Hapag-Lloyd Cruises achieved the highest scores in Insight Guides Cruising & Cruise Ships, formerly known as Berlitz Guide to Cruising and Cruise Ships, released this month. A total of 341 ships were evaluated in the process, and all five luxury and expedition ships of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises received the highest scores. They were the only ships in the world to be awarded five stars by Insight Guides. This achievement earns Hapag-Lloyd Cruises the coveted title of ‘Best Fleet Worldwide.’

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises has released its new cruises for the 2024/2025 season before the launch of its main catalogs for the first time ever.

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises will deploy one of its three purpose-built expedition ships to Scandinavia for the 2023/24 winter season. HANSEATIC nature will for the first time offer northern light voyages to Norway and winter adventures to Lapland for the Northern winter period.

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises will return to North America’s Great Lakes this year, with a total of six voyages operating across Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises has offered a first look at the planned 2024/25 operation of its two luxury ocean ships and trio of expedition vessels. The program includes the return of MS EUROPA 2 to Oceania waters and the deployment of HANSEATIC inspiration to the South Pacific.

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises marked last Thursday’s World Shipping Day motto for 2022 – “New technologies for greener shipping” – by filling one of its expedition ships with biofuel from sustainable resources.

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises has unveiled a preview of its 2023/24 program which includes a collection of voyages in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific aboard two ships.

German ultra-luxury cruise line, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, will begin welcoming international guests back on board two of its ships from January 2022.

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises is accepting non-binding and free of charge pre-bookings for its 2022/2023 global programs.

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises will recommence sailing next week, with a heavily reduced passenger count and extensive hygiene and preventive measures. The service reboot begins with a series of five-day voyages from Germany to Scandinavia and eight-day cruises to the Norwegian Fjords and Baltic Sea.

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises is repositioning four of its five ships to Hamburg as the cruise line pushes the ‘stay at home’ global message fuelled by the coronavirus pandemic. The fleet of ships would normally be sailing the seven seas, but are now heading for the waters of its home port.

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises has cited changing entry requirements at cruise ports around the world and flight restrictions due to the coronavirus outbreak for the temporary suspension of all cruises until 28 April 2020.