville (Queensland Australia) welcomes first cruise ship in 2+ years
Townsville QLD (Queensland Australia) welcomed its first major cruise ship in 2+ years after Viking Cruises' ship Viking Orion visited the Port last...
December 5, 2022 - Accidents
1 dead, 4 injured after giant wave breaks glass panels on Viking Polaris ship
1 person died and 4 were injured after a giant wave broke several glass panels of an Antarctic Viking Cruises ship that was sailing south of Cape...
December 2, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Viking Ocean Cruises takes US$1.5 billion in financing on 4 ships
Viking Ocean Cruises announced it is taking US$1.5 billion in financing on 4 ships. The 4 export credit loan facilities are backed by the Italian...
November 23, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Viking OCEAN's newest cruise ship Viking Neptune delivered by Fincantieri Ancona
The newest Fincantieri-built ship for Viking OCEAN was delivered today, November 10, at Fincantieri's yard in Ancona Italy. Viking Neptune is placed...
November 10, 2022 - Accidents
Armed guards board Viking Mars cruise ship passing Aden Gulf
Passengers on Viking Mars received a letter from the Captain advising them about precautionary measures taken against pirate attacks as the vessel...
November 10, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Viking Polaris and Viking Octantis named during Viking Cruises' 25th anniversary celebration in...
Viking Cruises on September 30 marked the company's 25th anniversary with a celebration in Amsterdam (Netherlands). For the first time ever, to...
October 4, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Viking Cruises takes delivery of its 2nd expedition ship, Viking Polaris
Viking Cruises announced on Tuesday, September 27, that it had taken delivery of its second newbuild expedition ship - Viking Polaris. The delivery...
September 28, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Port Barcelona (Spain) speeds up the supply of clean energy to cruise ships
Port Barcelona, Barcelona Cruise Port, Carnival Corporation, RCG-Royal Caribbean Group, NCLH-Norwegian, MSC, Virgin, and Viking signed an agreement...
September 19, 2022 - Accidents
VIDEO: Viking Sea cruise ship with 800 passengers onboard breaks moorings in Ravenna (Italy)
At 9.15 am Italy time (7:15 UTC) Saturday morning on September 17, the berthed at Port Ravenna (Porto Corsini, Italy) Viking OCEAN's ship Viking Sea...
September 17, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Fincantieri to build 4 further ships for Viking Cruises
In the context of the announcement for 6 options dated March 2018, Viking Cruises and Fincantieri put into effect the contracts for the 3rd and 4th...
September 10, 2022 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Viking Cruises celebrating 25th anniversary
Viking Cruises celebrated on August 5, 2022, its 25th Anniversary and leadership in travel. To commemorate the special anniversary, the company...
August 9, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Viking Venus cruise ship returns to Liverpool UK
Viking Venus cruise ship made a return visit to Liverpool (England UK) on Saturday, August 8, as part of a 14-day voyage around Britain. The...
August 6, 2022 - Accidents
Viking Cruises again cancels Octantis cruise ship call in Houghton (Michigan)
Due to a fog advisory and high winds forecasted for June 29th, Viking Cruises canceled its scheduled visit to Houghton (Michigan USA) Wednesday...
July 1, 2022