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CMV acquires two ships to join fleet in summer 2021
Harry Kemble
Cruise & Maritime Voyages has acquired two ships to add to its fleet in 2021 as the line targets 200,000 passengers a year. The line will take delivery of
P&O Australia’s Pacific Dawn on March 2 and Pacific Aria on May 2, 2021, in Singapore. Both ships will be officially
launched that summer following spells in dry dock in Singapore before embarking on repositioning
cruises as CMV vessels to Europe. Pacific Dawn, which will carry
about 1,400 passengers, will sail year-round from Tilbury alongside existing CMV ship Columbus. Pacific Aria will sail under
the TransOcean Kreuzfahrten brand in the German market. CMV is the parent company of TransOcean Kreuzfahrten. The 1,100-passenger ship will
sail alongside Vasco da Gama and replace the line’s Astor vessel which is to be renamed Jules Verne and
CMV will reveal its new name for Pacific Dawn this month
re-deployed to the French market. The new names for Pacific Dawn
and Pacific Aria will be revealed this month, with their 2021 summer programmes going on sale by March next year. CMV chief executive Christian
Verhounig said: “The introduction of two more ships will enable us to service increasing demand for our traditional brand of cruising gener- ated by our expanding international network of in-house sales offices and developing source markets.
“We have now acquired five
cruise ships in just five years and are firmly on course to carry 200,000 passengers in 2021.” Chris Coates, group commercial
director, added: “For 2020, we expect close to 70% of capacity to be sold by the year’s end. “This provides an ideal platform
for the early introduction of new tonnage and opportunities for summer 2021 with the focus very
much on higher-yield business”.
cruiseandmaritime.com
travelweekly.co.uk
5 DECEMBER 2019
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