Advertisement

Princess Cruises: Expansion down under

In what will be its biggest ever deployment in Australia, Princess Cruises will base five ships there during 2015-16, with the 108,865gt Golden Princess joining the growing fleet for the first time. She will use Melbourne as her home port. Dawn Princess and Sea Princess, already providing year-round cruises, will be joined by Sun Princess (all three 77,000gt) when she remains in Australia for the winterof2016.

The fifth ship is the larger Diamond Princess, with a gross tonnage of 115,875. Golden Princess will start her season in Sydney in October 2015 before moving to Melbourne for five months, while Diamond Princess will be based in Sydney for the full summer season. Sun Princess will operate 11 cruises from Fremantle, while Brisbane will be her home between August and November 2015.

She will be replaced in Brisbane by Sea Princess, with both ships operating cruises taking in Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, the South Pacific and Queensland. In all, the five ships will offer more than 80 different cruises, firmly positioning Australia as Princess Cruises’ second largest market after North America.

Ships Montly - January 2024

WinGD X-EL wins first hybrid integration project for wind-assisted vessels

Swiss marine power company WinGD is to integrate hybrid power and energy systems on four 113,600dwt wind-assisted tankers under construction for Union Maritime Limited...
Advertisement

Related articles

WinGD X-EL wins first hybrid integration project for wind-assisted vessels

Swiss marine power company WinGD is to integrate hybrid power and energy systems on four 113,600dwt wind-assisted tankers...

Ships Monthly May 2025 issue out now

The May 2025 issue of Ships Monthly is out now, and is packed with all the usual news...

CLdN announces multi-million-pound investment in Killingholme terminal

CLdN has announced a substantial investment plan for its terminal at Killingholme on the River Humber. This ambitious...

Approval in principle for retrofitted methanol dual fuel Kamsarmax bulk carrier

ClassNK has granted an Approval in Principle (AiP)1 for the design concept of a retrofitted Kamsarmax bulk carrier,...