P&O Cruises Australia

P&O Cruises Australia
Owner / user	Carnival Corporation & plc
Introductory year	2001
Products	Tourism , cruises
Markets	Australia , New Zealand
Website	www.pocruises.com.au

P&O Cruises Australia (short: P&O Australia ) is a brand of the British - American cruise company Carnival Corporation & plc for the Australian market. The trademark is the lettering P&O, based on the former Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company . Since the 75th anniversary of the first P&O cruises in Australia, the ships have also been painted in their classic white. The British Carnival plc is the owner and operator of the ships used for the brand . The ships in the fleet therefore sail under the British flag with their home port in London. The most common ports of departure are Sydney , Brisbane and Auckland .

history

Pacific Sun in Sydney (2006)

Pacific Dawn in Sydney (2008)

The roots of Australian cruise history actually lie less with P&O than with Sitmar Cruises (Società Italiana Trasporti Marittimi), which was founded by the Vlasov family of shipping companies in Italy . Their cargo ship Fairsky , which was converted for passengers, and the former troop transporter Fairstar , which were first used to cross numerous emigrants and later as cruise ships, made the Italian company well known. When Sitmar was taken over by P&O in 1988, the name of the Australian company was changed to P&O Sitmar Cruises Ltd. while in Europe the name Sitmar immediately disappeared. It was not until 1995 that Australia decided to change to P&O Holidays Ltd. and finally in 2001 to P&O Cruises Australia Ltd. In 2011 the company was dissolved. Today only the brand name still exists. The cruise operation is run as a branch of the British subgroup of Carnival Corporation & plc .

The former Fairsky , which was initially relocated to its subsidiary Princess Cruises as Sky Princess under P&O , returned to Australia in 2001 and was used for P&O Holidays under a new name as Pacific Sky until 2006. Then she was sold to Pullmantur Cruises. In 2004 the Pacific Sun came to P&O Australia, which had been built for Carnival Cruise Lines in 1986 and was replaced by a younger ship in the highly competitive American market.

The Pacific Star followed in 2005, until it was sold to Pullmantur Cruises in March 2008, where it was in service as Ocean Dream from May 2008 after renovation .

In October 2007, the Regal Princess came to P&O Australia as the oldest ship of Princess Cruises . After a month of renovation, she was put into service as Pacific Dawn . On October 30, 2008, Carnival Corporation & plc announced that it would be releasing the Ocean Village brand . The two Ocean Village ships were then also relocated to Australia and handed over to P&O Cruises Australia. The Ocean Village Two sailed as the Pacific Jewel from December 2009 , the Ocean Village followed at the end of 2010 as the Pacific Pearl .

The Pacific Dawn and Pacific Jewel are identical sister ships, which were formerly commissioned by Sitmar from the Fincantieri shipyard .

In November 2015, the ships Statendam and Ryndam previously used by Holland-America Line were integrated into the P&O Cruises Australia fleet as Pacific Eden and Pacific Aria . In June 2017 also pushed the Dawn Princess from Princess Cruises in the fleet of P & O Cruises Australia and was in Pacific Explorer renamed.

In the fall of 2018, the Pacific Jewel and Pacific Eden were sold. A new build with a tonnage of 135,500 GT for 4,200 passengers was originally to be commissioned by Fincantieri as a successor in 2019 . But then the decision was made to use the new building at Carnival Cruise Line . Alternatively, they wanted to move the Carnival Splendor to P&O Cruises Australia at the same time . In the meantime, however, there are plans to switch the Golden Princess from Princess Cruises to P&O Cruises Australia in 2020. It should be named Pacific Adventure . Her sister ship Star Princess is to follow to Australia a year later.

fleet

Current ships

Ship name	in service at P&O Cruises Australia	Shipyard / construction number	IMO number	delivery	Client	Renaming and whereabouts
Pacific Dawn	since November 2007	Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani , Monfalcone No. 5840	8521232	1991	Sitmar Cruises	Commissioned by Sitmar, taken over by P&O , first use at Princess Cruises as Regal Princess . In 2007 changed to the P&O Cruises Australia brand within the Carnival Group.
Pacific Aria	since November 2015	Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani, Monfalcone No. 5883	8919269	1994	Holland America Line	Worked as Ryndam until 2015. In November 2015, changed to the P&O Cruises Australia brand within the Carnival Group.
Pacific Explorer	since June 2017	Fincantieri, Monfalcone No. 5955	9103996	1997	Princess Cruises	In service as Dawn Princess until 2017. Since June 2017 Pacific Explorer .

