Hapag-Lloyd Cruises has relaunched MS EUROPA following a two-week dry dock at the Blohm+Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany.

A number of enhancements to Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ ultra-luxury oceangoing ship, EUROPA 2, have been completed following the vessel’s latest shipyard visit in Hamburg.

Tourism Fiji has its eye on developing the niche ultra-luxury cruise market while broadening the scope for existing medium- and large-ship operations.

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.

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises has confirmed two of its purpose-built expedition ultra-luxury ships will begin sailing from Antarctica for the 2021/22 season this month. Between them, sister-ships HANSEATIC nature and HANSEATIC inspiration will operate 10 sailings from Ushuaia, Argentina after an almost 18 months hiatus due to the pandemic. The vessels have a capacity of just 199 passengers.

Royal Caribbean Group has unveiled a vision to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Under its ‘Destination Net Zero’ decarbonisation roadmap, Royal Caribbean Group plans to “cut emissions, protect our oceans, and ensure the viability of the hundreds of destinations that our guests and crew members care deeply about,” said Richard Fain, Chairman and CEO of the Group.

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 has officially named its latest ship, HANSEATIC spirit, after a grey seal named Nemi.

Fincantieri’s subsidiary VARD, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialised vessels, has delivered HANSEATIC spirit, the third ship in a new series of luxury expedition cruise vessels to Hapag-Lloyd Cruises.

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises inaugurate the third of its new expedition class of ships, HANSEATIC spirit, in August 2021.

Just 10 cruise passengers from more than 100,000 have tested positive for the coronavirus on Royal Caribbean Group ships since the company resumed sailing in multiple parts of the world during the pandemic, the company’s Chairman and CEO Richard Fain has revealed.

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