Viking Christens Newest Ocean Cruise Ship, Viking ...

Viking celebrated the christening of their latest and largest cruise ship, Viking Vesta, with a conventional ceremony in Break up, Croatia.

Norwegian journalist Lene Tangevald-Jensen served because the ship’s godmother providing a blessing for the ship. A bottle of Norwegian aquavit smashed in opposition to the ship’s hull when she used an axe to chop the ribbon formally christening the vessel.

Viking Vesta is the twelfth ocean cruise ship to affix Viking’s fleet, a outstanding feat contemplating the cruise line launched their first ocean ship simply 10 years in the past.

The ship is just about equivalent to the primary 11 ships in Viking’s fleet, however is barely bigger at 54,300 gross tons. The ship has 499 staterooms, up from 465. Viking Vesta can carry a most of 998 visitors.

Torstein Hagen, Chairman and CEO of Viking, mentioned the next:

“As we have fun 10 years of ocean voyages in 2025, we’re happy to welcome the brand new Viking Vesta to our award-winning fleet of chic sister ships. We’re additionally very grateful to Lene for serving as godmother.

“Along with her private {and professional} accomplishments, Lene embodies the values which can be essential to me and to Viking—she is type, sincere, hardworking and, after all, curious. I’m proud to rely her as a pal and a valued member of the prolonged Viking household.”

Viking Vesta is at the moment providing cruises within the Mediterranean and the ship will stay there for the subsequent two years.

In 2026 Viking will welcome two extra ocean ships into their fleet, Viking Mira and Viking Libra. In 2027, Viking Astrea will change into the fifteenth ship in Viking’s rising fleet.

Viking has 5 extra, at the moment unnamed, ocean ships which can be scheduled to debut from 2028 by means of 2030.