Viking Cruises has announced the launch of its ocean product line: Viking[ds_preview] Ocean Cruises marks the introduction of the travel industry’s first new cruise line in nearly a decade. It will begin sailing in May 2015 with its first vessel »Viking Star« embarking on maiden voyages in Scandinavia and the Baltic as well as the Western and Eastern Mediterranean. Viking Cruises has aggressive expansion plans in both the ocean and river cruise categories, with a second ocean ship on order for delivery in 2016 and conditional orders and options for four more ocean vessels.
The ocean ship order follows the company’s continued rapid fleet expansion in the river cruise sector, with ten new river ships recently christened in March of this year and twelve new river ships planned to launch in 2014.
The new 928-passenger all-veranda »Viking Star« is engineered at a scale that allows direct access into most ports, so guests have easy and efficient embarkation and debarkation.
