Total Fleet Capacity Reaches 12,226 Passengers

Viking is now the proud proprietor of a brand new cruise ship of their ocean vessel class after Fincantieri formally made the supply immediately in Ancona, Italy.

This new 998-passenger cruise ship, Viking Mira, is now the thirteenth with the cruise line. After working river cruise ships for years, Viking made large waves within the ocean cruise class when introducing Viking Star again in 2015.

Immediately’s ceremony was attended by Viking’s Govt Vice President, Jeff Sprint, and the Senior Vice President Operations of Fincantieri, Giorgio Gomiero.

With the handover of the 54,300 gross ton vessel, Viking now has a fleet-wide capability of 12,226.

Small Ships Viking’s Passengers Love

Whereas some cruise strains are targeted on constructing as huge as humanly potential with ships that maintain over 7,000 folks on a single vessel, Viking is doing one thing very completely different. They’re staying deliberately small.

To place that into perspective, you can mix all 13 of Viking’s ocean-going ships, and they’d nonetheless carry fewer company than simply two of Royal Caribbean’s Icon-class mega-ships.

Doing the Math on the Viking Fleet

How does that 12,226 quantity break down? Viking’s development has adopted a quite simple plan.

• The Authentic Ocean Class (11 Ships): Viking’s first 11 ocean ships are utterly similar sister ships, every carrying precisely 930 passengers.

• The Newer Vela Class (2 Ships): Beginning with Viking Vela in late 2024 and now persevering with with the brand-new Viking Mira, these ships are barely longer. This additional area permits for newer, extra environment friendly propulsion expertise whereas protecting the visitor rely at a still-intimate 998 passengers.

By protecting the passenger rely below 1,000 per ship, Viking is ensuring they will proceed to dock in smaller ports world wide that the mega-ships merely can’t contact.

What’s Subsequent?

Viking Mira is scheduled to welcome its very first income company onboard on June 5, 2026, crusing a 7-day Mediterranean itinerary from Rome (Civitavecchia) to Barcelona, earlier than heading as much as Northern Europe for the summer season season.

And Viking isn’t slowing down anytime quickly. The cruise line already has a pipeline of future sister ships lined up at Fincantieri to supply much more sailings on newer ships.

Following Viking Vela, Viking Vesta, and the brand-new Viking Mira, the fleet will quickly welcome Viking Libra (anticipated December 2026), Viking Astrea (anticipated June 2027), and Viking Lyra (anticipated Might 2028).

Together with Viking’s 13 ocean ships, the corporate additionally operates two polar expedition vessels, Viking Octantis and Viking Polaris, which discover Antarctica and North America’s Nice Lakes.

On the river facet of the enterprise, Viking presently operates 89 river ships world wide, with plans already to extend that quantity to 112 by 2028.