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	Cruise ships list, cruise companies, name of each ship and number of passengers The cruise industry is changing constantly. This is a summary of which companies are operating which ships at the moment. For every Operator are indicated: Cruise company, name of each ship and number of passengers. The below information is correct to the best of the editor's knowledge. Please let us know of changes so that we can keep you up to date. New build information can be seen in the Orderbook page Retired ships or laid-up ships at the Retired - Laid Up page Links to the companies at the Cruise Lines page Updated May 21, 2013 ABERCROMBIE & KENT (UK) Eclipse, 48 pax (She sails the Galapagos) Sunboat III (River vessel on the Nile) Sunboat IV (River vessel on the Nile) Abercrombie (Hotel barge in France) Safari Quest - Yacht Adventures, 22 pax (She sails near Alaska) Explorer II, 360 pax (Former Swan Hellenic's Minerva, ex Saga Pearl. Explorer Cruises is operating an Antarctic programme in 2007/08 on the ship from November to March) Yangzi Explorer, 124 (Cruises in China. Abercrombie & Kent partnership with Orient Royal Cruises) ABOU MERHI CRUISES (Lebanon) Orient Queen II, 320 pax (Ex Vistamar) ADRIATIC CRUISES (Croatia) Out of Business Dalmacija, 300 pax (March '09: laid up in Rijeka) ADVENTURE CRUISE LINES (Newport Beach, CA) Pacific Monarch, 54 pax (Ex Spirit of Glacier Bay, ex Glacier Bay Explorer) Rapture, 142 pax ALL LEISURE GROUP PLC - ALL DISCOVERY CRUISING (UK) Swan Hellenic Cruises (London, UK) Minerva, 360 pax (Photo courtesy Damien Mc Carthy. Ex Explorer II, ex Saga Pearl, ex Alexander von Humboldt. The company operated Minerva II. former R8, that was transfered to Princess Cruises in April 2007 and renamed Royal Princess. Previously Swan Hellenic operated the Minerva. March 2007: Lord Sterling - former chairman of P&O Cruises - has bought the company from Carnival, but no replacement vessel has been identified at that stage. July 2007: Swan Hellenic has joined the All Leisure Group that own Voyages of Discovery that chartered Minerva to Swan Hellenic) Voyages Of Discovery (The name was Discovery World Cruises in USA until June 2007) Discovery, 650 pax (Built in 1972 she was the former Island Princess. August 2012: she will be operated by Cruise & Maritime Voyages beginning February 2013) Voyager, 550 pax (Ex Alexander von Humboldt. To begin service in December 2012) Hebridean International Cruises (Skipton, North Yorkshire, UK) Hebridean Princess AMAWATERWAYS (Westlake Village, CA) Zambezi Queen, 28 pax (African river cruises) Amalotus, 124 pax (Mekong River) AmaKatarina, 212 pax (Russian waterways) Amaverde, 162 pax La Marguerite, 92 pax (She sails the Mekong in Vietnam and Cambodia) Amabella, 162 Amadolce, 148 pax Amadagio, 73 cabins AmaCerto, 164 pax Amalegro, 73 cabins Amacello, 73 cabins Amadante, 73 cabins Amalyra, 148 pax AmaVida, 108 pax (Leasing from Portuguese Douro Azul) (AMA also leases the Lev Tolstoy in Russia, the Amadouro in Portugal and the Swiss Pearl in France) AMBASSADORS INTERNATIONAL, INC. - AMBASSADORS CRUISE GROUP (Out of Business. Xanterra Parks & Resorts completed the purchase of Windstar Cruises on Wednesday, May 25, 2011) Majestic America Line (Seattle) (November '08: it has ceased operations) Queen of the West, 146/163 pax (September '09: sold to Blue Spruce LLC, an affiliate of American Cruise Lines) Empress of the North, 236 pax Contessa, 49 pax (Former Executive Explorer, overnight cruise catamaran, owned until June 2006 by Glacier Bay Cruiseline. October '08: she has been taken over by the U.S. Maritime Administration due to unpaid debt. November 2010: acquired by Alaskan Dream Cruises and renamed Alaskan Dream) Columbia Queen, 161 pax (Laid up near Portland, Oregon) American Queen, 436 pax (June 2011: Great American Steamboat Company plans to open for business in mid-August from its Memphis headquarters, with its first cruise set for next April on the 436-passenger American Queen paddlewheeler) Delta Queen, 174 pax (Retired from service in November 2008, now operating as a hotel in Chattanooga, Tenn.) Mississippi Queen, 416 pax (November 2008: she is out of service and probably to be cut down to a barge) (American West Steamboat Company and Delta Queen Steamboat Co. began operating under the new name Majestic America Line in October 2006) AMERICAN CLASSIC VOYAGES (Chicago) (Out of business) American Hawaii Cruises (New Orleans, LA) (Out of business) United States Lines (New Orleans, LA) (Out of business) Delta Queen Coastal Voyages (New Orleans, LA) (Out of business) Cape May Light, 226 pax (Laid up near Jacksonville, Fla. since 2002. April 2010: charter to house earthquake aid workers at Haiti as Sea Voyager. September 2011: named Sea Discoverer is docked in Barrow in Furness UK as accommodation for wind farm workers) Cape Cod Light, 226 pax (Uncompleted. Laid up near Jacksonville, Fla.) (MARAD, the U.S. Maritime Administration was the owner of the two ships. June 2008: European shipping consortium Clipper Group purchased the two coastal cruisers. Clipper Group owns 10 cruise ships and two river boats. ISP - International Shipping Partners, will manage the two coastal vessels) AMERICAN CRUISE LINES American Eagle, 49 pax American Glory, 49 pax American Spirit, 93 pax American Star, 100 pax Queen of the West, 120 pax Independence, 104 pax Queen of the Mississippi, 150 pax (Paddlewheel river ships) AMERICAN QUEEN STEAMBOAT COMPANY (Former GREAT AMERICAN STEAMBOAT COMPANY)(Memphis) American Queen, 436 pax AMET CRUISES (India) Amet Majesty (Ex Star Cruises' Wasa Queen) ANDREW WEIR SHIPPING LTD (AWSL) (London) RMS St. Helena, 128 pax (Working cargo ship and passenger liner) ANTARCTICA XXI (Punta Arenas, Chile) Grigoriy Mikheev, 46 pax ANTARCTIC SHIPPING SA (Santiago, Chile) Antarctic Dream, 39 cabins (She will be in the north this summer and 2009 to cruise around Spitsbergen managed by Oceanwide Expeditions) ANTARPPLY S.A. (Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego - Argentina) Ushuaia, 35 cabins (Cruises in Antarctica) AQUA EXPEDITIONS (Lima, Peru) Aqua, 24 pax Aria, 16 cabins A'ROSA FLUSSCHIFF GMBH (Germany) A'Rosa Viva, 242 pax (New 2010) A'Rosa Bella, 242 pax A'Rosa Donna, 242 pax A'Rosa Mia, 242 pax A'Rosa Riva, 242 pax A'Rosa Stella, 174 A'Rosa Luna, 174 pax (All the ships are river cruise vessels) ASSAM BENGAL NAVIGATION (Ambari in India and London) Sukapha, 12 cabins Charaidew, 12 cabins (River cruises in India) ATLANTIC STARS HOSPITALITY GROUP (Newport) Arabella, 40 pax (Sailing cruise ship) Madeleine (Schooner) Rum Runner II (Motor yacht for day trips) ATW CRUISES (AROUND THE WORLD CRUISES - SAFEZONE PTY. LTD.) (Australia) (Out of business) Island Sun (Planned charter from Mauritius Island Cruises. To begin cruises at the end of November 2004) World Discoverer (To begin cruises in mid December 2004. Mortgage holder Sembawang Shipyard, Singapore, took possession of the World Discoverer on June 18, 2004, until September 2007 when the ship was sold to Silversea) AURORA EXPEDITIONS (Australia) Marina Svetaeva 100 pax (August 2011: sold to Oceanwide Expeditions. Photo courtesy Tiabunna - Virtualtourist.com) Polar Pioneer 56 pax AVALON WATERWAYS (All river vessels) Avalon Angkor, 32 pax Avalon Vista, 166 pax Avalon Visionary, 128 pax Avalon Panorama, 164 pax Avalon Creativity, 138 Avalon Felicity, 138 pax Avalon Luminary, 138 pax Avalon Affinity, 138 pax Avalon Scenery, 138 pax Avalon Imagery, 170 pax Avalon Tranquility, 170 Avalon Tapestry, 164 pax Avalon Artistry, 178 Avalon Poetry, 176 pax Avalon Artistry II, 128 pax Avalon Expression, 166 pax (Avalon will charter the five-star Mayfair for Nile River cruises and the Kasr Ibrim for Lake Nasser sailings for 2012. Avalon Tranquility and Avalon Imagery will leave the fleet at the end of 2013) AVENTURA(Germany) Aventura, 75 pax, 6 cabins (River vessel) AYRAVATA CRUISES - RV PANDAW 1947 (Yangon, Myanmar) RV Pandaw 1947 16 cabins (The original built in 1947) Rv Paukan 2007, 55 pax BIG FIVE TOURS & EXPEDITIONS - GALAPAGOS.COM (Stuart, Florida) (Cruises throughout the Galapagos Islands) Eclipse, 48 pax Explorer II, 100 pax (Former Renaissance III. To be tranfered to Silversea Expeditions in September 2013 and renamed Silver Galapagos) Isabela II, 40 pax La Pinta, 48 pax Galapagos Journey 1, 18 pax (Catamaran) Galapagos Legend, 100 pax Grand Odyssey, 16 pax Galapagos Odyssey, 16 pax Santa Cruz, 90 BIRKA CRUISES - BIRKA LINE ABP (Finland) Birka Paradise, 1,800 pax BLOUNT SMALL SHIP ADVENTURES - AMERICAN CANADIAN CARIBBEAN LINES (Warren, RI ) Grande Mariner, 100 pax Grande Caribe, 100 pax Niagara Prince, 90 pax. (In late 2006, the Company donated the ship to three New England colleges, but after being unable to devise a suitable "Semester at Sea" program, the vessel was then sold back to ACCL in 2008) BRITISH COLUMBIA DISCOVERY VOYAGES Pacific Aurora, 90 pax (Sold to Marine Growth Ventures, Inc. in