This past Sunday, 25 November 2007, Cunard took delivery of the new 90,049 GT, 2,000-berth Queen Victoria at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard in Venice. This is the culmination of a process that began with the start of work on 14 April 2005 and continued with the keel laying on 19 May 2006 and float out on [...]
Entries from November 2007
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
Maxim Gorkiy Departure Confirmed
Phoenix Reisen has confirmed that Maxim Gorkiy will leave its fleet in November 2008. A statement in the November 2007 issue of the company newsletter, Phoenix-Journal, is as follows (translated from German):
“This winter the ‘Maxim’, as we and countless regular guests call her, will be in Hamburg for the last time under the Phoenix flag. [...]
Friday, 23 November 2007
Phoenix Reisen to Retire Maxim Gorkiy
Strong reports from Germany indicate that Phoenix Reisen has canceled Maxim Gorkiy’s 2009 world cruise and that she will finish her last cruise for the company on 30 November 2008.
One of the most popular German-market cruise ships, the 24,220 GT, 650 passenger Maxim Gorkiy, built as the Hamburg in 1969, is one of the last [...]
Friday, 23 November 2007
Dawn Princess to Become Princess’ Second Ship Year-Round in Australia
Princess Cruises has announced that beginning in November 2008, the 77,441 GT, 1,950-berth Dawn Princess, built in 1997, will become its second ship based year-round in Australia. Her 1995-built sister Sun Princess already arrived in Australia this month to take up year-round residence there, but while Dawn was already scheduled to reposition to Australia next [...]
Friday, 23 November 2007
GAP Adventures’ Explorer Sinks in Antarctica
GAP Adventures‘ Explorer has been abandoned after hitting a piece of floating ice in the Antarctic Ocean, causing a breach in the hull. The ship began sinking and all 100 passengers and 54 crew have been evacuated. The passengers are now on board Hurtigruten’s Nordnorge.
Built in 1969 as Lindblad Explorer for Lindblad Expeditions, this was [...]
