Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ brand new expedition ship, HANSEATIC nature, will enter service today [Sunday 5 May, 2019] 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 the new, international expedition ship Hanseatic Inspiration, taking to the water in October 2019. Jörn Gottschalk – who has, until now, been captain of MS BREMEN – is moving over to the five-stars-plus luxury ship, MS Europa 2.

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises has re-introduced its popular Summer Specials campaign, available on six select Europa 2 Asian and Caribbean cruises departing between April and December 2019.

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