May 2007) BLUE LAGOON CRUISES(Fiji Islands) Mystique Princess, 36 deluxe staterooms Nanuya Princess, 26 cabins Yasawa Princess, 33 cabins (December 2007: she has been sold and will be relocated to the Maldives) Lycianda, 21 cabins Fiji Princess, 34 deluxe cabins BONAVENTURA CRUISES (Holland) (All river ships) Victoria Cruziana Victoria Amazonica Virginia Victoria Regia Abel Tasman Prinses Christina Diana CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC Carnival Cruise Line (Miami, FL) Carnival Breeze, 3,690 pax Carnival Magic, 3,652 pax Carnival Destiny, 2,642 pax (March 2012: to be refurbished from February to April 2013 and renamed Carnival Sunshine) Carnival Ecstasy, 2,040 pax (Chartered to the Military Sealift Command for six months as part of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. After a refurbishments the ship will resume cruises in April 2006) Carnival Elation, 2.040 pax Carnival Fantasy, 2,044 pax Carnival Fascination, 2040 pax Carnival Imagination, 2,040 pax Carnival Inspiration, 2,040 pax Carnival Paradise, 2,040 pax Carnival Sensation, 2,040 pax Carnival Triumph, 2,758 pax Carnival Victory 2,758 pax Carnival Spirit, 2,124 pax Carnival Pride, 2,124 pax Carnival Legend, 2,124 pax Carnival Conquest, 2,974 pax Carnival Glory, 2,974 pax (Photo by Jack White) Carnival Miracle, 2,124 / 2,680 pax Carnival Valor, 2,974 pax Carnival Liberty, 2,974 Carnival Freedom, 3,734 pax Carnival Splendor, 3,006 pax Carnival Dream, 3,608 pax Costa Crociere (Genoa, Italy and Miami, FL) Costa Fascinosa, 3,012 pax Costa Favolosa, 3,012 pax Costa Deliziosa, 2,862 Costa Luminosa, 2,826 pax Costa Pacifica, 3,780 pax Costa Atlantica, 2,100 pax Costa Victoria, 1950 pax Costa Romantica, 1,350 Riviera, 1,500 pax (Sold to unspecified Indian shipbreakers) Costa Classica, 1,300 pax Costa Allegra, 804 pax (Out of service due to fire while off the coast of Africa in February 2012. Laid up in Savona) Costa Marina, 770 pax (July 2011: she will leave the fleet in November. For 2012, the Grand Voyager, presently sailing for Iberocruceros, will assume the Marina's Red Sea program) Costa Mediterranea, 2,114 pax Costa Fortuna, 2,720 pax Costa Magica, 2,720 Costa Concordia, 3,800 pax (Partially sunk off the Italian island of Giglio on Friday, 13th Jan, 2012) Costa Serena, 3,780 pax Costa Voyager, 927 pax (Image by Roberto Munao'. Ex Iberocruceros Grand Voyager - image by Steed at Shipspotting.com, ex Royal Olympic Cruises' Olympic Voyager) Cunard Line Queen Elizabeth, 2,092 pax (Image Steve Dunlop/courtesy Cunard Line) Queen Mary 2, 2,620 / 2,800 pax Queen Victoria, 2,000 pax Seabourn Cruises Seabourn Quest, 450 pax Seabourn Sojourn, 450 pax Seabourn Legend, 212 pax Seabourn Odyssey, 450 pax Seabourn Pride, 204 pax Seabourn Spirit, 204 pax (Feb. 2013: Xanterra Parks & Resorts has reached an agreement with Seabourn to purchase three of their ships: Seabourn Pride, Legend, and Spirit. The delivery will take place over the next two years) Holland America Line (Seattle, WA) Nieuw Amsterdam, 2,106 pax Maasdam, 1266 pax Rotterdam, 1,316 pax Ryndam, 1,266 pax Statendam, 1,266 pax Veendam, 1,266 pax Volendam, 1,440 pax Zaandam,1,440 pax Amsterdam, 1,380 pax Prinsendam, 794 pax (Formerly the Royal Viking Sun, the Seabourn Sun) (Prinsendam: photo credit Andy Newman/Holland America Line) Zuiderdam, 1,848 pax Oosterdam, 1,848 pax Westerdam, 1,848 pax Noordam, 1,848 pax Eurodam, 2,104 pax P&O Cruises (London, UK) Adonia, 710, pax (Ex Royal Princess, ex Minerva II, ex R8. Sister ship to Pacific Princess and Tahitian Princess) Azura, 3,076 pax Oriana, 1,810/1,849 pax Aurora, 1,878 pax Oceana, 2,020 pax (Former Sun class Ocean Princess) Arcadia, 1,968 pax Ventura, 3,100 lower berth P&O Cruises Australia (Australia) Pacific Pearl, 1,800 pax (Photo credit John Wilson at Shipspotting.com. Ex Ocean Village, ex P&O's Arcadia, Sitmar Fairmajesty, Star Princess. She was the first ship in the new Ocean Village branch of P&O launched in May 2003) Pacific Dawn, 2020 pax (Ex Regal Princess) Pacific Jewel, 1950 pax (Ex Ocean Village Two, ex Crown Princess, ex A'Rosa Blu, ex AIDAblu) Princess Cruises (London, UK and Los Angeles, CA) Emerald Princess Pacific Princess, 688 pax (Ex R3) Ocean Princess, 688 pax (Ex R4, ex Tahitian Princess) Dawn Princess, 2,000 pax Grand Princess, 2,590 pax Sun Princess, 2,020 pax Golden Princess, 2,600 pax (Photo courtesy Francisco Camino) Star Princess, 2,600 pax Coral Princess, 1,970 pax Island Princess, 1,970 pax Diamond Princess, 2,670 pax Caribbean Princess, 3,110 pax Sapphire Princess, 2,670 pax Sea Princess, 1,950 / 2,010 pax (Ex Sea Princess, ex P&O Adonia) Crown Princess, 3,110 pax Ruby Princess, 3,100 Aida Cruises (Germany) AIDAStella, 2,194 pax AIDAmar, 2,174 pax AIDAsol, 2,174 pax AIDAcara, 1200 pax (Former AIDA) AIDAvita, 1,600 pax AIDAaura, 1,600 pax AIDAdiva, 2,030 pax AIDAbella, 2,030 pax AIDAluna, 2,030 pax AIDAblu, 2,174 pax Iberocruceros (Spain) (Joint venture between Carnival Corporation & plc and Orizonia Corporación) Grand Mistral, 1,300 pax (Ex Festival Cruises' Mistral) Grand Celebration, 1900 pax (Ex Carnival Celebration) Grand Holiday, 1,452 pax (Ex Carnival Holiday) CELEBRATION CRUISE LINE (Ft. Lauderdale) Bahamas Celebration, up to 1500 pax (Ex Prinsesse Ragnhild) CHANGJIANG CRUISE OVERSEAS TRAVEL CO.,LTD.(China) The Company manages several river cruise ships in China included the OTC Victoria Series (Victoria I, Victoria II, Victoria III, Victoria V, Victoria VII), Victoria Angel, Victoria Princess, Victoria Pearl and Victoria Blue Whale. CHINA DRAGON CRUISES - YICHANG THREE GORGES CRUISES COMPANY (China) (All river vessels) Emperor Dragon Three Kingdoms Serenity CHONGQING NEW CENTURY CRUISES CO., LTD. (China) Century Paragon, 398 pax Century Sky, 306 pax Century Sun, 306 pax Century Star, 186 pax Century Diamond, 264 pax Century Emerald, 264 pax (All the ships are river vessels. The company has a strong relationship with Viking River Cruises) CLASSIC INTERNATIONAL CRUISES - ARCALIA SHIPPING CO. (Lisbon, Portugal) Out of business November 2012: Classic International Cruises Australia went into voluntary administration. January 2013: Potamianos brothers have bought the Princess Daphne back from a Portuguese bank. Furthermore, the Arion, Athena, Funchal and Princess Danae have also been sold to Portuguese businessman Rui Alegre, who intends to resume operations with Portuscale Cruises Princess Daphne, 548 pax (Ex Port Sydney, Akrotiri Express, Daphne, Switzerland, Ocean Odyssey, Ocean Monarch. Sister ship of the Princess Danae. October 2011: in April 2012 Princess Daphne will be going on charter to Ambiente Kreuzfahrten of Berlin and renamed Ambiente. October 2012: Ambiente Kreutzfahrten has decided to terminate the contract after the vessel was arrested for debt at the Greek port of Souda. May 2013: she is laid up in Crete) CLUB CRUISE (Holland) The Company is out of business Van Gogh 506 pax, (Ex Odessa Sky. Photo courtesy ABP. January 2008: Club Cruise has created a new U.K. tour operating division named Van Gogh Cruises which has then closed in May. Van Gogh is to be chartered to the Russian market by company Metropolis Tur from June to October 2008) Albatros (March '09: purchased by Phoenix Seereisen) Astoria, 500 pax (Former Arkona. Chartered to Transocean Tours. Sold to Saga Holidays) New Flamenco, 798 pax (Ex Spirit of London, ex Festival's Flamenco. March '09: sold to Singapore Star Shipping) Alexander von Humboldt, 352 pax (Ex Saga Pearl ex Minerva. All Leisure Group acquired the ship in an auction in November '09. December '09: chartered to Phoenix Seereisen in Germany from May to October 2010. September 2011: in November 2012 she will start sailing for Voyages of Discovery with a new name, MV Voyager) CLUB MED(France) Club Med 2, 392 pax COMMODORE HOLDINGS LTD (Out of business) Commodore Cruise Line (South Hollywood, FL) Enchanted Isle, 729 pax (Ex Argentina, Veendam, Brazil, Monarch Star, Bermuda Star) Enchanted Capri, 500 pax (October 2006: the ship has been sold to the Mexican Company Demar in a hire-purchase agreement. Enchanted Capri has been on charter to Demar for the past three years. International Shipping Partners, Inc. will still manage the ship) Enchanted Sun, 1,050 pax (Interrupted plan of cruises, from the Port of San Diego and Rosarito, Mexico - agreement to charter the vessel) Crown Cruise Line Crown Dynasty, 820 pax (Former Norwegian Dynasty - sold to Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines and renamed Braemar) COMPAGNIE DU PONANT (Marseille, France. The main shareholder was CMA-CGM, the leading French container group but in september 2013 she was sold to Bridgepoint, a privately owned holding company) L'Austral, 134 cabins Le Boreal 224 / 264 pax Le Ponant, 64 pax (Sailing yacht) COMPAGNIE POLYNESIENNE DE TRANSPORT MARITIME - CPTM(San Mateo, CA) Aranui III, 207 pax (Freighter, she has replaced the Aranui II) CORAL PRINCESS CRUISES (Australia) Coral Princess, 50 pax