P&O Cruises has taken delivery of its newest ship, Ventura from Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard. The 116,000 GT, 3,100 berth ship, similar to Princess Cruises‘ Crown Princess, Emerald Princess and upcoming Ruby Princess, is the largest ship ever built for the British market.
Click here for photos from my friend Steve Read, who called her “BREATHTAKING!”
Entries Tagged as ‘British Cruising’
Monday, 31 March 2008
P&O Takes Delivery of Ventura
Monday, 31 March 2008
Van Gogh Cruise Line Cancels Summer Cruises; Van Gogh Chartered to Metropolis Tur
Van Gogh Cruise Line has cancelled its summer 2008 cruises. According to a report in Seatrade Insider News, the cancellation was caused by the length of the process required for the company to gain membership to the ABTA and its resulting inability to sell the cruises during the past three months.
Instead, the 15,240 GT, 727-berth [...]
Friday, 14 March 2008
Balmoral: Fred. Olsen for Americans?
UK-market veteran Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is aiming to make a big splash in the US with its latest ship, the 1988-built Balmoral, formerly Crown Odyssey and Norwegian Crown and newly stretched to 43,357 GT and 1,340 berths. She’s just begun the company’s very first season of Caribbean cruises from Miami, which has inevitably led [...]
Monday, 11 February 2008
Van Gogh Cruise Line’s New Web Site
Club Cruise subsidiary Van Gogh Cruise Line now has its own web site. As I reported last month, it is marketing the 15,402 GT, 503-berth Van Gogh in the UK following the collapse of charterer Travelscope. Van Gogh, built in 1975 as Gruziya, has been a popular ship in the budget segment of the UK [...]
Friday, 1 February 2008
All Leisure Seeks New Ships
All Leisure Group plc, parent of Swan Hellenic and Voyages of Discovery, continues to seek new tonnage. According to a statement by chairman Roger Allard in the company’s 2008 preliminary results, “…it is our intention to acquire by charter, lease or purchase more quality vessels to satisfy demand from the growing mature passenger cruise market.”
This [...]
