River Cruising Leader Viking Cruises Launches New Oceangoing Line

Viking Cruises has formally launched its new oceangoing cruise line with the departure of the brand new Viking Star cruise ship on its maiden voyage.

The new firm, named Viking Ocean Cruises, marks the trade’s first totally new cruise line in additional than a decade and Viking Cruises’ first enterprise into ocean cruises.

The 47,800 gross ton Viking Star was delivered in late March by Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard exterior of Venice, Italy. The Ship can accommodate 930 passengers in 465 cabins.

Viking Star is one among three ocean cruise ships on order for Viking Ocean Cruises. The remaining two ships, Viking Sea and Viking Sky, are at the moment underneath development with supply anticipated in 2016.

On her maiden voyage, Viking Star will sail from Istanbul to Venice earlier than making her manner by way of the Mediterranean and into the Atlantic. The ship might be formally christened in Bergen, Norway throughout a citywide celebration on May 17 – Norwegian Constitution Day.

Viking Cruises operates the world’s largest fleet of river cruise ships by way of the Viking River Cruises model.