Coral Princess II, 50 pax Oceanic Discoverer, 76 pax (Former Oceanic Princess) CROISIEUROPE - ALSACE CROISIERE(Strasbourg - France) (All river vessels) France, 80 cabins Seine Princess, 60 cabins Rhone Princess, 60 cabins Modigliani, 80 cabins Victor Hugo, 50 cabins Gaspard Corte Real Leonard de Vinci, 72 cabins Ste Odile, 63 cabins Princesse Sissi, 74 cabins La Boheme, 80 cabins Douce France, 80 cabins Camargue, 74 cabins Symphonie, 80 cabins Renoir, 80 cabins Mistral, 80 cabins Van Gogh, 80 cabins Monet, 80 cabins Mona Lisa, 50 cabins Vasco de Gama, 71 cabins Fernao de Magalhaes, 71 cabins Beethoven, 180 pax Vivaldi, 180 -) pax Michelangelo, 80 cabins ( Real video or Windows streaming video) Botticelli, 154 pax (She will be positioned along the River Thames from mid-November until April 1, 2007) Europe Belle de Cadiz, 180 pax (River and sea cruises in the Iberian peninsula) CroisiMer Belle de l'Adriatique, 200 pax (Coastal cruising in the Adriatic Sea under the new CroisiMer brand. CroisiEurope plans to build other two sisterships with delivery in 2009 and 2010: La Belle du Bosphore and La Belle des Cyclades) CRUCEROS AUSTRALIS (Santiago, Chile) Mare Australis, 132 Via Australis (Mare Australis' sistership) Stella Australis, 210 CRUCEROS MARITIMOS SKORPIOS (Santiago, Chile) Skorpios I, 74 pax Skorpios II, 140 pax Skorpios III, 100 pax CRUISE AND MARITIME SERVICES (CMS) (UK) Marco Polo, 826 pax (Former Alexandr Pushkin) Voyages of Discovery's Discovery, 650 pax (January 2013: Cruise & Maritime Voyages plan to enter the Australian market with winter charter of TransOcean Cruises' MS Astor) CRUISE MARITIME YACHTING (The Netherlands) Monarch (River e coastal cruises) CRUISE NORTH EXPEDITIONS (Toronto) Clipper Adventurer, 118 pax (Ex Alla Tarasova) Lyubov Orlova, 122 pax (September 2010: under arrest in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. January 2012: sold to unidentified buyers. August 2012: sold for scrap. January 2013: towed to the Dominican Republic for scrap. February: she has been adrift in the North Atlantic after breaking free from the towing line) CRUISE WEST(Seattle, WA) The Company ceased operation in September 2010 Spirit of Oceanus, 100/135 pax (Former Sun Viva, MegaStar Sagittarius. September 2010 sold to TN Cruise K/S of Denmark. November 2010: renamed Sea Spirit the vessel was chartered to Quark Expeditions. May 2011: chartered to Siemens wind power. Antarctic cruises for the 2011-2012 winter season: charter to Quark) Spirit of Alaska, 78 pax (October '10: the ships was purchased by Alaskan Dream Cruises and renamed Baranof Dream) Spirit of Columbia, 78 pax (October '10: the ships was purchased by Alaskan Dream Cruises and renamed Admiralty Dream) Spirit of Discovery, 84 pax (August 2011: sold to InnerSea Discoveries and renamed Wilderness Explorer) Spirit of '98, 96 pax (August 2011: to be sold to American Safari Cruises and renamed Safari Legacy) Spirit of Endeavour, 102 pax (Ex Newport Clipper. August 2011: sold to American Safari Cruises and renamed Safari Endeavour) Pacific Explorer, 99 pax (Ex Temptress Explorer. Operated in partnership with defunct Temptress Adventure Cruises. Launched in 1970 as a tug and supply ship, and refitted in 1995) Spirit of Yorktown, 138 pax (Ex Yorktown Clipper. Cruise West has acquired the cruise vessel previously part of the Clipper Cruise Line fleet in January 2006. August 2011: sold to Travel Dynamics International of New York and renamed Yorktown) Spirit of Glacier Bay, 102 pax (Ex Spirit of Nantucket, ex Nantucket Clipper. Cruise West has acquired the cruise vessel previously part of the Clipper Cruise Line fleet in January 2006) Sheltered Seas (90-foot, 70 pax touring yacht) DAMI CRUISE (Croatia) Darli, 81 pax (Ex Brand and Hardagenfjord) Romansa, 18 pax (Sailing ship) DCS-TOURISTIK (Germany) (Dunav Tours AD, Bulgaria, is the owner of the 3 river ships) Rousse Prestige, 161 pax Rousse, 210 pax Sofia, 210 pax DELPHIN KREUZFAHRTEN - HANSA KREUZFAHRTEN (Germany) (October 2010: the German operator has gone bankrupt) Delphin Voyager, 650 pax (The former Orient Venus of Japan Cruise Line. An Indian investor bought the vessel at auction and she commenced sailing again under the same name for a new company called Passat Kreuzfahrten) DESTINA CRUISE LINES (Out of Business) OceanMaster, 28 pax Destina Legacy (Former Royal Olympic Cruises Jason) DISCOVERY VOYAGES (Alaska) MV Discovery, 12 pax DISNEY CRUISE LINE (Celebration, FL) Disney Dream 1,250 staterooms Disney Magic, 1,750 pax Disney Wonder, 1,750 pax Disney Fantasy, 1,250 staterooms DOURO AZUL (Porto, Portugal) AltoDouro, 48 pax Invicta, 80 pax Douro Queen, 65 cabins AlgarveCruiser, 65 cabins (All river ships. The company manages a fleet of day cruise vessels as well) DDSG BLUE DANUBE (Vienna, Austria) Hemingway (River vessel, in partnership with GTA-Skyways) EASYCRUISE (Greece) (August '09: EasyCruise has been sold to Hellenic Seaways, a Greek ferry company) easyCruise Life, 600 pax (September 2007: easyCruise has acquired his second ship, to be named easyCruise Life; formerly The Jasmine - ex Mano Cruises - ex Farah, operated by Arab Ship Management out of Egypt) Eco Cultural Tourism (Philippines) 1707 Islands Cruise, 300 pax (Ex Caribic Star, ex Coco Explorer 2. The former owner was C&C Marine - C&C Travel from Denmark) ÉCOMERTOURS (Canada) Écho des Mers (Small ship cruises on the St. Lawrence) ECOVENTURA (Guayaquil - Ecuador) Eric, 20 pax Flamingo I, 20 pax Letty, 20 pax (Three identical yachts that sail the Galapagos Islands) Galapagos Sky (Diving boat) ELEGANT CRUISES & TOURS, INC. (Port Washington - NY) Andrea, 105 pax (Formerly Harald Jarl of Norwegian Coastal Voyages. Under arrest at Split. April 2012: sold to start-up Premier Cruises) Monet, 62 pax (She operates in the Adriatic from March through November with weekly departures from Venice) ELEGANT CRUISE LINES - ELEGANT VOYAGE (Cairo, Egypt) Kon-Tiki (Nile cruise ship) Sindbad (Nile cruise ship) Rose of Nile (Nile cruise ship) (February 2008: Soon to be launched is their new luxury cruise ship Moondance) ELYSIAN CRUISES - RAVESCROFT SHIPPING (Coral Gables, FL) New Flamenco, 798 pax (Ex Spirit of London, ex Festival's Flamenco. Charter to Travelplan. January 2007: chartered to Abu Dhabi's Tourism Development and Investment Company until the end of February 2007. November 2007: she has now been sold to dutch Club Cruises) Blue Monarch (Ex World Renaissance. On charter to Greece's Monarch Classic Cruises. January 2010: sold for scrap) EMPRESS CRUISE LINES (Malaysia / Singapore) The Empress (Currently laid up in Singapore) EMERAUDE CLASSIC CRUISES (Hanoi, Vietnam) Emeraude, 74 pax ENTRÉE CANADA - ENTRÉE YACHTS (Canada) (Ex Grand Yachts Adventures, Alaska) Revelation Absinthe Legacy EUROPEAN RIVER CRUISES (Amsterdam, The Nederlands) Moezelstar, 80 pax Esperanza, 148 pax EUROPEAN WATERWAYS LTD (England) (All hotel barges) La Belle Epoque, 12 pax La Bella Vita, 20 pax L'Impressionniste, 12 pax La Reine Pédauque, 8 pax L'Art de Vivre, 8 pax Anjodi, 8 pax Rosa, 8 pax Nymphea, 6 pax Scottish Highlander, 8 pax Alouette, 4 pax Amaryllis, 8 pax Athos, 10 pax Enchanté, 8 pax Hirondelle, 8 pax La Nouvelle Etoile, 8 pax La Renaissance, 8 pax Magna Carta, 8 pax Napoléon, 12 pax Savoir Faire, 12 pax Shannon Princess II, 10 pax La Dolce Vita 6 pax (Venice, Italy) FANTASEA ADVENTURE CRUISES (Australia) Ammarí, 66 pax (Ex Rivage Saint Martin. Fantasea Cruises that operates day trips around the Great Barrier Reef and island transfers, has bought the 66-passenger Ammarí from Ustica Lines in Sicily. October '08: she is current out of service) FESTIVAL CRUISES / FIRST EUROPEAN CRUISES (Piraeus - Athens, Greece) (Out of business) European Stars, 1566 pax (Sold to MSC Cruises. To begin operation in March 2005 as MSC Sinfonia) Bolero, 660 pax (Former Starward. Purchased by Abou Merhi Cruises in the spring of 2005 and renamed Orient Queen. Acquired via a bareboat/hire purchase agreement by Louis in 2007. She is currently laid up in Greece) Flamenco, 800 pax (Chartered to the Spanish tour operator Travelplan until January 2005) The Azur, 760 pax (Sold) Mistral, 1,300 pax (Purchased by Alstom and then sold to Iberojet Cruceros in January 2005) Caribe, 500 berth (Purchased by Classic International) FRED. OLSEN CRUISE LINES (Ipswich, UK) Black Watch, 798 pax (Former Royal Viking Star, Westward and Star Odyssey) Braemar, 820 pax (Former Crown Dynasty) Boudicca, 810 pax (Ex Grand Latino, ex SuperStar Capricorn, Royal Viking Sky and Hyundai Kumgang. She was transfered to Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines in October 2005 and undergo an extensive refit in early 2006. Her maiden cruise to the Canaries departed Dover on February 25, 2006) Balmoral, 1350 pax (Ex Norwegian Crown, ex Crown Odyssey) FRENCH COUNTRY WATERWAYS (Duxbury, MA) (All river barges) Horizon II, 8 pax Nenuphar, 12 pax Princess, 8 pax Esprit, 18 pax Adrienne, 12 pax FYNE CRUISES (Inveraray, Scotland) Fyne