P&O Cruises to expand scope, Oceana to Arabian Gulf in spring 2019
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- Published: 08 March 2017 08 March 2017
P&O Cruises, the UK focused contemporary market unit of Carnival Corporation & plc, said it would operate the 77,441 gross ton Oceana in the Arabian Gulf in the spring of 2019.
This the first time the company will have a ship based in the region in the modern time. In the time of passenger liner services, its ships served the region. As for Oceana, the ship currently operates year-round in Europe. The ship will operate a series of 11 night fly cruises, based at Dubai, between January and March, plus positioning voyage to and from Europe via the Suez Canal.
Ports of call are Bahrain, Sri Ban Yani Island, Abu Dhabi, Khor al Fakkan, Khasab, Muscat and Salalah, the company said on its website.
Chinese ban of travel to South Korea includes cruises - report
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- Published: 07 March 2017 07 March 2017
Chinese tourism authorities have ordered a total ban on tours, including package tours, to South Korea starting from March 15th. “Online travel agencies were also ordered not to sell South Korean tour products and cruise ships were banned from calling at South Korean ports,’ Korea Broadcasting Service (KBS) said on its website.
“The South Korean embassy in Beijing has launched an emergency task force to minimize damage on Korean residents and businesses caused by China's intensifying retaliation over Seoul's pending deployment of a U.S. missile defense system,” the report stated.
“The embassy held the first task force meeting on Friday and discussed ways to ensure the safety of South Koreans in China including students and tourists, and also examined potential damage Korean companies could suffer,” KBS concluded.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines looks at newbuildings
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- Published: 02 March 2017 02 March 2017
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, the UK based destinational operator of four ships, is looking at newbuildings, Travel Weekly reports.
Fred. Olsen Junior was quoted as saying: “Just over ten years ago in 2005 we looked at having a new ship but in terms of finances it didn’t make sense at the time. We are looking at it again and we have ships on the drawing board. Any new ships we do produce in the future will be smaller ocean ships which is what we want as a brand and what our customers want.”
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is fully owned by Bonheur ASA, a company listed in Oslo that the Olsen family control.
Mike Rodwell, Managing Director of the cruise line said: “We look at opportunities all the time and a new ship is of course an aspiration of ours but it has to make financial sense.”
The company’s present fleet was built between 1972 and 1993. They range in size from about 25,000 to 45,000 gross tons.
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