Boudicca, one of the two 28,000 gross ton ships in Fred. Olsen Cruise Line’s fleet originally built for the now defunct Royal Viking Line in 1972-73, will arrive at Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven for a six day refit on 5 November.
It will be a packed programme of mainly technical work because the ship has to be back on the UK cruise market on 12 November. Boudicca – named after the Celtic queen who fought against the Roman occupiers of Britain in about 60 AD – is the fourth ship of the Norwegian Fred Olsen Cruise Line to undergo technical renovation at Lloyd Werft since 2011.
Black Watch, a sister ship of Boudicca, visited the shipyard in 2011 and Braemar and Balmoral came in 2012. Yard Managing Director Rüdiger Pallentin said the latest visit was "a great success."
In 2011 Lloyd Werft laid the groundwork for regular co-operation between the Norwegian owner and the shipyard by repairing the Black Watc. Both ships are characterised particularly by their elegant external lines while the shipowner has built on English taste for the interiors.
This time however the passenger areas are not the main concern. Technical matters top the list on the tight Bremerhaven yard schedule for senior project manager Carl Ratjen.