Spirit, 12 pax (Cruises around the west coast of Scotland) FTI CRUISES - FTI TOURISTIK (Germany) Berlin, 412 pax (Ex Peter Deilmann Cruises' Berlin, ex Saga Cruises' Spirit of Adventure) G ADVENTURES (Toronto) The Expedition, 122 pax(GAP has bought the 1972 built ferry Alandsfarjan from the Finnish ferry company Viking Line for 2.6 million euro in June 2008. Septembre '08: Aker Yards and GAP Adventures have signed a contract on converting the Alandsfarjan to an expedition cruise vessel) (Explorer, 108 pax: the "Little Red Ship" struck an iceberg in the Antarctic and then sunk on November 23, 2007) (GAP Adventures operates yacht cruises in Greek waters and three passenger yachts for the Galapagos Islands as well) GLACIER BAY CRUISELINE (Out of business. The small-ship operator filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and will not be operating a traditional 2006 cruise season) GOLDEN STAR CRUISES (GOLDEN PEARL CRUISES) (Piraeus - Athens, Greece) (Formed from Dolphin Hellas Cruises and Attika Cruises) Arcadia, 130 cabins 224 / 300 pax (Former Vicente Puchol, laid up in North America) Aegean II, , 800 pax (Formerly the Symphony from MSC) GOTA CANAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY (Sweden) Diana, 55 pax (River vessel) Juno, 60 pax (River vessel) Wilhelm Tham (River vessel) GRAND CIRCLE SMALL SHIP CRUISE LINE(Boston MA) Grand Circle Travel River Aria River Melody River Adagio Bizet, 120 pax (Plus other river cruises vessels in Europe and Egypt) Tikhi Don, 220 pax (River cruises in Russia) Rossia, 216 pax (River cruises in Russia) Overseas Adventure Travel Athena, 50 pax (Cruises in the Adriatic / E. Mediterranean) Continental Waterways (The three company operate a fleet of 45 ships ranging from custom-built river ships to rustic barges and gulet-style yachts) GULF DREAM CRUISES (Pakistan) Dream, 1,250 pax (ex Dream Princess. She is sailing roundtrip cruises between Karachi and Dubai between November until February 2007, then she will return to the Mediterranean) HANSA TOURSITIK(Germany) Ocean Majesty (To begin sailing for the German market in May 2013) HAPAG-LLOYD CRUISES (Germany) Columbus 2, 684 pax (Ex Insignia, former R1) Europa 2, 516 pax (Photo Christophe Dedieu at Vesseltracker.com) Europa Hanseatic, 170 pax (Hanseatic with the old colours) Bremen, 164 pax Sea Cloud II, 86 pax (Sailing vessel. Winter 2007 / 2008: she is chartered by Lindblad Expeditions) Various river cruise vessels HAPPY CRUISES - QUAIL TRAVEL (Spain) They closed down their three-ship operation on Saturday 24 September 2011 Gemini, 800 pax (Ex Star Cruises' SuperStar Gemini, ex Crown Jewel, Cunard Crown Jewel, Vision Star. Chartered for the Olympics and then returned to ISP of Miami and laid up at Tilbury) Ocean Pearl, 1,076 pax (Ex Clipper Pacific, ex Dream, ex Caspi Cruises' Dream Princess, ex Airtours' Sun Cruises Sundream, Song of Norway. Laid up at Tilbury) Happy Dolphin, 650 pax (Ex Delphin Voyager, the former Orient Venus of Japan Cruise Line. August 2012: chartered by her Greek owners to Turkish operator Apex Tur) HERITAGE EXPEDITIONS (New Zealand) Spirit of Enderby, 48 pax HOLIDAY KREUZFAHRTEN(Germany) (The company has announced bankruptcy in September 2006) IMPERIAL MAJESTY CRUISE LINE (Pompano Beach, FL) Regal Empress, 875 pax (Former Greek Line Olympia. March '09: she has been sold to Indian breakers) (March '09: the Company is no longer operating) INDIAN OCEAN CRUISES LTD. - FORESIGHT GROUP (London) (Out of business since 2009) Ocean Odyssey, 250 pax (The former Jason. Her Indian cruising venture started in January 2007 from Goa. Sold for scrap) INSTITUTE FOR SHIPBOARD EDUCATION Explorer, 836 pax (Former Olympic Explorer, Olympia Explorer. She replaces the aging Universe Explorer - formerly the Enchanted Seas, which has operated the University of Pittsburgh's Semester at Sea program since 1996, currently laid up in Portland, OR. ISLAND ESCAPE CRUISES (New Zealand) Island Passage, 20 pax (Aluminium catamaran) ISLAS GALAPAGOS TURISMO Y VAPORES(Quito - Ecuador) Ambasador I, 160 pax (due to Galàpagos National Park regulations only 100 people are embarked) JAPAN CRUISE LINE INC. - VENUS CRUISE (Japan) Pacific Venus "JAPAN GRACE" AND PEACE BOAT ORGANIZATION (Japan) Ocean Dream, 1022 pax (Ex Pacific Star ex Costa Tropicale, Carnival Tropicale. Charter from Pullmantur) JEWEL RIVER CRUISES (Fort Lauderdale, FL and Wollerau SZ) Jewel Imperial Blue, 80 pax (Ex Hispania; the first cruise was planned for May 2008 but after several delay the company announced in October that it would postpone the debut of the brand and consolidate the company. Jewel River Cruise Line's two other brands, the premium Emerald River Journeys and the contemporary Aqua River Journeys, will continue to operate. These ships are currently chartered to European tour operators through 2009) KLEINTOURS (Quito, Equador) Galapagos Legend, 100 pax M/Y Coral I, 36 pax M/Y Coral II, 20 pax KRISTINA CRUISES (Finland) Kristina Brahe, 58 cabins Kristina Katarina (Former the 1982 built The Iris from Mano Cruises of Israel) Kristina Regina, 245 pax (August '10: sold to Oy S/S Borea Ab, a newly established company, which intends to convert the vessel into a hotel, restaurant and museum located in Turku, Finland) LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS(New York, NY) National Geographic Endeavour, 110 pax (Former Endeavour, former Caledonian Star) National Geographic Sea Lion, 70 pax National Geographic Sea Bird, 70 pax National Geographic Polaris, 80 pax National Geographic Islander, 48 pax (Ex Rivage Guadeloupe, Lord of the Highlands, Islander ) Sea Cloud II (Chartered for 8 cruises in the Caribbean in winter '07 and for 4 Med / Atlantic voyages in spring - summer 2007. Charter for the winter 2007 / 2008, Caribbean cruises) National Geographic Explorer, 150 pax (Former 1982-built Hurtigruten's Lyngen. To begin operation in the summer of 2008) Delfin II, 28 pax (Peruvian Amazon River cruises. Lindblad Expeditions is the exclusive U.S. tour operator) LOUIS CRUISE LINES (Cyprus) Louis Majesty, 1,462 pax (Ex Norwegian Majesty, ex Royal Majesty. March 2012: charter to Thomson Cruises and renamed Thomson Majesty) Sapphire, 660/680 pax (Former Italia, Princess Italia, Ocean Princess, etc. March 2012: sold) Calypso, 486 pax (Former Canguro Verde, Regent Calypso, etc. Chartered by Thomson summer-only for a three-year period from 2007 onwards) Ithaca, 650 pax (Ex Ausonia renovated in early 2005) Perla, 790 pax (Ex Seawing, ex Southward) Ruby, 884 pax (Charter. Ex Holiday Kreuzfahrten's Lili Marleen, ex Ocean Countess, ex Cunard Countess, Awani Dream II, Olympia Countess. The owner of the ship is Majestic International Cruises, Inc.) Louis Hellenic Cruises Cristal, 1,278 pax (Ex Silja Opera, ex Sally Albatross, NCL Leeward, Star Cruises SuperStar Taurus. Purchased in May 2007 from Sea Containers - Silja Line. April 2012: A Finnish businessman is reported to be close to buy the ship) Orient Queen, 660 pax (Ex Bolero, ex Starward. Acquired via a bareboat/hire purchase agreement from Abou Merhi Cruises. July '09: Louis plc has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Agencia De Viagens CVC Tur for the charter of the ship for the period Nov. 20 - March 15, 2010. March 2013: Louis Group will rename the ship and deploy her on a charter program to South America next winter as the Louis Aura) Coral, 676 pax (Ex Triton, ex Sunward II, Cunard Adventurer. Purchased by Louis Hellenic Cruises in April 2005. May 2013: she will be renamed Louis Rhea) Princesa Cypria, 633 pax (Sea Diamond, 1,537 pax. Ex Birka Princess. Sea Diamond sank on April 4th, 2007 near the Greek island of Santorini) (Princesa Amorosa, 354 pax. Currently laid up - sold for scrapping in India. Princesa Victoria, 750 pax, originally the Union Castle Line mailship RMMV Dunnottar Castle, rebuilt in 1959 for Incres Lines as the deluxe cruise ship MV Victoria, and later the Chandris Cruises MV The Victoria, was sold for scrapping) (October 2007: in the next 12 month three ageing vessels will disappear from Louis' 14 ship fleet; the Aegean II, the Princesa Marissa and the Serenade. These three vessels, all built in the 1950/60s, don't meet the new SOLAS 2010 regulations) LÜFTNER CRUISES (Austria) (All river ships) Amadeus Elegant, 150 Amadeus, 150 pax Amadeus Rhapsody, 150 pax Amadeus Classic, 150 pax Amadeus Symphony, 150 pax Amadeus Princess, 160 pax Amadeus Royal Amadeus Diamond Danubia MAJESTIC INTERNATIONAL CRUISES (Athens, Greece) Ocean Countess, 814 pax (Ex Cunard Countess, Awani Dream II, Olympia Countess. Chartered by German tour operator Holiday Kreuzfahrten from autumn 2005 to summer 2006. She was renamed Lili Marleen. October 2006: Holiday Kreuzfahrten is out of business) Ocean Majesty, 519 pax (Chartered to Page & Moy from May through to December 2006. January 2007: chartered to Abu Dhabi's Tourism Development and Investment Company until the end of February 2007. 