Viking Ocean Cruises will swap around the names of its upcoming second and third vessels, chairman Torstein Hagen said. Currently under construction at Fincantieri Aricona yard, the second ship to debut early next year will be named Viking Sky instead of Viking Sea, which in turn will be borne on...
Viking Ocean Cruises will swap
around the names of its upcoming
second and third vessels,
chairman Torstein Hagen said.
Currently under construction
at Fincantieri Aricona yard, the
second ship to debut early next
year will be named Viking Sky
instead of Viking Sea, which in
turn will be borne on the third.
Viking recently announced it has
been forced to delay its third ship
until 2017 (CW 12 May), blaming
flow-on delays by the Marghera
yard due to Holland America
Line’s new ship MS Koningsdam.
Hagen confirmed Viking Ocean
Cruises has a fourth ship in
early stages of construction and
options for two more.
MEANWHILE, Hagen added he
envisages Viking River Cruises to
grow to a fleet of 100 vessels.
The line currently operates 64
river vessels, having christened its
most recent 12 earlier this year.
A further six confirmed at the
time to be built for launch next
year will take the fleet to 70.
Hagen admitted the figure was
“aspirational”, adding “you have
to have something to aim for”.
