Hapag-Lloyd to resume cruising from Hamburg at end of July

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises is planning to start sailing again at the end of this month but with reduced numbers on board. Passenger numbers will be reduced by 40 per cent when EUROPA 2, left, and expedition ship, the HANSEATIC inspiration, start cruising from Hamburg. And in accordance with the German authorities, Hapag-Lloyd will welcome only guests

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Night of Inspiration as Hapag-Lloyd’s second expedition ship is christened

The naming ceremony for the HANSEATIC inspiration, the second of three new Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ expedition ships, was held in the port of Hamburg on Friday evening (11 October). Godmother Laura Dekker, the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe single-handed, released the mechanism for the traditional champagne smashing ceremony from a river pontoon, watched by 230 invited

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Hull and high water … Naked HANSEATIC inspiration starts 4,000-mile voyage to 5-star trasformation

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ new expedition ship, HANSEATIC inspiration, has begun a 4,000-mile shipyard transfer in the next major step of its construction. The hull is being moved from the VARD Group’s Romanian site in Tulcea to its Langsten shipyard in Norway, via Istanbul and Gibraltar, for the interior work to be undertaken. Taking to the water

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Nothing better! Hapag-Lloyd’s two Europas still best cruise ships in the world, says Berlitz

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ luxury ships Europa and Europa 2 are the only cruise ships to receive 5-stars-plus in the new edition of the renowned guide Berlitz Cruising & Cruise Ships 2019. It is the sixth time Europa 2 has been awarded the highest distinction and the 19th for Europa. “Once again, both luxury ships have impressed,” says Douglas Ward, author

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Antwerp to stage historic christening of Hapag-Lloyd’s HANSEATIC Inspiration

For the first time in its history, the Belgian city of Antwerp will take centre stage for the christening of a cruise ship when Hapag-Lloyd’s second expedition vessel, the HANSEATIC inspiration, makes her entrance of 13 October. Once she has been christened, the ship will set sail the following day for her 15-day maiden voyage

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Stand at the cutting edge… hover over the ice… welcome to the world of HANSEATIC inspiration

The Hapag-Lloyd Cruises expansion set sail in London today with the launch of its first English-language main catalogue for the new expedition class ship, HANSEATIC inspiration. The bilingual expedition ship will take to the sea in October 2019 with a 15-day cruise from Antwerp to Tenerife, while HANSEATIC nature, its structurally identical sister ship aimed

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Good luck coin helps Hanseatic Inspiration on her way

The keel laying for Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ second new expedition ship, Hanseatic Inspiration, has set in motion the next stage of construction. At the ceremony in the Romanian port of Tulcea on Wednesday (18 October) and in keeping with shipbuilding tradition, the cruise line’s CEO, Karl Pojer laid a specially produced coin in the first steel

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Work begins on construction of Hapag-Lloyd’s Hanseatic Nature

The first steel has been cut to mark the official start of the construction of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ first of two new-build expedition ships, the Hanseatic Nature. Hapag-Lloyd’s CEO , gave the official start signal for the construction process at the Vard shipyard in Tulcea, Romania. Roger Vassdal, Senior Vice President for Vard’s operations in Romania,

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