“Ocean Albatros” Completes Sea Trials in China
Being built for SunStone Ships in China, the new “Ocean Albatros” successfully completed its first set of sea trials on Jan. 19. (more…)
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SunStone Inks Deal for New Expedition Cruise Ship
SunStone Ships will build a seventh Infinity Class vessel as it has come to an agreement with China Merchants for another expedition ship in its highly successful series of newbuilds. (more…)
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Management Shuffle at SunStone Ships. Christian Hegelund will take the position as CFO
Sunstone Ships reports that its president Ulrik Hegelund, 52, has, for family reasons, decided to move back to Denmark. (more…)
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SunStone Ships updates on Boundless class project
SunStone Ships, the Miami base expedition cruise ship tonnage provider, has published some details about its projected Boundless class of up to 10 newbuildings. (more…)
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Sunstone Takes Delivery Of Infinity Class Vessels Ocean Odyssey And Sylvia Earle
SunStone Maritime Group A/S, the world’s largest tonnage provider to the expedition cruise industry, is pleased to announce the delivery of two INFINITY CLASS vessels, the OCEAN ODYSSEY, and the SYLVIA EARLE. (more…)
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“Ocean Albatros” launched in Haimen, China
SunStone Maritime Group A/S has announced, that a launching ceremony for “Ocean Albatros” was successfully held on Friday, September 16, at China Merchants Heavy Industries in Haimen, China. (more…)
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SunStone Ships moves on to new class after Chinese yard walks away from Infinity contract
SunStone Ships, the Miami based expedition cruise ship tonnage provider, has decided to move to a new class of newbuildings after the Chinese yard that as been building Infinity class ship for the company walked out of the contract, said Niels- Erik Lund, CEO of the company. (more…)
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SunStone, CMI Step Up to Help Ukrainian Crew and Families
SunStone Ships along with CMI Leisure Management and Cruise Management International are coming to the aid of Ukrainian crew members and their families. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Sunstone Ships Announced Keel Laying Ceremony On The Sixth Infinity-Class Vessel “Ocean Albatros” On January 20th, 2022
SunStone Ships, the world’s largest tonnage provider to the expedition cruise industry, announces the successful keel laying of the “Ocean Albatros”, the sixth vessel in their series of INFINITY CLASS new-builds. (more…)
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Albatros Expeditions Delays the Introduction of the “Ocean Albatros”
Albatros Expeditions has announced it will delay the introduction of the “Ocean Albatros” and cancel its 2022-2023 season. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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SunStone/Aurora Expeditions’ “Sylvia Earle” Completed Sea Trials The Fourth Week Of October 2021
SunStone Ships, the largest tonnage provider in the expedition market, announced the successful Sea Trials of their fourth INFINITY-Class vessels. (more…)
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Expedition cruise vessel ‘Ocean Odyssey’ was successfully launched at the CMHI Haimen yard on 23 October 2021
The expedition cruise vessel ‘Ocean Odyssey’, an Ulstein CX103 design, was successfully launched at the CMHI Haimen yard on 23 October 2021. The vessel is one in a series of cruise vessels contracted by the U.S. based SunStone Ships. (more…)
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Sunstone Ships Takes Delivery Of The Third Infinity-Class Vessel – “Ocean Victory” Was Delivered On 12 October 2021
SunStone Ships, the largest tonnage provider in the expedition market,
announced the successful delivery of their third next-generation, INFINITY-class vessel. (more…)
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SunStone Ships plans new class of newbuildings
SunStone Ships, the Florida based tonnage provider for the expedition cruise market, is planning to order newbuildings that would be larger than the Infinity class it is currently building, CEO Niels Erik Lund told “CruiseBusiness Online”.
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Sunstone Ships Takes Delivery Of The Second Infinity-class Vessel. Ocean Explorer Was Named And Delivered On 14 July 2021
SunStone Ships, the largest tonnage provider in the expedition market, announced the successful delivery of their second next-generation, INFINITY-class vessel. (more…)
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Ocean Victory, Perfect for any Kind of Expeditions
The captains of the ‘Ocean Victory’ love the new expedition cruise vessel, stating that she ‘is perfect for any kind of expeditions’. A webinar hosted by the operator, Albatros Expeditions, talked about how this newbuild differs from the other vessels in the INFINITY series. (more…)
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SunStone Launches Sylvia Earle in China, Keel Laid for Ocean Odyssey
SunStone Ships and its Infinity-class newbuild project continues to make impressive progress in China, as the company marked the launching of the Sylvia Earle in China, and also laid the keel for the new Ocean Odyssey. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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SunStone’s next newbuild expedition cruise vessels, the ‘Ocean Explorer’ and the ‘Ocean Victory’, are nearing completion from the CMHI yard
The ‘Ocean Victory’ is vessel number 3 in SunStone’s INFINITY series, while the ‘Ocean Explorer’ is vessel number 4. (more…)
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CMHI Haimen yard in China celebrated the launch of the ‘Sylvia Earle’ and the keel laying of the ‘Ocean Odyssey’
On 18 March 2021, the CMHI Haimen yard in China celebrated the launch of the ‘Sylvia Earle’ (Aurora Expeditions) and the keel laying of the ‘Ocean Odyssey’ (Vantage Cruise Line), both are Ulstein designed, X-BOW expedition cruise vessels under construction for the U.S. based SunStone Ships. (more…)
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Sunstone Ships Announced Succesful Sea Trials Of Infinity-class Expedition Vessels Ocean Victory And Ocean Explorer
SunStone Ships, the largest tonnage provider in the expedition market, announced the successful Sea Trials of their third and fourth next-generation, INFINITY-class vessels (CMHI 196-3 and CMHI 196-4). (more…)
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