Phoenix Seereisen, the German ocean and river cruise operator, will offer nine cruises on the Deutschland between May and September next year, information on the company's website shows

The cruises will start on 14 May and run until 7 September and they will depart and terminate in Bremerhaven. Deutschland will join Albatross, Amadea and Artania that operate year round for Phoenix.

The 22,496 gross ton Deutschland was built in 1998 for Peter Deilmann Reederei, which together with a company that from a later point owned the vessel both went bankrupt last year. It was sold for private US based interests in 2015 and it has been operated by Semester At Sea as a floating university.