Administrators Rare LauraS Posted August 26, 2016 Administrators #1 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Check out this news item from Cruise Critic: Hapag-Lloyd Cruises Announces Two New Luxury Expedition Vessels to Launch in 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wripro Posted August 26, 2016 #2 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Suddenly there will be a glut of luxury ships cruising to Antarctica. Seabourn Quest. Silver Cloud. Scenic Eclipse and now two HL ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Voyager Posted August 26, 2016 #3 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Suddenly there will be a glut of luxury ships cruising to Antarctica. Seabourn Quest. Silver Cloud. Scenic Eclipse and now two HL ships. Hapag-Lloyd Expedition Cruises already operate a 5* ship, the Hanseatic, with their other, the Bremen, being 4+*. The proposed new ships will be much bigger with one being aimed at English speaking markets. It would appear that one of the existing expedition ships will be retained. http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/articles/62884/hapag-lloyd-cruises-to-build-two-expedition-ships Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathaana Posted August 26, 2016 #4 Share Posted August 26, 2016 It would appear that one of the existing expedition ships will be retained. http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/articles/62884/hapag-lloyd-cruises-to-build-two-expedition-ships Looks like it if they are looking for 5 total. I wonder whether they'll keep the Hanseatic or the Bremen. Maybe the Bremen to offer slightly less expensive expeditions in comparison to the two new ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ededmd Posted August 27, 2016 #5 Share Posted August 27, 2016 So excited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Voyager Posted August 27, 2016 #6 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Looks like it if they are looking for 5 total. I wonder whether they'll keep the Hanseatic or the Bremen. Maybe the Bremen to offer slightly less expensive expeditions in comparison to the two new ones? If the emphasis is to be on 5* cruising then one suspects that they will retain the Hanseatic. Compared to the existing ships, the Passenger/Space Ratio of the new ships will be greatly increased. Bremen: Tons: 6752 Passengers: 164 Hanseatic: Tons: 8378 Passengers: 184 New Ships: Tons: 16000 Passengers: 240. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathaana Posted August 27, 2016 #7 Share Posted August 27, 2016 According to this interview (sorry, in German), they'll keep the Bremen but also might try to re-charter the Hanseatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vistaman Posted August 27, 2016 #8 Share Posted August 27, 2016 i think the Hanseatic will not be "re chartered " i heard she is getting too old to keep her on the same level and more refurbishments are simply too expensive in view of her age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Voyager Posted August 27, 2016 #9 Share Posted August 27, 2016 i think the Hanseatic will not be "re chartered "i heard she is getting too old to keep her on the same level and more refurbishments are simply too expensive in view of her age. The Bremen is in fact older than the Hanseatic, and yet Hapag-Lloyd intend to retain it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathaana Posted August 27, 2016 #10 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Probably because they actually own the Bremen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Voyager Posted October 17, 2016 #11 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Hapag-Lloyd has posted the following, German language, video on the recent refurbishment of the MS Bremen: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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