Tagged: Oceanwide Expeditions

As announced last July, Oceanwide Expeditions has ordered a new built Polar Class 6 ship: M/v “Janssonius”. She will have the same passenger capacity as Hondius (174), a nearly identical size and design, and will be a Polar Class 6 ice-strengthened vessel equivalent to a 1A super ice-class ship. (more…)

Due to the success of our new Polar Class 6 ship, Hondius, Oceanwide Expeditions has ordered a sister ship built by the same manufacturer: M/v Janssonius is scheduled to be completed in October, 2021. (more…)

Oceanwide Expeditions will build a second new ship for a October 2021 delivery, said Wijnand Van Gessel, owner, in an interview with Cruise Industry News. “We have had a good experience with the shipyard, working with them as a partner,” said Van Gessel, speaking via phone from the yard. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

To celebrate our 25th year of proud polar expeditions, we’re launching a contest starting this January. Check out our long list of amazing polar prizes. (more…)

The all-new Hondius passenger ship is set to launch in the summer of 2019. The ship will be the first registered Polar Class 6 cruise ship in the world. Hondius has been set to structurally and technologically that has been optimized to respond to polar weather and wildlife conditions. (more…)

Yesterday Oceanwide Expeditions (Nov. 22) reached the remote emperor penguin colony on Snow Hill Island for the second year running. Using the helicopters staged aboard its vessel Ortelius, Oceanwide flew passengers to this rarely visited Antarctic location, then led small hiking groups toward the site – one of the largest breeding colonies of the world’s most iconic penguin species. (more…)

Oceanwide Expeditions is one step closer to taking delivery of its first newbuild ship as the 196-guest Hondius touched water for the first time today (June 09) at Brodosplit Shipyard in Croatia. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

It was mere weeks ago that our vessel-to-be Hondius consisted of nothing more than a couple of great brown blocks of cross-sectioned steel. Now, we can already see the contours of what will be one of the most flexible and specialized Polar expedition vessels in the world.

The new Hondius from Oceanwide Expeditions is launching in time for the summer 2019 Arctic season, according to the cruise company. The 196-guest ship is being built by Croatia’s Brodosplit shipyard. Oceanwide, a Holland-based expedition cruise company, recently showed off the first official interior renderings of the 6,300-ton ship. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

“Hondius is the first polar class of cruise ships “LR PC6” that will be produced in the world. Construction of passenger ships is the segment where European and Croatian shipyards can compete. This project has definitely positioned Brodosplit in polar expedition vessels market”, said Tomislav Debeljak, CEO of Brodosplit. (more…)

Oceanwide Expeditions will take delivery of the new 196-passenger Hondius on May 2, 2019, according to the company. The new expedition ship is being built at Croatia’s Brodosplit shipyard and will carry Polar Class 6 designation, making it suitable for extreme operations in the Arctic and Antarctica. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Polar expedition passenger ship Hondius will be the first vessel to be built to class “LR PC6”, meeting the latest and highest demands of Lloyd’s Register for “Polar Class 6” vessels, the highest Polar Class notation for ice-strengthened vessels. (more…)