Hapag-Lloyd Cruises

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises will officially name its second of three new expedition ships, HANSEATIC inspiration, on Friday 11 October 2019 in Hamburg. The christening follows the debut of sister-ship HANSEATIC nature in May 2019.

The year 2019 will see two new state-of-the-art expedition ships joining the Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ fleet, a company that has already gained an enviable…

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises' brand new expedition ship, HANSEATIC nature, will enter service today on its inaugural cruise from Hamburg.

Hagag-Lloyd Cruises overnight released its 2020/21 program for EUROPA 2. The season will see the return of the ultra-luxury vessel to Australian waters in January 2021 - part of the vessel's two-year rotation between Oceania and South America - with a cruise between Melbourne and Bali scheduled for departure on 6 January.

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises will deploy its ultra-luxury EUROPA 2 to the west coast of Australia for the first time during the ship's 2020/21 season.

British pop and R&B singer, Natasha Hamilton, will perform live aboard EUROPA 2 this week.

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises has also announced that low-pollutant marine gas oil (MGO) will be used exclusively on all routes sailed by its expedition ships in the fleet - the HANSEATIC nature, the HANSEATIC inspiration and the BREMEN - from July 2020. Joining the fleet in 2021, the HANSEATIC spirit will also use this fuel.

Cruise operator Hapag-Lloyd Cruises has announced two new appointments on its ships’ bridges. Ulf Wolter, current captain of the Europa 2 will take the helm of…

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises has re-introduced its popular Summer Specials campaign, available on six select Europa 2 Asian and Caribbean cruises departing between April…

The Hapag-Lloyd Cruises ship EUROPA 2 will set sail for new and familiar waters in the 2018/2020 season.