FleetPro Passenger Ship Management is launching and inaugurating 4 ocean vessels in a very short period between May and June 2015. Iceland Pro Cruises is inaugurating MV Ocean Diamond for a series of extraordinary around Iceland cruises, as well as some unique Iceland combined with Greenland itineraries. Haimark Line is introducing MV Saint Laurent (formerly Sea Voyager), specifically built for Great Lakes Cruises and expedition style Panama Canal and South America cruises. Adventure Canada is launching their Arctic Canada program onboard Ocean Endeavour; a ship specifically refurbished for arctic and Antarctic expedition cruising. Not a new introduction but a renewed service of the Nova Star cruise ferry; this state of the art cruise ferry will sail again between Portland and Yarmouth starting June 1, 2015.
“These four ship’s introductions on the ocean are a new mile stone in FleetPro’s effort to manage high quality and demanding passenger ships programs and itineraries”, says Hans Rood Executive Vice President Commercial, FleetPro Passenger Ship Management. “Each of our clients has very specific requirements for onboard product delivery, Hotel Operations, expedition style and itinerary demands”, adds Hans Rood.
Furthermore, FleetPro will also inaugurate three new and state of the art river cruise vessels in the same spring early summer period;
Avalon Waterways launches two additional suite ships in March, the Avalon Tranquility II on the Seine river and the Avalon Tapestry II, sailing the classic Rhine cruise itineraries between Amsterdam and Basel. FleetPro is proud to open the 2015 river season with 15 deluxe Avalon river vessels under management. Vantage Deluxe World Travel announced their River Voyager inaugural departure to take place on June 25. The brand new 442 ft. river vessel built for 176 passengers will sail on the Rhine, Main and Danube, all the way to the Black Sea.
“With the addition of three brand new vessels built mainly for the North American clientele, 50% of our entire operated river fleet sails for the English speaking market. FleetPro VIP treatment means: top hospitality management for our client’s guests as well as reliable and experienced treatment of the ship owners’ vessels” says Robert Straubhaar, President & CEO of the FleetPro Group.
“Our strong experience in running these high-quality ocean and river cruise products, makes FleetPro very unique in providing opportunities for our clients to expand business in a wide variety of cruise offerings for demanding clients, specifically interested in small ship ocean and river cruising.”
“Come see us and meet with our team during Cruise Shipping Miami in March”; adds Robert Straubhaar.
FleetPro Ocean (formerly ISP) and FleetPro River (formerly River Advice) manages a combined fleet of ocean-going passenger ships, expedition cruise ships and river cruise ships in excess of 60 vessels, making it the largest passenger ship management company in the world. What distinguishes FleetPro is a hands-on managing approach with extremely strong technical and top notch hotel operation expertise. This allows FleetPro to service a wide array of clients in the demanding global arena of river cruise operations, ocean going cruising and the itinerary intensive expedition cruise segments.
