P&O Cruises Australia is commencing the New Year with a noteworthy declaration that it will make history by becoming the first cruise line to build a new ship specifically for the Australian market.
The cruise line said the 135,500-ton ship would be the greatest cruise ship ever to be based fulltime in Australia, conveying more than 4200 guests.
To be dispatched in 2019, the new ship will have twofold the limit of the greatest cruise vessel presently homeporting year round in this sector.
At 323 meters long and with 2100 staterooms, the new ship will be a distinct advantage for Australian cruising. Manufactured particularly for present day Australia, it will offer voyages from three to 10 days length of time.
The expansion of the new P&O Cruises’ ship shapes part of a worldwide declaration made by P&O Cruises’ parent organisation, Carnival Corporation.
Proclaiming in the new year, Carnival Corporation has signed a memo of agreement with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri to manufacture four new cruise ships for its fleet worldwide.
As the world’s biggest travel and leisure organisation, Carnival Corporation has a current fleet of 99 cruise ships and a sum of 17 new ships booked for delivery somewhere around 2016 and 2020.
The newbuild P&O Cruises’ ship will be based year round in Australia, catching gauge further development in the nearby cruise showcase and reaffirming P&O’s 84-year national sea legacy.
Carnival Australia Executive Chairman Ann Sherry and P&O Cruises Australia President Sture Myrmell hailed the first “newbuild” cruise ship for the Australian market as the most ideal uplifting news for one of the world’s top performing cruise markets.
[pullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“The much anticipated first newbuild cruise ship is a huge vote of confidence in the Australian cruise market with much of the 20 per cent year-on-year passenger growth over the past decade driven by P&O Cruises’ dynamic industry leadership,” Ms Sherry said.[/pullquote]
Mr Myrmell said the new ship added to P&O Cruises’ example of development, with the recent addition of Pacific Aria and Pacific Eden to its three-ship fleet to be followed in 2017 with the addition of Pacific Explorer.
[pullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“P&O Cruises is the modern face of Australian cruising and, with such a proud heritage of leadership, it is a natural step to announce that the line will take delivery of its first new build ship,” Mr Myrmell said.[/pullquote]
[pullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]”P&O Cruises is the cutting edge face of Australian cruising and, with such a glad legacy of leadership, it is a characteristic stride to report that the line will take conveyance of its first newbuild ship,” Mr Myrmell said.[/pullquote]
Mr Myrmell said points of interest and components of the new ship will be uncovered later however it will expand on the proceeded with development of the P&O Cruises’ image and will mirror the tastes of present day Australia.
The new ship is only one of numerous P&O firsts in its improvement as Australia’s most trusted cruise line as affirmed more than three back to back years in the Reader’s Digest yearly trusted brands study.
These firsts include:
- The pioneer of Australian cruising with P&O Strathaird working the first South Pacific cruise from Australia in 1932.
- The presentation of Pacific Dawn in 2007, the first superliner to be based year round in Australia, later to be joined by Pacific Jewel and Pacific Pearl.
- The 2015 turning point of four million cruise passengers since the resumption of post war cruising.
- The biggest fleet of cruise ships based year round in Australia with the November 2015 expansion of Pacific Aria and Pacific Eden.
- A pleased history of opening up territorial Australia to cruising with ports, for example, Mooloolaba, Cairns and Gladstone in Queensland now profiting by standard visits from P&O ships.
** Ann Sherry’s appointment as Carnival Australia Executive Chairman and Sture Myrmell’s appointment as President P&O Cruises take effect on January 1, 2023
