Cruise news (Viking Cruises-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Viking Cruises restarts in the Mediterranean with new voyages for vaccinated passengers
Viking Cruises announced it will restart operations in the Mediterranean with new voyages for vaccinated passengers beginning this summer. Offered...
May 7, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Viking Sun cruise ship renamed to Zhao Shang Yi Dun
Viking Sun will no longer sail for Viking Ocean Cruises, but for the joint venture China Merchants Viking Cruises. The vessel's handover has already...
April 30, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Viking Cruises' ship Viking Orion collects crew in Bodrum, Turkey
Viking Ocean's ship Viking Orion arrived in Port Bodrum Turkey on April 18, to collect crew and supplies as part of preparations for the upcoming...
April 19, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Viking Venus delivered at Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona, Italy
Viking Venus, the newest ocean cruise ship Fincantieri is building for the shipowner Viking Cruises, was delivered on Thursday, April 15, at the...
April 16, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Viking Ocean restarts with cruises around Bermuda and Iceland in June
Viking OCEAN announced it would continue restarting limited operations with sailings around Bermuda and Iceland beginning in June. As a result...
April 8, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Fred Olsen restarts UK cruises in July
Fred Olsen Cruise Lines became the latest company to announce UK domestic sailings for the summer months. The company plans a restart in July 2021...
March 18, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Viking Ocean restarts cruises in May with 3 England coastal voyages
Viking OCEAN announced it would restart limited operations in May 2021 with 3 special sailings along the coast of England. Exclusively...
March 17, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Port Bodrum Turkey welcomes 2021's first cruise ship
Turkey welcomed the first cruise ship of season 2021 in a development that comes after the COVID restrictions brought travel to a halt. Viking Ocean...
March 15, 2021 - Accidents
Viking cancels ocean and river cruises through May 31
The premium travel company Viking Cruises announced it had cancelled scheduled departures through to May 31, 2021, noting that impacted clients and...
February 22, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Fincantieri starts building Viking Ocean's newest cruise ship Viking Mars
The keel was laid on Thursday, February 4, at the Ancona Italy shipyard for the 8th cruise ship of the shipbuilder Fincantieri for the shipowner...
February 4, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Viking Cruises' ship Viking Sun becomes China-flagged
Viking Cruises' Viking Sun ship departed Port Skagen Denmark, on Saturday, January 23, and is heading to Valletta Malta. The ship's final destination...
January 26, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Viking Cruises ship visits Panama City in 2021-Q1
Viking Cruises was planning to drop anchor in Panama City (Fuerte Amador, Balboa) as early as the first quarter of this current year during a trial...
January 20, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Viking Octantis cruise ship in 2022 becomes the largest on the Great Lakes
For the first time, Thunder Bay ON will become a homeport/turnaround port for a Great Lakes cruise vessel starting in 2022. Viking Cruises announced...
January 16, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Viking Venus cruise ship's Godmother revealed
Viking Cruises announced that British journalist and broadcaster Anne Diamond will be serving as the godmother of its 7th ocean ship, Viking Venus...
January 5, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Viking Cruises' first expedition ship Viking Octantis floated out at Fincantieri's Vard
Viking Cruises on Tuesday, December 22, announced that its first expedition vessel - the 378-passenger ship Viking Octantis - had been “floated...
December 23, 2020