Viking Adds Another New River Ship to Their Fleet

Viking took supply of their latest Longship, Viking Nerthus, this week and moved one ship nearer to their objective of getting 130 cruise ships (river and ocean) by 2030.

Viking Nerthus is a sister ship to Viking Radgrid, Viking Kari, Viking Skaga and Viking Fjorgyn. Whereas they’re thought-about Longships, they’re barely smaller than Longships than sail on different rivers in Europe.

The marginally smaller measurement permits them to have a premium docking location and dock nearer to the Eiffel Tower than different cruise strains. The ships sail Viking’s eight-day Paris & the Coronary heart of Normandy itinerary and the brand new eight-day Christmastime in Paris & Normandy cruise.

The Longships for the Seine River carry 168 visitors in 84 cabins and have the cruise line’s signature Scandinavian design.

The vessels characteristic a hybrid propulsion system with batteries and exhaust gasoline aftertreatment. They’re additionally geared up for shore energy to scale back reliance on gas whereas in port. Onboard photo voltaic panels additional contribute to their power effectivity.

Torstein Hagen, Chairman and CEO of Viking, gave the next assertion:

“We’re proud to welcome the Viking Nerthus to our rising fleet of award-winning Viking Longships. France continues to be a vacation spot of nice curiosity for our visitors, and with the arrival of our latest ship on the Seine River, we stay up for introducing much more curious vacationers to the area’s wealthy historical past and cultural treasures in ‘the Viking method.’”

Viking Nerthus will sail roundtrip from Paris and go to ports alongside the Seine River and the seashores of Normandy.

With the cruise ships that Viking has on order and their present fleet, they are going to have 109 river ships and 21 ocean and expedition ships in service by the tip of the last decade. This contains 25 new river ships by 2028.