Cruise news (Viking Cruises-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Port Charlottetown (Prince Edward Island, Canada) returns to cruise on April 22 following a 2-year...
Following a 2-year pause, Port Charlottetown (Prince Edward Island, Canada) will see a return to cruise this current year. The new cruise season...
February 27, 2022 - Accidents
Viking Cruises cancels 2022 Black Sea and Kiev (Ukraine) sailings, Scenic Group cancels all 2022...
Viking Cruises cancelled all 2022 departures on its Kiev (Kyiv, Ukraine), Black Sea & Bucharest itinerary in response to Russia’s conflict...
February 26, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Viking Expeditions’ Viking Octantis starts her first Antarctic season
Viking Cruises marked the launch of its highly-anticipated brand Viking Expeditions (fleet) with the new purpose-built Viking Octantis ship starting...
February 18, 2022 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Portsmouth International Port releases initial cruise schedule for 2022
Portsmouth International Port (England UK) released its initial cruise schedule for 2022, which sees a large number of maiden port calls from both...
February 7, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Viking's newest Nile River cruise ship - Viking Osiris, floated out
Viking River Cruises announced its newest ship for the Nile. The 82-passenger Viking Osiris was floated out marking a construction milestone and the...
February 1, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Viking Cruises creates onboard COVID test labs to daily screen passengers and crew
Viking Cruises are creating onboard test laboratories in order to screen passengers and crew daily. In the solution lies sensor technology from Raa...
January 26, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Viking boosts Lerwick Harbour’s cruise activity
The rebuilding of Lerwick Harbour’s cruise traffic in the aftermath of COVID restrictions will receive extra impetus in February with the...
January 24, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Viking Orion is the first cruise ship in ~2 years to visit French Polynesia
Tahiti welcomed Viking OCEAN's ship Viking Orion, the first international cruise vessel in ~2 years, to visit French Polynesia. As the boat docked...
January 19, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Viking OCEAN's Viking Neptune floated out at Fincantieri's Ancona shipyard
Viking OCEAN's ship Viking Neptune was floated out today, January 13, at Fincantieri's shipyard in Ancona (Italy). Viking Neptune, 8th of this class...
January 13, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Valparaiso (Santiago, Chile) cruise season begins with arrival of Viking Jupiter
The Viking Jupiter cruise ship, which is owned by the Viking Cruises shipping company, commenced the 2021-2022 cruise season at the VTP (Valparaiso...
December 25, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Viking Cruises takes delivery of its first expedition ship Viking Octantis
Viking Cruises announced it had taken delivery of the company’s first of 2 new purpose-built expedition ships, Viking Octantis. The official...
December 24, 2021 - Accidents
River cruise lines cancel European sailings after Austria locks down borders
After Austria temporarily locked down its borders and banned entry for international visitors through at least December 13, 2021, the unexpected...
November 27, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Viking Cruises' summer 2023 season of expedition voyages
Viking Cruises announced the line's summer 2023 season of expedition voyages, including a new 2-week itinerary in the Great Lakes along with...
November 6, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Viking Cruises' ship Viking Orion welcomed by Antigua Cruise Port at St Johns
Antigua Cruise Port welcomed Viking OCEAN' ship Viking Orion at Port St Johns, on Friday (October 29) with an inauguration ceremony including the...
October 31, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Viking OCEAN's newest cruise ship Viking Saturn joins the fleet in 2023-Q1
Viking Cruises announced that its newest ship - Viking Saturn, is set to join the fleet in early 2023. The 930-passenger sistership will spend her...
October 14, 2021