Tagged: Viking River Cruises

Viking River Cruises announced details of the newest addition to its river fleet, Viking Ra™. Recently acquired, the vessel has been stripped down to the steel to undergo a complete renovation that will reflect Viking’s award-winning Scandinavian design. (more…)

Viking Chairman Torstein Hagen announced more news for Viking River Cruises and added that it will be the first foreign company allowed to have a license to operate ships along the Nile River. (travelagentcentral.com)

Viking River Cruises today (March 7) marked 20 years of innovation and growth by welcoming two new additions to its fleet of Viking Longships®. (more…)

Viking River Cruises’ eventual move into the North American domestic waterways market is appearing to still be going forward, according to filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Viking River Cruises will offer its first European river sailings on a ship dedicated to Chinese cruisers later this fall. (cruisecritic.com)

Two officers navigating the Viking River Cruises cruise ship Viking Freya were killed overnight when the vessel struck a bridge on Main-Donau-Kanal in Erlangen, Germany. (gcaptain.com)

Viking River Cruises’ Viking Freya crashed into a bridge in Erlangen, Germany, in the middle of the night, killing two crewmembers and destroying the wheelhouse. According to a company statement, no passengers or other crewmembers were injured. (cruisecritic.com)

Viking Mani, one of Viking’s Longships, sustained minor damage after being hit by a small cargo ship last week while sailing on the Rhine River. (cruisecritic.com)

Viking River Cruises is delaying its entry to the Mississippi River market by at least a year. In 2015, Viking had announced two newbuilds for the Mississippi to debut in 2017, to be followed by four more. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Today (March 1st) the world’s largest river cruise line, Viking Cruises, continued to expand with the christening of six new river boats in Europe. (cruisecritic.com)