2009: charter to Page & Moy) Ocean Explorer I MANO CRUISES (Israel) Iris, 550 pax Royal Iris, 720 pax (Ex The Azur) Golden Iris, 947 pax (Ex Cunard Princess, ex MSC Rhapsody) MONARCH CLASSIC CRUISES (Greece) Blue Monarch, 570 (Former World Renaissance, managed by Elysian Cruises. She is currently sailing as Grand Victoria) Ocean Countess, 814 pax (Ex Cunard Countess, Awani Dream II, Olympia Countess. Chartered by German tour operator Holiday Kreuzfahrten from autumn 2005 to summer 2006. She was renamed Lili Marleen. October 2006: Holiday Kreuzfahrten is out of business) MSC CRUISES (Naples, Italy) MSC Preziosa, 3,478 pax (lower berths) MSC Divina, 3,502 pax MSC Magnifica, 3887 pax MSC Splendida, 3887 pax MSC Fantasia, 3887 pax Melody, 1,550 pax (January 2013: retiring from service) MSC Lirica , 2,065 pax MSC Armonia, 1,566 pax (Former European Vision) MSC Opera, 2,065 pax MSC Sinfonia, 1566 pax (Ex Festival Cruises' European Stars) MSC Musica, 1,275 cabins MSC Orchestra MSC Poesia, 1,275 cabins (Photo courtesy Luís Miguel Correia) Rhapsody, 947 pax (Originally built as Cunard Princess. October '08: sold to Mano Lines of Israel and to be renamed Golden Iris) Monterey, 639 pax (The 1952-built ship could be not deployed again in service under the MSC brand: October 2006: she has reportedly been sold. November 9: she has been beached at Alang) MAURITIUS ISLAND CRUISES (Out of business) Island Sun, 114 pax (Former Renaissance VIII. She was scheduled to operate 22 cruises this winter out of the Mauritius capital before proceeding to German tour operator Dertour for charter from next April. Dertour has cancelled its summer charter and the ship is laid up in Singapore. Renamed Corinthian II, she was acquired by Corinthian II Owner Ltd. and will be delivered to Travel Dynamics of New York in March 2005) METROPOLITAN TOURING(Equador) Santa Cruz, 90 pax Isabela II, 40 pax Delfin Flotel Orellana, 48 pax (this vessel operates in Cuyabeno Wildlife) MOL GROUP (Japan) Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Mitsui O.S.K. Passenger Line, Ltd (MOPAS) Nippon Maru Fuji Maru Nippon Charter Cruise, Ltd (Mitsui O.S.K. Passenger Line and Japan Cruise Line founded Nippon Charter Cruise in 2001) Orient Venus (Laid up at port of Aioi) MTS, MELANESIAN TOURIST SERVICES (Papua, New Guinea) Melanesian Discoverer, 42 pax Suwannee River, 16 pax CHINA REGAL CRUISES (Wuhan in China and San Gabriel, CA) (All river vessels) Princess Jeannie, 258 pax Princess Elaine, 258 pax Princess Sheena, 258 pax NEW CENTURY TOURS CORP. (Casino cruises out of Singapore) Leisure World, 250 cabins (Former Skyward) Amusement World NOBLE CALEDONIA (UK) Caledonian Sky, 114 pax (Ex Hebridean Spirit, ex Renaissance VI, Sun Viva 2, MegaStar Capricorn) Island Sky, 114 pax (Former Renaissance VII) NYK CRUISES (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) (Tokyo, Japan) Asuka II, 720 pax (Ex Crystal Harmony) Crystal Cruises (Los Angeles, CA) Crystal Symphony, 960 pax Crystal Serenity, 1,080 pax NOMADE YACHTING BORA BORA (Tahiti) Tu Moana, 74 / 78 pax Tia Moana, 74 / 78 pax (October 2010: sold to undislosed buyer) NOMADS OF THE SEAS / ERGAS (Chile) Atmosphere, 28 pax NORTH STAR CRUISES (Western Australia) True North, 36 pax NORWEGIAN COASTAL VOYAGE INC. - HURTIGRUTEN (New York, NY and Norway) Newest ships Fram, 328 pax Finnmarken, 675 pax (Oct. '09: chartered for use as a hotel ship in Western Australia. November 2011: she will return to service in Norway in February, 2012) Trollfjord, 674 pax Midnatsol, 674 pax (The ship will leave Oslo on January 25, 2006 and arrive in Savona on February 10. After a 17-days as an accommodation vessel during the Winter Olympic Games in Turin she will depart for three Mediterranean cruises. The Midnatsol will sail back to Norway in March) New ships (Approximately 490 pax) Nordlys Richard With Kong Harald Polarlys Nordkapp Nordnorge Mid-Generation ships (Approximately 320 pax) Vesteralen Narvik Traditional ships (Approximately 200 pax) Lofoten NORWEGIAN FJORD STEAMERS AS (Norway) Nordstjernen, 177 pax Salten, 40 cabins with 50 beds OBEROI GROUP (India) Oberoi Vrinda (River cruises, Cochin, India) Oberoi Zahra (River cruises, Nile) Oberoi Philae (River cruises, Nile) OCEAN CLUB CRUISES - MAGIC CRUISE LINE SERVICES CO. (Port Canaveral) (Out of business) Mirage 1, 900 pax (She began service in May 2003 from Port Canaveral on two and three night cruises to the Bahamas and Key West and ceased operations on 10 January 2004 - Isramco Inc., a publicly held oil company operated by Israelis paid $8.05 million to purchase the ship a bankruptcy-court auction in March 2004. On March 2005 Isramco announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Magic 1 Cruise Line, Corp., entered into a lease agreement pursuant to which it will lease the cruise liner Mirage 1 to a cruise line tour operator for the period from April 14, 2005 through October 31, 2005) OCEANSTAR (Dreieich, Germany) Hanse Explorer, 12 pax (Expedition ship) OCEAN STAR CRUISES - CORPORACION DE CRUCEROS NACIONALES OF MEXICO (Mexico) (Currently out of business and the ship is laid up in Mazatlan) Ocean Star Pacific, 724 pax (Ex Arielle, ex Aquamarine, ex Nordic Prince, ex Carousel) OCEANWIDE EXPEDITIONS (The Netherlands) Plancius, 116 pax Ortelius, 100 pax (Ex Marina Svetaeva . Photo courtesy Tiabunna - Virtualtourist.com) Rembrandt van Rijn, 32 pax (Sailing vessel) Noorderlicht, 20 pax (Sailing vessel) OLA CRUISES - SERVICIOS ACUÁTICOS DE VENEZUELA (Venezuela) Ola Esmeralda, 450 pax (Ex Fred. Olsen Black Prince. November 2012: Ola Cruises has ceased operations) ORIENT-EXPRESS HOTELS & TRAINS (UK) Road To Mandalay, 118 pax (She will again cruise the rivers of Myanmar starting on August 26, 2009) ORIENT LINES / ORIGIN CRUISE GROUP LLC June 2008: Origin Cruise Group LLC acquired the Orient Lines brand from Star Cruises Ltd. August 2008: Orient Lines announced its flagship: The Marco Polo II (formerly the 650 pax Maxim Gorkiy) will begin cruises in April 2009 from Barcelona. November '08: Orient Lines announced it shall delay the launch of its cruises. In June 2007 NCL Corp. announced the sale of the 826 pax Marco Polo (Former Alexandr Pushkin) to Global Cruise Lines, Piraeus effective March 23, 2008. She joins the fleet of Transocean Tours in 2008 on long term charter. August '09: Cruise and Maritime Services (CMS) has signed a five-year deal to operate the 820-passenger Marco Polo year-round from the UK starting January 2010) ORIENT ROYAL CRUISES (River cruises in China) East King, 192 pax East Queen, 192 pax (sister ship) ORION EXPEDITION CRUISES (Australia) March 2013: sold to Lindblad Expeditions. Orion's Sydney office will become Lindblad's Australian branch office, while the Orion will be renamed National Geographic Orion in March 2014. Orion, 106 pax (Ex Sun Bay Kreuzfahrten's Sun Bay. Following a programme of expedition cruises for Travel Dynamics International of New York she arrived in Sydney at the end of March 2005 to begin operation for Orion Expedition Cruises) PAQUET CRUISES - TMR (Marseille, France) (Out of business. The brand was revived for a couple of years in 2010 and 2011 but the third season 2012 never took place) Grand Mistral, 1,300 pax (Ex Festival Cruises' Mistral) PARADISE CRUISES(Cyprus) M/V Atalante, 260 cabins PANDAW CRUISES - IRRAWADDY FLOTILLA CO.(Yangon, Myanmar) Pandaw II, 24 cabins Tonle Pandaw, 28 cabins Mekong Pandaw, 68 pax Pandaw IV Orient Pandaw, 30 cabins (All the ships are for river cruises) (May 2008: Pandaw IV and Pandaw II are turned to the relief work in Myanmar) PAUL GAUGUIN CRUISES (Bellevue, WA) Paul Gauguin, 332 pax (Paul Gauguin Shipping Ltd. is owned by the resort leader Pacific Beachcomber. Paul Gauguin with Radisson Seven Seas Cruises' Logo) Moana, 90 pax (Ex Compagnie du Ponant's Le Levant) PEARL SEAS CRUISES (Guilford, CT) (A sister company of American Cruise Lines) Pearl Mist, 210 pax (To begin operation in June 2014) PEARL SEA COASTAL CRUISES (Australia) Kimberley Quest II , 18 pax PETER DEILMANN CRUISES - REEDEREI PETER DEILMANN (Germany) (Peter Deilmann Cruises will shut down its river cruise division beginning in 2010. The ocean-going cruise ship, Deutschland, will not be affected and will continue to offer luxury cruises. August 2010: Aurelius, the Munch based industrial holding company, has acquired the control of the Company) Deutschland, 513 pax PHOENIX REISEN GMBH (Bonn, Germany) Amadea, 592 pax (Ex Asuka) MS Albatros (Ex the Crown, ex Royal Viking Sea) Artania, 1200 pax (Ex P&O's Artemis, ex Princess Cruises' Royal Princess) Viktoria, 180 pax (River vessel) Aurelia, 158 pax (River cruises) PLANTOURS KREUZFAHRTEN (Bremen, Germany) Hamburg, 423 pax (Von Ulrich-photography at fotocommunity.de. Ex Hapag-Lloyd's Columbus) Sans Souci Swiss Pearl President n. 3 (River vessel in China) Swiss Crystal (River Vessel) Douro Cruiser (River Vessel) Swiss Tiara, 146 pax (River Vessel) Andrey Rublev (River Vessel in Russia) POLAR STAR EXPEDITIONS - KARLSEN SHIPPING (Nova Scotia, Canada) (Out of business) Polar Star, 105 pax (Laid up, ship for sale) PORTUSCALE CRUISES - CRUISE MANAGEMENT LDA (Portugal) Lisboa, 568 lower berths (Ex Princess Danae, ex Port Melbourne, Danae, Baltica) Azores, 556 pax (Ex Athena ex Valtur Prima, ex Italia Prima, ex Caribe. May 2013: Athena is contracted for to cruise from the Black Sea for Russian charterers under the temporary name of Astoria) Porto, 340 pax (Ex Arion, ex Astra) Funchal, 400 pax (Photo D.R.Carneiro) PREMIER CRUISE LINES (Port Canaveral, FL) (Out of business) PRESIDENT YANGTZE SERIES CRUISES / WUHAN YANGTZE CRUISE CO., LTD (China) (All river ships) President No 1, 188 pax President No 3, 168 pax President No 4, 190 pax President No 5, 104 pax President No 6, 196 pax PRESTIGE CRUISE HOLDINGS Oceania Cruises (Miami) Riviera, 1,252 pax (Photo courtesy Peter Knego - MaritimeMatters.com) Marina, 1,252 pax Regatta, 684 pax (Former R2) Nautica, 684 pax (Former R5, ex Pullmantur's Blue Dream) Regent Seven Seas Cruises (Ex Radisson Seven Seas Cruises)(Fort Lauderdale, FL) Seven Seas Navigator, 490 pax Seven Seas Mariner, 700 pax, Seven Seas Voyager, 700 pax QUASAR EXPEDITIONS (Quito, Ecuador) Grace, 18 pax Evolution, 32 pax QUEST OWNER LTD. (BAHAMIAN CLIPPER GROUP) Quest, 100 pax (Ex Disko II. Built by Arctic Umiaq Line as Saqqit Ittuk and sold in April 2007. Charter for the 2007 summer season to Albatros Travel - Denmark. Summers from 2008 chartered by Polar Quest - Sweden) RAZZMATAZZ OCEAN CRUISES (South Africa) December 2007: all programmed cruises have been cancelled Razzmatazz (Ex Bremerhaven, Stella Maris II, Viking Bordeaux, Madagascar. The maiden voyage was scheduled for August 31, 2007. February 2008: the ship is still under arrest in Durban and was sold at auction in May 2008) REGAL CRUISES(St. Petersburg, FL - Out of Business) RENAISSANCE CRUISES (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) (Out of business) R1 (Currently Oceania Cruises Insignia) R2 (Currently Oceania Cruises Regatta) R3 (Currently Pacific Princess) R4 (Currently Ocean Princess, ex Tahitian Princess) R5 (Currently Oceania Cruises Nautica) R6 (Currently Azamara Journey - Photo courtesy FrangiB46 at Photobucket.com) R7 (Currently Azamara Quest. Ex Delphin Renaissance, ex Pullmantur Cruises' Blue Moon. Nov. 2012: Azamara Quest with new blue hull) R8 (RClass ship), 684 pax (Leased for seven years to Swan Hellenic. She was renamed Minerva II) Renaissance VII, 114 pax (Sold to Mauritius Island Cruises) Renaissance VIII, 114 pax (Sold to Mauritius Island Cruises) RIVERBARGE EXCURSION LINES, INC. (New Orleans, LA) (December '08: RiverBarge Excursion Lines has ceased operations, according to a statement on the company's website) River Explorer, 198 pax ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES Celebrity Cruises (Miami, FL) Celebrity Reflection, 2,850 pax Celebrity Silhouette, 2,850 pax Celebrity Eclipse, 2,850 pax Celebrity Equinox, 2,850 Celebrity Century, 1,814 pax (Refurbishment planned for early 2014) Millennium, 1,950 pax Celebrity Infinity, 1,950 pax Celebrity Summit, 1,950 pax (Photo courtesy Port of Cherbourg) Celebrity Constellation, 1,950 pax Celebrity Solstice, 2,850 pax Celebrity Xpedition Celebrity Xpedition, 92 pax Azamara Cruises Azamara Journey, 698 pax (Ex Celebrity Journey, Ex Blue Dream, ex Blue Star: the former Renaissance R6. Photo courtesy FrangiB46 at Photobucket.com) Azamara Quest, 684 pax (Ex R7, Delphin Renaissance, ex Pullmantur Cruises' Blue Moon. Azamara Quest with old white hull) Royal Caribbean International (Miami, FL) Oasis of the Seas, 6,360 pax Grandeur of the Seas, 1,950 pax Legend of the Seas, 1,808 pax Majesty of the Seas, 2,354 pax (May 2011: Majesty of the Seas reported sold to new South Korean operator) Rhapsody of the Seas, 2,000 pax Splendour of the Seas, 1,808 pax Vision of the Seas, 2,000 pax Enchantment of the Seas (Enchantment of the Seas before the addition of a new 73-foot midsection) Voyager of the Seas, 3,114 pax Explorer of the Seas, 3,840 pax Radiance of the Seas, 2,100 pax Adventure of the Seas, 3,138 / 3,840 pax Brilliance of the Seas, 2,400 pax Navigator of the Seas, 3,138 pax Serenade of the Seas, 2,490 pax Mariner of the Seas, 3,138 / 3,807 pax Jewel of the Seas, 2,110 Freedom of the Seas, 3,600 pax Liberty of The Seas, 3,634 pax Independence of the Seas, 3634 pax Allure of the Seas, 6,360 pax (2,704 staterooms) Pullmantur Cruceros (Spain) Sovereign, 2306 pax (Ex Sovereign of the Seas) Empress, 1,600 pax (Ex Empress of the Seas, former Nordic Empress) Zenith, 1,378 pax (Ex Celebrity Zenith) Monarch, 2,384 pax (Former Monarch of the Seas) Ocean Dream, 1022 pax (Ex Pacific Star ex Costa Tropicale, Carnival Tropicale. March 2012: she is set to leave the Pullmantur fleet, reportedly chartered to Peaceboat) (Atlantic Star, 1,200 pax: ex Sky Wonder, ex Pacific Sky ex Fairsky and Princess Sky. May '09: Pullmantur has decided to withdraw the ship from cruise service: she will be placed in Brazil operated by CVC Cruises and Pullmantur. December '09: laid up in Marseilles. January 2011: sold to Kyma Ship Management) CDF Croisiéres de France L'Horizon, 1,442 pax (Ex Pacific Dream, ex Island Star, ex Celebrity Cruises' Horizon) TUI Cruises (Germany) Mein Schiff, 1870 pax (Ex Celebrity Galaxy) Mein Schiff 2, 1,740 pax (Ex Celebrity Mercury ) (In addition to the two-ship ocean fleet, TUI operates six chartered vessels on the Rhine, Main, Moselle and Danube) ROYAL OLYMPIA CRUISES (Piraeus - Athens, Greece and New York, NY - out of business) (merger of Sun and Epirotiki) Odysseus, 448 pax (Purchased by a Chinese company in April 2005. May 2008: arrived at shipbreakers in Alang, India) Stella Solaris, 628 pax (Laid up) Triton, 676 pax (Former Sunward II. Purchased by Louis Hellenic Cruises in April 2005) World Renaissance, 474 pax (Purchased by Ravenscroft Shipping - Elysian in April 2005 and renamed Grand Victoria) ROYAL STAR CRUISES / AFRICAN SAFARI CLUB (Basel, Switzerland and Mombasa, Kenya) Royal Star, 220 pax (Former names: Ocean Islander, San Giorgio, City of Andros. September '08: The ship has officially ended her programme of cruises and will no longer sail) ROYAL ZANTE CRUISES (St. Kitts) Caribbean Duchess SAGA HOLIDAYS (UK, U.S. office in Boston, MA) Spirit of Adventure Cruises Quest for Adventure (Ex Saga Pearl II, ex Astoria) Saga Cruises Saga Sapphire (Ex Bleu de France, ex Pullmantur's Holiday Dream. Former SuperStar Aries, ex former Hapag-Lloyd's Europa) Saga Ruby (Former Caronia, Vistafjord. July 2012: she will be retired from the Saga fleet at the beginning of 2014) SALAMIS CRUISE LINES(Cyprus) Salamis Filoxenia, 500 / 800 pax (Ex Gruziya, Odessa Sky, Club I and Van Gogh) SCENIC TOURS (Australia) Scenic Jewel, 169 pax Scenic Crystal, 169 pax Scenic Pearl, 169 pax Scenic Emerald, 169 Scenic Sapphire, 169 Scenic Diamond, 169 pax Scenic Ruby, 169 pax Scenic Tsar (All are river cruise ships) SCYLLA TOURS (Basel, Switzerland) (All river vessels) Swiss Pearl, 123 pax Swiss Crystal, 125 pax Swiss Crown, 150 pax Swiss Coral, 90 pax Swiss Diamond, 124 pax Saxonia, 89 Switzerland, 115 pax Switzerland II, 107 pax Venezia, 104 pax Swiss Ruby Swiss Corona (Managed by Transocean Tours) Swiss Emerald, 124 pax Swiss Gloria, 153 pax Swiss Tiara, 153 pax SEA CLOUD CRUISES(Germany, U.S. office in Parsippany, NJ) Sea Cloud, 64/70 pax (Sailing vessel) Sea Cloud II, 96 pax (Sailing vessel, chartered by Hapag-Lloyd) River Cloud, 90 pax River Cloud II, 88 pax SEADREAM YACHT CLUB(Miami, FL) SeaDream I, 56 staterooms (Former Seabourn Goddess I) SeaDream II, 56 staterooms (Former Seabourn Goddess II) SEA VOYAGER EXPEDITIONS LTD (Nassau) Sea Voyager, 64 pax (Ex Temptress Voyager built in 1982. Operated originally for American Cruise Lines and later for Lindblad Expeditions. Photo Captain Ted at Shipspotting.com. March 2013: sold to Un-Cruise Adventures. To begin cruises in November) SIAM WHITE ASIA LTD. CO. (Thailand) Thanatharee, 12 pax (Rice barge, Chao Phrya River, Thailand) SILVERSEA GROUP (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) Silversea Cruises Silver Spirit, 540 pax Silver Shadow, 388 pax Silver Cloud, 296 pax Silver Whisper, 382 pax Silver Wind, 296 pax Silversea Expeditions Silver Explorer, 140 pax (Ex Silversea's Prince Albert II, World Discoverer. The company took delivery of the vessel in Singapore in September 2007) Canodros SA (Equador) Galapagos Explorer II, 100 pax (Former Renaissance III. She will be renamed Silver Galapagos in September 2012. Until that time she will continue on its planned schedule of cruises and will continue to be operated by Canodros) SOCIETY EXPEDITIONS (Bremen, Germany and Seattle, WA) (Out of business. March '9: The Seattle-based company Resort Society announced that it acquired the Society Expeditions brand and other intellectual property) SONESTA HOTELS, RESORTS & NILE CRUISES (Boston, MA - Cairo, Egypt) Sonesta Star Goddess, 66 pax Sonesta Moon Goddess, 100 pax Sonesta Sun