First Look: Seven Seas Splendor

Ultra-luxary operator Regent Seven Seas Cruises just took delivery of it's latest newbuild.VIEW SEVEN SEAS SPLENDOR DECK PLANSThe Seven Seas Splendor started sailing earlier this year carry...

First Look: Silver Origin

Ultra-luxary operator Silversea Cruises just took delivery of it's very first destination-specific newbuild.VIEW SILVER ORIGIN DECK PLANSThe Silver Origin was designed exclusively to sail y...

First Look: HANSEATIC inspiration

German Hapag-Lloyd Cruises newest ship has just entered service. The HANSEATIC inspiration is the second ship in their luxury expedition class.VIEW HANSEATIC INSPIRATION DECK PLANSHapag-Lloyd is mainly known for their 222 'box ships'. Thi...

First Look: Take a Tour of the Scenic Eclipse

Australian tour operator Scenic tours have always specialized in land based tours since their inception. They then started getting into the maritime market with the 2014 launch of Emerald Waterways, a four...

First Look: Oceanwide’s Hondius

Netherlands based Oceanwide Expeditions just took delivery of their newbuild Hondius.The delivery of this vessel, in May 2019, marks the start of what will be a busy expedition newbuild period for the...

First Look: Roald Amundsen

The newest Norwegian expedition vessel has just been delivered.View this post on Instagram A post shared by SmartCruiser (@smartcruiser) on Aug 1, 2019 at 9:16am PDTHurtigruten started life out in 1893 running mail, cargo, and pas...

First Look: Spirit of Discovery

The first ship in a new class for a cruise lines first newbuild.The Spirit of Discovery has just set sail for England's Saga Cruises. This is the wholly owned cruise division of the U...

First Look: HANSEATIC nature

German Hapag-Lloyd Cruises newest ship has just entered service. The HANSEATIC nature is the first ship in their luxury expedition class.VIEW HANSEATIC NATURE DECK PLANSEuropean tour operator TUI Group's cruise division contains three divi...

First Look: Celebrity Flora

Celebrity Cruises just took delivery of their next vessel, Celebrity Flora, and she's unlike any other.VIEW CELEBRITY FLORA DECK PLANS2019 will be the year of the expedition vessel. Of the...