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In fact, next March, Peter Deilmann’s fleet will expand to ten with the addition of newbuild Frederic Chopin. The 79-passenger ship will focus on itineraries between Amsterdam and Prague, among others that include cities such as Berlin, Dresdin and Meissen.What’s unique about this ship-to-be is that some two-week river cruise itineraries will be offered along with the industry’s standard seven-day voyages. Maiden voyage is scheduled for March 23. And yes, the ship is named after famed Poland composer and pianist Frederic Chopin.
There’s more evidence that cruise lines with hefty American presences are beefing up their European operations as P&O Princess announces it has spawned A’Rosa.
The new line, specifically geared to German passengers, is created around the transfer (next year) of the 1,950-capacity Crown Princess, whose new moniker will be A’Rosa Blu. Launch is expected to take place in June.
In addition, A’Rosa will add two new-builds -- interestingly, however, these ships will focus on the river-cruising niche and hold just 200 passengers. Speaking of which, the barging aspect of cruising Europe’s rivers, long a very sleepy sideline, seems to be generating some growth buzz. Go Barging, a British-based operator, for one, has added to its fleet. The Magna Carta, a one-time Dutch barge built in the 1930s, has been refitted and will cruise England’s Thames, while the company’s custom-built M/S Serenite will offer a Berlin based itinerary. Both barges begin service next April; they hold eight and 12 passengers, respectively.
There is an old Company which have been offering cruises on canals and lakes for over 130 years. The Company is Gota Canal Steamship Company, and they cruise across Sweden from Gothenburg to Stockholm or reverse. There are 4 or 6 days itenaries. The cruise ship travel on two seas, three canals, eight lakes and sixty-five lock. They have 3 boats Juno, Wilhelm Tham and Diana the oldest, Juno was built 1874 and the youngest boat was built 1931. The boats take about 50 pasengers
Here is a link to the Company where you can find out more about the boats and the Itinaries. http://www.gotacanal.se/index2.htm
Here is little picture of Juno.
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