Former ships

Ship name	in service at P&O Cruises Australia	Shipyard / construction number	IMO number	delivery	Client	Renaming and whereabouts
Pacific Sky	2001 to 2006	Chantiers de Nord et de la Mediterranee, La Seyne-sur-Mer No. 1436	8024026	March 1984	Sitmar Cruises	Worked as FairSky , after being taken over by P&O at Princess Cruises as Sky Princess from 1988 to 2000. Changed within the group to the P&O Cruises Australia brand. Sold in 2006 to Pullmantur Cruises, there until 2009 as Sky Wonder , after overhaul in Piraeus until 2013 Atlantic Star . Scrapped April 2013 under the name Antic in Aliaga, Turkey.
Pacific Star	2005 to 2008	Aalborg Værft , Ålborg No. 234	7915096	1981	Carnival Cruise Lines	Worked as Tropicale until 2000, changed to Costa Crociere within the group and as Costa Tropicale until 2005. Change to the P&O Cruises Australia brand. Sold to Pullmantur Cruises and since 2008 in service as Ocean Dream . Chartered with Peace Boat since 2012 .
Pacific Sun	2004 to 2012	Kockums Varv , Malmö No. 596	8314122	1986	Carnival Cruise Lines	Worked as a Jubilee until 2004, then moved to P&O Cruises Australia within the group. Sold on September 12, 2012 to the Chinese HNA Tourism Cruise and Yacht Management Co., Ltd. , used there as henna . Scrapped as Hen in Alang in 2017 .
Pacific Pearl	2010 to 2017	Chantiers de l'Atlantique , Saint-Nazaire No. B29	8611398	1989	Sitmar Cruises	Used as Sitmar FairMajesty , after being taken over by P&O at Princess Cruises as Star Princess . Conversion 1997 at Harland & Wolff and name change to Arcadia . From 2003 after another renovation as Ocean Village with the brand of the same name. In 2010 changed to the brand P&O Cruises Australia within the Carnival group. Columbus at CMV since 2017
Pacific Jewel	2009 to 2019	Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani, Monfalcone No. 5839	8521220	1990	Sitmar Cruises	commissioned by Sitmar, taken over by P&O , first assignment at Princess Cruises as Crown Princess , from 2002 to 2004 A'Rosa Blu , until 2007 AIDAblu at AIDA Cruises , until 2009 at Ocean Village as Ocean Village Two . After being sold as Karnika at the Indian Jalesh Cruses since 2019 .
Pacific Eden	November 2015 to 2019	Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani, Monfalcone No. 5881	8919245	1993	Holland America Line	Worked as Statendam until 2015. In November 2015, changed to the P&O Cruises Australia brand within the Carnival Group. Working as Vasco Da Gama for Transocean Cruises since 2019 .

swell

1. ^ P&O Cruises Australia: P&O Cruises to Launch Pacific Pearl in Auckland. (No longer available online.) In: Press release. October 18, 2009, archived from the original on November 17, 2015 ; accessed on November 13, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Carnival Corporation & plc: Western Australian Debut for Australia's Latest Ship Pacific Eden. In: press release. November 12, 2015, accessed November 13, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Carnival Corporation & plc: It's Time! The Transformation of Pacific Aria and Pacific Eden Begins. In: press release. November 12, 2015, accessed November 13, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Pascal Wepner: Princess Cruises surrenders the Dawn Princess to P&O Australia. In: Ships and Cruises. October 9, 2015, accessed November 13, 2015 . 
5. ^ Carnival Announces Newbuilds for Costa, Princess and P&O Australia. December 30, 2015, accessed December 30, 2015 . 
6. ↑ P&O CRUISES TO BUILD NEW CRUISE SHIP FOR AUSTRALIA. Accessed December 31, 2015 . 
7. ^ Golden Princess to Transfer to P&O Australia, Splendor Staying with Carnival. September 27, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017 . 
8. ^ Golden Princess to Become Pacific Adventure. September 26, 2018, accessed September 27, 2018 . 
9. ↑ P&O Cruises sells old "AIDA Blu" ( memento from 23 August 2018 in the Internet Archive ), Hansa International Maritime Journal, 23 August 2018.
10. ↑ M / S DAWN PRINCESS. . Retrieved June 20, 2017.
11. ^ T / S Fairsky. Retrieved March 25, 2016 . 
12. ^ M / S Jubilee. Retrieved March 25, 2016 . 

Web links

Commons : P&O Cruises Australia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• P&O Cruises Australia website