Goddess, 124 pax Sonesta Nile Goddess, 130 pax Sonesta St. George I, 118 pax Sonesta Dahabeya (All river ships sailing the Nile) SPANISH CRUISE LINE (Madrid, Spain) Crown Mare Nostrum, 800 - 1,150 pax (Ex Crown, ex Norwegian Star 1, ex Royal Viking Sea / Royal Odyssey) STAR CLIPPERS (Coral Gables, FL) Royal Clipper, 228 pax Star Clipper, 170 pax Star Flyer, 170 pax (January 2006: the three tall ships have recently undergone a series of upgrades and refurbishments) STAR CRUISES (Singapore and Port Klang, Malaysia) Star Pisces, 2,192 pax (July '09: laid up in Port Klang, pending sale) Superstar Virgo, 2,800 pax MegaStar Taurus, 72 pax MegaStar Aries, 72 pax SuperStar Libra, 1,534 pax (Ex Norwegian Sea) SuperStar Aquarius, 1,529 lower berth pax (Ex Norwegian Wind. Transfered to Star Cruises in June 2007) SuperStar Gemini (Ex Norwegian Dream, 1,750 pax, former Dreamward. April 2008: sold to the Cyprus Louis Group. September 2008: Star Cruises said it has called off the US$218 million sale after the buyer Louis Ltd. failed to take delivery of the vessel within the deadline. August 2011: the legal dispute has come to an agreement. The ship is at the Sembawang shipyard in Singapore. Norwegian Cruise Line (Miami, FL) Norwegian Breakaway, 4,000 pax Norwegian Epic, 4,200 pax Norwegian Sky (Ex Pride of Aloha, formerly the Norwegian Sky) Norwegian Gem, 2,384 pax lower berths Norwegian Spirit, 2,800 pax (Ex SuperStar Leo) Norwegian Sun Norwegian Star, 2240 pax (March '09: chartered for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver) Norwegian Dawn, 2,224 Norwegian Jewel, 2,224 pax Norwegian Pearl, 2,394 pax Norwegian Jade, 2400 pax (Ex NCL America's Pride of Hawaíi) Pride of America, 2000 (Ex Project America ship 1) S/S United States (NCL intends to convert the vessel to a modern cruise ship) NCL America (This brand has ceased operations) TAHITI CRUISES Haumana, 36 pax TAUCK WORLD DISCOVERY (Norwalk, CT) Swiss Emerald, 118 pax Swiss Diamond, 124 pax Swiss Sapphire, 118 pax Swiss Jewel, 118 pax Treasures, 118 pax (All river ships) THE MAJESTIC LINE (UK) Glen Massan , 11 pax Glen Tarsan, 11 pax THE RIVER CRUISE LINE (UK) Amsterdam, 98 pax Lady Anne, 106 pax THE WORLD - RESIDENCES AT SEA (Oslo and New York) The World, 110 privately owned residences and 88 guest suites TRANSOCEAN KREUZFAHRTEN (Germany) Astor, 590 pax (Former Fedor Dostoyevskiy) TRAVEL DYNAMICS INT. (New York) Corinthian II, 114 pax (Ex Island Sun, ex Renaissance VIII. October 2012: after eight years on charter she will be redelivered in March 2013 and will be renamed Sea Explorer by Polar Latitudes for winter seasons in 2013, 2014 and 2015. For the summer season 2013 she is chartered to Albatros Travel in Copenhagen. Quark Expeditions will operate the ship in the Arctic 2014 season as Sea Explorer) Callisto, 34 pax Corinthian, 100 pax (Ex Renaissance IV, ex Clelia II, ex Orion II) TRAVELSCOPE (UK) December 2007: Travelscope Holidays has gone into administration and ceased taking bookings Funchal, 400 pax (Charter for the 2006 summer. Photo D.R. Carneiro) Athena, 550 pax (Ex Valtur Prima, ex Italia Prima, ex Caribe. Charter for the 2006) TROPICANA CRUISES (UK) Adriana, 300 pax (Ex-Adriana III from Plein Cap) TUI TRAVEL PLC (UK) Thomson Cruises (UK) Thomson Dream, 1,494 pax (Ex HAL Westerdam, ex Costa Europa. 10-year bareboat charter beginning in April 2010) Thomson Spirit, 1,212 pax (Formerly the Nieuw Amsterdam of 1983, ex AMCV's Patriot. Chartered from Louis Cruise Lines. Owner of the ship is HAL. Winter 2005: the ship is based in Sharm el Sheikh offering seven-night sailings to ports in Egypt and Jordan. Spirit departs the Red Sea at end April, heading back to her summer Palma de Mallorca base) Thomson Celebration, 1350 (Ex Noordam. The ship left the HAL fleet on November 2004) Thomson Destiny, 1450 pax (Ex Song of America, ex Sunbird. March 2012: she will return to its owner, Louis Cruises, for the summer season and renamed Louis Olympia) The Calypso, 486 pax (Former Canguro Verde, Regent Calypso, etc. Chartered by Thomson summer-only for a three-year period from 2007 onwards. To be taken out of service at the end of '09) Island Cruises (A former joint venture between UK tour operator First Choice - TUI Travel and Royal Caribbean International) Island Escape, 1,514 pax (Photo D.R.Carneiro) (ex Viking Serenade. She underwent a 16-day makeover which included the addition of 20 new outside balconies, plus refurbishment of various public areas in April 2006) Island Star, 1,506 lower berth pax (Ex Horizon) (October '08: RCL has sold its 50 percent interest to First Choice Holidays Ltd. As part of the transaction, RCL and TUI agreed to an early termination of the charter of Island Star. TUI has not decided on the future of the Island brand. The Island Star, will be returned to Celebrity Cruises and the Island Escape will move to Thomson cruises. January '09: The Island Star is going over to Pullmantur at the end of her Island Cruises stint and relaunching as the Pacific Dream) TUI Travel PLC (Germany) (TUI Travel PLC is formed by the merger of First Choice Holidays PLC with the Tourism Division of TUI AG) Grand Expeditions, Inc. (Boca Raton, Florida) Grand Expeditions brands include The Moorings, (yacht charter company) and NauticBlue (power yacht vacations) Le Boat, Crown Blue Line, Connoisseur and Emerald Star (Canal boating vacations in Europe) Intrav / Clipper Cruise Line (St. Louis, Missouri ) Clipper Odyssey, 128 pax (May 2007: sold to International Shipping Partners. INTRAV will operate the ship through September. Zegrahm Expeditions of Seattle has chartered the ship for five years starting in April 2008) Peregrine Adventures (Melbourne) Akademik Ioffe / Peregrine Mariner, 110 pax (April 2011: charter to One Ocean Expeditions) Akademik Sergei Vavilov / Peregrine Voyager, 110 In November 2006 the two vessels of Clipper Cruise Line, along with the two small ships operated by the First Choice Holidays-owned Australian travel company Peregrine, will be brought together under one management and brand: First Choice Expedition Cruising. (The Yorktown Clipper and the Nantucket Clipper were acquired by Cruise West in January 2006) Zegrahm Expeditions (Seattle, WA) Quark Expeditions(Darien, CT) Professor Multanovskiy, 49 pax Professor Molchanov, 52 pax Kapitan Khlebnikov, 112 pax Orlova, 122 pax Sapik Ittuk, 82 pax (November 2006: sold to Nova Cruising Ltd. and then chartered to Supernova Expeditions Ltd. April 2007: the ship has been renamed Ocean Nova. She is managed by ISP) Sea Spirit, 100/135 pax (Ex Spirit of Oceanus, ex Sun Viva, MegaStar Sagittarius. Chartered to Oceanwide Expedition for the 2012 summer season) Ocean Diamond, 226 pax (Ex Le Diamant, ex Radisson Seven Seas Cruises' Song of Flower) UNIWORLD BOUTIQUE RIVER CRUISE COLLECTION (Los Angeles, California and Basel, Switzerland) Europe River Antoinette, 164 pax River Beatrice, 80 cabins River Ambassador, 140 pax River Duchess, 136 pax River Queen, 136 pax River Empress, 136 pax River Princess, 136 pax River Countess, 136 pax River Baroness 140 pax River Royale, 132 pax Douro Queen, 130 pax (Operated jointly with Douro Azul) Douro Spirit, 128 pax Queen Isabel, 118 pax (Operated jointly with Douro Azul) Russia River Victoria (Renovated and reconstructed for the 2011 sailing season) Nile and Egypt (Ships under charter agreements) M.S. Prince Abbas, 120 pax River Tosca China (Affiliation with the river cruise ships of Victoria Cruises) Asia River Saigon, 60 pax UN-CRUISE ADVENTURES (Ex AMERICAN SAFARI CRUISES / INNERSEA DISCOVERIES) (Seattle, WA) (In February, 2009 American Safari Cruises assets were acquired by InnerSea Discoveries LLC) Safari Spirit, 12 pax (April 2012: due to fire she has been declared a "constructive loss" and will not be repaired) Safari Escape, 12 pax Safari Quest, 22 pax (Image of the three yachs) Safari Endeavour, 102 pax (Ex Newport Clipper. ex Spirit of Endeavour) Safari Explorer, 39 pax Safari Legacy, 88 pax (Ex Cruise West's Spirit of '98) Wilderness Adventurer, 69 pax Wilderness Explorer, 31 pax Wilderness Discoverer, 87 pax VANTAGE DELUXE WORLD TRAVEL (Boston) River Discovery, 166 pax River Discovery II, 176 pax River Splendor River Venture (+ other river cruise ships navigating in European rivers) VARIETY CRUISES (Athens, Greece) (The merger of Zeus Cruises and Hellas Yachts) Variety Voyager, 72 pax Harmony G, 44 pax Harmony V, 50 pax Galileo, 50 pax Panorama, 50 pax Panorama II Pegasus Obsession Monte Carlo Absolute King Christiana VIII VERMONT DISCOVERY CRUISES (Burlington, Vermont) Moonlight Lady, 8 staterooms (Waterway yacht) VICTORIA CRUISES (New York, NY) (All river vessels in China) Victoria Jenna, 378 pax Victoria Lianna, 204 pax (Ex Victoria Queen) Victoria Selina, 204 pax (Ex Victoria Star) Victoria Sophia, 170 pax (Ex Victoria Prince) Victoria Grace, 198 pax (Ex Victoria Empress) Victoria Katarina, 266 pax Victoria Rose (Rebuilt in 2001) Victoria Anna, 308 pax VIKING RIVER CRUISES (Woodland Hills, California and Basel in Switzerland) (Vessels cruising in Europe) Viking Longship Aegir, 95 staterooms Viking Longship Odin, 95 staterooms Viking Longship Idun, 95 staterooms Viking Longship Freya, 95 staterooms Viking Longship Njord, 95 staterooms Viking Longship Embla, 95 staterooms Viking Aegir, 190 pax Viking Atla, 190 pax Viking Bragi, 190 pax Viking Embla, 190 pax Viking Forseti, 190 pax Viking Jarl, 190 pax Viking Rinda, 190 pax Viking Skadi, 190 pax Viking Tor, 190 pax Viking Var, 190 pax Viking Prestige, 188 Viking Legend, 189 pax Viking Seine, 162 pax (formerly Viking Rhone) Viking Burgundy, 162 pax Viking Danube Viking Pride, 150 pax Viking Europe, 150 pax Viking Spirit, 75 cabins Viking Neptune, 75 cabins Viking Sky, 144 pax (Former Blue Danube II, sister ship of the Viking Danube) Viking Sun, 198 pax Viking Schumann, 120 pax (Ex Clara Schumann) Viking Helvetia, 198 pax (The ship is a sister to Viking Sun) Viking Fontane, 122 pax (Ex Theodor Fontane) Viking Primadonna, 149 pax (Vessels cruising in Russia and Ukraine) Viking Truvor (Formerly Kirov) Viking Pakhomov Viking Lavrinenkov Viking Surkov, 199 pax (She is to undergo a conversion and upgrading by Aker Yards Lifecycle Services for the 2008 season) Viking Peterhof (Vessels cruising in China) Viking Emerald, 256 pax Viking Century Sky, 300 pax (In partnership with the Chongqing New Century Cruise Company) Viking Century Sun, 300 pax (In partnership with the Chongqing New Century Cruise Company) (February '09: The line will not operate two chartered ships this year -- the Viking Century Sky in China and the Lavrinenkov in Ukraine. Viking will operate three ships -- the Viking Surkov, the Viking Kirov and the Viking Pakhomov -- in Russia this year) VIVADA CRUISES (Vivada Inland Waterways, India) M.V. Ahalya, 20 cabins + 12 suites (River cruises, Sunderban, Bengal, India) VOYAGES TO ANTIQUITY (UK) Aegean Odyssey, 380 pax WINDJAMMER BAREFOOT CRUISES (Out of Business) September 2007: the ships are all stranded. Yankee Clipper is in Trinidad, Mandalay is in Panama, Polynesia is in Aruba and Legacy is in Costa Rica S.V. Legacy (Tall ship) S.V. Mandalay (Tall ship. April 2012: sold to Windjammer Sailing Adventures) S.V. Polynesia (Tall ship) S.V. Yankee Clipper (Tall ship) VOLGA DREAM RIVER CRUISES (Moscow, Russia) Volga Dream, 58 staterooms WORLD EXPLORER CRUISES (San Francisco) S.S. Universe Explorer, 739 pax max (Formerly the Enchanted Seas, currently laid up in Portland, OR. The Institute for Shipboard Education used the ship during the fall and spring semesters for their school programs on board, WEC used the ship during the summer for their voyages to Alaska. World Explorer Cruises have advised that they have acquired the Brasil, which will commence cruising as of winter (US). She is currently in Hong Kong where she is to receive a refit) WT-CRUISES (Rotterdam, Holland) (All river vessels) Erasmus, 114 pax Esmeralda, 126 pax Mr. Jan Elshout, 136 pax Elegant Lady, 128 pax Europa, 84 pax XANTERRA PARKS & RESORTS (Greenwood Village, Colorado) WindStar Cruises (Seattle, WA) Wind Song, 148 pax Wind Spirit, 148 pax Wind Star, 148 pax Wind Surf, 308 pax (April 2007: Carnival Corporation & plc sold Windstar Cruises to Ambassadors International Inc. On April 1 2011 Ambassadors filed for Chapter 11. Xanterra Parks & Resorts completed the purchase of Windstar Cruises on May 25, 2011. February 2013: Xanterra Parks & Resorts has reached an agreement with Seabourn to purchase - project Global Windstar - three of their ships: Seabourn Pride, Seabourn Legend, and Seabourn Spirit. The delivery will take place over the next two years) OTHER SHIPS NOT LISTED ABOVE (Section in progress..) Bella Desgagnés (Passenger-cargo ship. Groupe Desgagnés, Quebec9 Bellevue, 198 pax (TwinCruiser class river ship) Danube Princess (Donauprinzessin is sailing under the name Rossini for Favorit Reisen) Lili Marleen (Formerly 50 pax sailing cruiseship converted into a private yacht in October 2004) Delphin (Photo D.R. Carneiro) Dresden, 106 pax (River Vessel) Konigstein, 58 pax (River Vessel) Mozart, 204 pax (River Vessel) Princesse de Provence, 148 pax (River Vessel) Casanova, 96 pax (River Vessel) Frederic Chopin, 79 pax (River Vessel) Heidelberg, 110 pax (River Vessel) Cezanne, 100 pax (River Vessel) Katharina, 79 pax (River Vessel) Ocean Countess, 814 pax (Ex Cunard Countess, Awani Dream II, Olympia Countess) Queen Elizabeth 2, 1,800 pax (June 2007:Cunard Line announced the sale to Dubai World which will turn the liner into a tourism destination at The Palm Jumeirah. January 2013: original plans to convert QE2 into a floating hotel in Dubai were abandoned, she will be transformed as a floating hotel in a major Asian city) SV Spirit Pacific, 26 pax (Captain Cook Cruises Fiji) Reef Endeavour, 130 pax (Captain Cook Cruises Fiji) Murray Princess (Paddle-wheeler, river cruises, Captain Cook Cruises) SS Albatros (Former Cunard's Sylvania, P&O's Dawn Princess. Sold to Indian shipbreakers) Mona Lisa (Ex P&O Cruises' Victoria, Kungsholm, Sea Princess, The Scholar Ship, Oceanic II) Oriental Dragon (Asian Cruise, Singapore) Pacific Sun, 1,900 pax (Former Carnival Jubilee. July 2012: P&O's Pacific Sun has been sold to China-based HNA Tourism) The Emerald, 1174 pax (Former Santa Rosa, Regent Rainbow. Louis Cruise Lines sold the ship for scrapping) Keewatin (Canadian Pacific) easyCruise 1, 180 pax (Ex Neptune , ex-Renaissance 2. Following a refurbishment at the Keppel Shipyard in Benoi, Singapore she began operation in March 2005. The ship has been sold in October '08 to an undisclosed buyer) easyCruiseTwo, 100 pax (River ship, to begin cruises in July 2006. Formerly the 'M.S. Frontera', the riverboat is owned and operated by Boonstra River Line. The ship had her final voyage on August 17, 2007, ending the season six weeks earlier than the originally scheduled date of September 28, due to financial difficulties faced by Boonstra) Georgian Clipper, 18 pax (Ex Heritage Cruise Lines - Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River cruises) Temptress Explorer, 99 pax (Operated by Miami based Temptress Adventure Cruises in partnership with Cruise West. The two Companies are out of business. Launched in 1970 as a tug and supply ship, and refitted in 1995) Royal Crown, 90 pax (River ship - The Nederlands - Photo P.Kosztolicz - Marinetraffic.com) M/Y Zeus II, 34 pax (Ex Variety Cruises) M/S Viking Star, 50 pax (Ex Variety Cruises) M.S. Giselle, 158 pax (Ex Uniworld) Regent Spirit (Ex Salamis Glory) Saga Rose, 580/747 pax (Ex Sagafiord. Ritired in December '09) Polaris, 74 pax (Ex Disko, ex Shearwater until 2000. In 2001 she became Viking Polaris and then in 2003 Brand Polaris. In 2005 she was sold to her current owners, Murmansk Shipping Company and renamed Polaris) M/Y Diogenis V., 50 pax Sepik Spirit, 16 pax (Papua New Guinea, Sepik River) Britannia, 184 pax Universe Ambassador, 729 pax (Ex Argentina, Veendam, Brazil, Monarch Star, Bermuda Star, Enchanted Isle) Rembrandt, 1,075 pax (Ex Big Red Boat IV, ex Rotterdam V) Terra Australis, 114 pax Prussian Princess (River Vessel), 144 pax OceanBreeze, 776 pax (Former Southern Cross, Calypso, Azure Seas - out of service) Liberte, 8 pax (River barge) Grand Latino, 701 pax, formerly SuperStar Capricorn, Royal Viking Sky and Hyundai Kumgang. Iberojet Cruceros sold the ship to Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines in October 2005) Grand Amazon, 144 pax (River cruises in the Amazon River from Manaus, Brazil) Aegean Glory Akademic Sergey V Anacoluthe (Continental Waterways) Chardonnay (Continental Waterways) Andropov Arlene (Boonstra River Line) The Topaz, 1050 (Former Olympia. The owner of the ship is Kyma Ship Management, Inc.) Letty (Austin-Lehman Adventures ) Chekhov (Orthodox Cruise Company) Princess Donia (River Nile) Etoile, 4-6 pax (France Cruises) M.V. Amazing Grace, 92 pax Galapagos Adventurer V, 15 pax Radisson Diamond, 350 pax (She left the Radisson's fleet on June 2005 and sailed for Hong Kong to be renamed Omar Star and operated as a casino vessel for the new owners Asia Cruises. December '09: she is now based in Singapore. March 2012: managed by China Cruise Company as China Star) Princesa Marissa, 853 pax (Former Finnhansa. May 2008: Louis Cruise Lines announced that she has been sold to breakers) Serenade, 739 pax (Formerly Jean Mermoz, Mermoz. May 2008: Louis Cruise Lines announced that she has been sold to breakers) Aegean I, 280 cabins (Louis purchased the ship from Golden Sun Cruises in June 2005 and then laid-up in Piraeus for the past few years. April 2008: it is reported she has been sold for conversion into an expedition-type cruise ship) Independence (Purchased at federal auction from the US Maritime Administration. February 2008: renamed Oceanic she was towed out of her berth in San Francisco. NCL sold the ship last year) Rousse, 210 pax (River cruise ship)

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