Viking Ocean Cruises celebrates delivery of first ocean ship
Torstein Hagen, chairman and CEO of Viking River Cruises, at the ceremony in Italy
The delivery ceremony took place when the ship was presented at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard outside of Venice, Italy. On April 11th, Viking Star will make its way through the Mediterranean and into the Atlantic on its way to be officially christened on May 17 in Bergen, Norway.
Classified by Cruise Critic as a small ship, the all-veranda Viking Star has a gross tonnage of 47,800 tonnes, is equipped with 465 cabins and will accommodate 930 passengers. It is engineered at a scale that allows direct access into most ports, so guests have an easy and efficient embarkation and debarkation, the cruise company said.
Viking Star is one of three ocean cruise ships on order; the remaining two ships, Viking Sea and Viking Sky, are currently under construction.
