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Successful seatrials of Ulstein-designed expedition cruise vessels

In the first week of February 2021 the expedition cruise vessels 'Ocean Explorer' and 'Ocean Victory', of the ULSTEIN CX103 designs, completed their sea trials. Both vessels are under construction at the CMHI yard, China. All equipment and systems …

Feb 9, 2021 / Cruise

SCHOTTEL propulsion for first-class expedition cruise vessels

Following the delivery of the expedition cruise vessel Hondius in 2019, Oceanwide Expeditions ordered a second vessel from Croatian shipyard Brodosplit. Brodosplit is one of the most important ship builders in the Balkans with a broad portfolio of …

Aug 5, 2020 / Curious

ULSTEIN: Keel Laid For The Ocean Explorer

On 16 December 2019, the CMHI Haimen yard in China carried out the keel-laying ceremony for the Ocean Explorer. This is the fourth ULSTEIN X-BOW® design in the INFINITY class of expedition cruise vessels that the U.S. based shipowner SunStone Ships …

Jan 16, 2020 / Vessels

Fincantieri and Ponant sign an MoA for the construction of 2 new-generation cruise ships

Fincantieri has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA), worth about 300 million euro, for the construction and design of 2 new-generation luxury expedition cruise vessels for the French cruise company PONANT, a subsidiary of Artemis Group (holding …

Nov 20, 2019 / Finance