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Viking has redefined what it means to cruise with a focus on cultural immersion, minimalist design, and destination-driven itineraries. Founded in 1997 by Torstein Hagen, the company began as Viking River Cruises, operating a handful of vessels along Europe’s iconic…
More details have emerged from Viking Cruises new sub brand. Not to be left out of the burgeoning expedition market, Viking ordered two expedition vessels to be built at VARD last April. The two sisterships will be named Viking Octantis…
The Viking Sky ordeal is over for now. Lets take a look at what remains. UPDATE 3/27: The Norwegian Maritime Authorities have released a statement rather quickly pointing the blame at the oil levels in the Viking Sky’s lube-oil tanks.…
In continuation from our previous thread yesterday, here’s an update on what happened over night. CLICK HERE FOR SATURDAY’S LIVE BLOG OF THE EVENT Viking Sky has now berthed alongside Molde and this cruise will officially end here. Passengers will…
Viking Ocean Cruises 47,800gt ship Viking Sky issues a ‘Mayday’ call off the coast of Norway this morning. CLICK HERE FOR SUNDAY’S LIVE THREAD Late Evening Update: There are 1,373 persons onboard. Of that, only 166 are ashore. The Norwegian…
Viking Ocean Cruises has just taken delivery of their six blue water vessel. Built as an identical sister to the previous 5 vessels, the Sky, Sea, Star, Sun, and Orion, the 748 ft. Jupiter will be carrying 930 pax. She’ll…
It’s not the clearest of photos but this gives us an idea of what Viking’s US riverboat will look like. The Swiss based company operate the largest European river fleet and are aggressively building blue water ships for their ocean…
Viking Ocean Cruises have just taken delivery of their fifth vessel, the Viking Orion. The ship just finished her construction at Fincantieri’s Ancona yard. She comes in at 47,800gt ship and can carry 930 pax. The Orion will be officially named…
Viking Ocean Cruises have entered into an agreement to build two expedition vessels from fellow Norwegian* company VARD. This will be in addition to the Italian built blue water ships of which they have 12 on order. The agreement calls…
At the Seatrade Cruise Global conference, Viking Ocean Cruises announced that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding for up to six additional ocean ships by 2027. This would bring the total fleet to 16 vessels. These ships will…
Viking Ocean Cruises aggressive push into the luxury small ship market continues in full force. They just celebrated both the delivery of their newest vessel, Viking Sea, and the floating out of the third ship, Viking Sky. Lets take a…
I’ve updated our newbuild database based on the below news. via Fincantieri: Viking Ocean Cruises and Fincantieri have signed an agreement for the construction of two additional cruise ships. The new units, like the four sister ships which the ship…
Yesterday, Viking Ocean Cruises christened its first ship, the Viking Star, in Bergen, Norway. The ceremony occurred in conjunction with a citywide celebration for Norwegian Constitution Day that was attended by approximately 20,000 local residents and visitors. In addition to…
Any reason Viking, one of the leaders in life boats/life rafts, uses a Costa ship in their marketing and promotional shots?