Viking Ship Locations

[Aussie Cruise Nuts]

13 hours ago, Jim Avery said:

No need to worry about the Grizzlies.   They will have no problem finding you.  And to them, you taste just like chicken.....

 

 

Good one Jim 😂😂😂

[CharTrav]

14 hours ago, Jim Avery said:

No need to worry about the Grizzlies.   They will have no problem finding you.  And to them, you taste just like chicken.....

Be noisy! Wear bear bells! Actually - we did Denali and the Tundra Tour; believe me there are absolute limits on who can enter the park on foot. Everybody else must be in a bus and get off at sites that are bear free. We did get to see a grizzly but from very very far away. This picture was from inside the bus on zoom and seriously cropped afterwards. 

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Edited November 15, 2020 by CharTrav

[Ragnar Danneskjold]

Here’s a bit of good news on the treatment front, especially for those of us in the “Viking demographic”...

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8949605/Arthritis-drug-cuts-elderly-Covid-19-deaths-two-thirds-say-researchers.html

I wonder if it also acts as bear repellent???

[Heidi13]

Noted this morning that Viking Star is underway again. After a brief stop at Skagen anchorage, she is returning to Mukran, Germany.

[Dukefan]

Does this mean the Star, the Sun and the Sky will all be in Mukran, Germany?

 

[Heidi13]

15 hours ago, Dukefan said:

Does this mean the Star, the Sun and the Sky will all be in Mukran, Germany?

 

 

That's what it looks like. Sun and Sky still alongside and Star is approaching the anchorage outside the port.

[duquephart]

Do they move ships around because they need to be moved around? Or is it a port fee thing?

[Heidi13]

9 hours ago, duquephart said:

Do they move ships around because they need to be moved around? Or is it a port fee thing?

 

Hard to say, as they have a variety of potential reasons for moving the ships

• cheaper bunkers, bunker prices vary by port, so it could be cheaper paying fuel to move the ship for cheaper bunkers
• getting stores - on the Sun they advised that Viking has a central warehouse somewhere in Germany where most of the stores are shipped from
• engine rebuilds - if the engineers have completed an engine overhaul then they require some running time to bed in the new components. Every rebuild we did, it was an 8 to 12 hr process following the Chief Engineers requests for throttle settings
• berth fees
• crew exchanges - some countries are more accommodating than others. Since our son joined a ship in Germany last summer, left last month and rejoins again in January, I know Germany is accepting crew changes, but don't know about Norway. 

[CharTrav]

FYI -- for those who've been asking about what procedures Viking will institute after we starting cruising again -- this was just posted today -- https://www.vikingcruises.com/oceans/my-trip/health-and-safety/health-and-safety-program.html

[SDHusker]

Viking’s first expedition ship was floated out last week at the VARD shipyard in Norway.

The 278-passenger Viking Octantis will debut in early 2022, and spend her maiden season sailing in Antarctica and North America’s Great Lakes. 

[Porcupine 52]

Yes... I am so excited about going to Antarctica....

[Heidi13]

Viking Star and Viking Sun both departed Mukran today and are bound for Skagen in Denmark, probably loading bunkers tomorrow.

[Heidi13]

Just heard that after taking bunkers and stores the Viking Sun will be bound for China. Still alongside Skagen in Denmark.

[Clay Clayton]

Guess it’s time for the handoff?  Wonder if they will be making changes to the interiors to appeal to a Chinese aesthetic?  Adding a casino? 😱

[Heidi13]

25 minutes ago, Clay Clayton said:

Guess it’s time for the handoff?  Wonder if they will be making changes to the interiors to appeal to a Chinese aesthetic?  Adding a casino? 😱

 

Clay - I would think that is a definite possibility. I expect she is heading to a Chinese shipyard for interior modifications to suit the local market.

 

At present, she still has many of the officers from the World Cruise aboard, but if she is changing to China flag, at some point they will have Chinese aboard for familiarisation, as I believe it will require a Chinese crew to work their coastwise trade.

[chengkp75]

Andy, you are correct, Chinese flag ships must be crewed by Chinese citizens.

[Heidi13]

Looks like Viking Sun has departed Denmark, as she is now heading to the Meddy, with the next stop being Malta's commercial port. Currently steaming at 17.5 kts, which is the required speed for ETA Jan 31st.

 

Interesting that they aren't slow steaming, as all the other ships have for the past 9 months.

[chengkp75]

6 hours ago, Heidi13 said:

Looks like Viking Sun has departed Denmark, as she is now heading to the Meddy, with the next stop being Malta's commercial port. Currently steaming at 17.5 kts, which is the required speed for ETA Jan 31st.

 

Interesting that they aren't slow steaming, as all the other ships have for the past 9 months.

Sooner they get there, the sooner they get paid for the ship.

[Heidi13]

Viking Sun has departed Valletta, bound for Suez Canal

[deec]

I wish it wasn't SUN that Viking is selling...only nostalgia....are they selling this ship because she was financed by the Chinese and even has a Chinese godmother?

[JeriGail]

2 minutes ago, deec said:

I wish it wasn't SUN that Viking is selling...only nostalgia....are they selling this ship because she was financed by the Chinese and even has a Chinese godmother?

My feelings too - we would have been on the Sun for a December 2020 Lisbon to Miami cruise.  It was ideal for me since it had the noodle bar at the World Cafe, an expanded gym, shelves in the closet, and didn't have the planetarium.

[Cruise Wonderland]

On 1/31/2021 at 11:26 PM, Heidi13 said:

Viking Sun has departed Valletta, bound for Suez Canal

After transiting through the Suez Canal, next port is Singapore.

[Heidi13]

1 hour ago, Cruise Wonderland said:

After transiting through the Suez Canal, next port is Singapore.

 

This will be a bunker stop and possibly to shipyards in Singapore.

 

If she is being flagged in China and deployed to the China Market, I would expect her to refit at a Chinese yard. However, Chinese yards don't have much cruise ship experience, so they may use a yard in Singapore.

[Jim Avery]

RIP Viking Sun....🍸  We shall miss you.

[Heidi13]

48 minutes ago, Jim Avery said:

RIP Viking Sun....🍸  We shall miss you.

 

It was our only Viking ship to date. Brilliant ship, which we will also miss. Hoping to see many of the World Cruise Masters, officers and crew on the Neptune.