P&O Australia

[UPDATE] P&O Australia And Princess Shuffle Ships

UPDATE: The Pacific Eden (ex-Statendam) will leave the fleet and head to Cruise & Maritime Voyages. She’ll be deployed to their German sub-brand, TransOcean Kreuzfahrten. The transfer will occur April 2019. Below originally published on: Oct 11, 2018 @ 17:45 Carnival Corp.…

Carnival Reshuffles Newbuilding Plan

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Carnival Corp. just announced a change to Carnival Cruise Lines and P&O Australia’s newbuild plans. Almost exactly a year ago, Carnival Corp announced that P&O Australia would be receiving their very first newbuild, a 135,500 gt, 4,200pax ship. At the…

Carnival Corp. Announces Orders for 4 Vessels

Fincantieri has announced that they have finalized and agreement with Carnival Corp. for the construction of 4 more ships. With this announcement, we now know 8 of the 9 ships they ordered back in March. This order breaks down as…

Dawn Princess Will Be Transferred to P&O Australia

P&O Australia announced that their parent line, Princess Cruises, will transfer the Dawn Princess to the Australian brand. The 77,500gt ship will be renamed Pacific Explorer. After an extensive drydock, she will set sail for her new home in 2017.…

Holland America Transfers Statendam and Ryndam to P&O Australia

Holland America has agreed to transfer the 55,819grt Statendam and her sistership Ryndam to sister brand P&O Cruises Australia.  The two ships are are from the original Statendam class of ships that essentially launched Holland America as it is today. The…

Crazy Video of Ship in Bad Weather

The above video is taken from the cruise ship Pacific Sun of P&O Australia. She encountered extremely rough seas in 2008. I know its old but the CCTV leaked and has made its rounds on the internets yesterday and thought…