Swan Hellenic introduced that SH Diana, the latest as well as biggest ship in its fleet, was drifted out of completely dry dock today at Helsinki Shipyard.
SH Diana’s suitable out is currently currently in progress, leaving the deluxe exploration cruise liner on time for her initial cruise ship leaving Palermo, Italy for Lisbon, Portugal on April 15. The 125-meter-long, 12,100 GRT vessel will certainly after that make its means up the West Atlantic coast of Europe for expeditions of the Arctic.
Andrea Zito, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of Swan Hellenic Limited, claimed, “We are delighted with the construction progress and quality of SH Diana, a Polar Class PC6 vessel with state-of-the-art ship technology and sustainability that will enter service as planned in April. We look forward to welcoming our guests aboard her to experience our cultural expedition cruises with the first-time option of choosing between shore exploration by tender boat as well as expedition zodiac.”
Kim Salmi, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of Helsinki Shipyard, claimed, “With exemplary cooperation between our personnel, owner’s representatives and our multiple contractors and suppliers, SH Diana has reached maturity for this milestone and was floated out. Works will now continue with intense commissioning phase, preparing her for passengers in April.”
The Finnish shipbuilder in December offered the ship to Swan Hellenic at public auction after the initial customer, Russian- had GTLK Europe, stopped working to take shipment.
Accommodating 192 guests, SH Diana is a little bigger than 152-passenger SH Minerva as well as SH Vega introduced from Helsink Shipyard in in December 2021 as well as July 2022 specifically.
