Viking River Cruises
Viking River Cruises AG
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legal form | Corporation |
founding | 1997 |
Seat | Basel , Switzerland |
management | Torstein Hagen ( CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors ) |
Number of employees | 1,700 |
sales | > USD 200 million |
Branch | tourism |
Website | www.vikingrivercruises.com |
Viking River Cruises AG is a global provider of river cruises . The company's headquarters are in Basel , Switzerland . Until the end of 2013 there was a German branch in Cologne , Viking Flusskreuzfahrten GmbH . It was closed because the company's strategy is to focus on the more lucrative English-speaking markets. Viking River Cruises is one of the world's largest river cruise companies. In 2006 it had sales of over $ 200 million. Worldwide there are 1700 employees on board and ashore.
Companies
Torstein Hagen, later General Director and President of the Board of Directors (as of end of 2019), founded Viking River Cruises in Russia in 1997 .
In its first business year, the company operated four ships on various Russian rivers. 1999–2001 followed a new building program with eight river cruisers. In January 2000, Viking also took over KD Deutsche Flusskreuzfahrten with its nine ships from Cologne-Düsseldorfer and expanded the range to include Ukrainian and French rivers as well as the Danube , Elbe , Rhine , Main and Moselle . In 2001 the company moved to the USA with the opening of an office in Los Angeles. 2004 launched the first Viking river cruise ship on the Yangtze River in China. In October 2006 the Egyptian Nile was added. In Egypt, Viking River Cruises cooperated with Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts and used the Mövenpick M / S Royal Lotus as a Nile cruise ship for its guests , and from November 2007 the Mövenpick M / S Royal Lily . In the meantime, there are no more Mövenpick ships on the road for Viking River Cruises in Egypt.
In 2006 two new ships went into service: in February 2006 the Viking Century Su for trips on the Yangtze and in March 2006 the Viking Helvetia for use on the Rhine.
The Viking Legend sailed in May 2009 for the US -Markt the rivers Rhine, Main and Danube. According to the shipping company , the Viking Legend is the first inland cruise ship with diesel-electric propulsion in this sailing area to have around 20 percent less fuel consumption and operate with low noise.
The Viking Mekong was designed as the largest and best ship on the Mekong. It has been sailing rivers in Vietnam and Cambodia since January 2010 and has deluxe cabins and suites for 120 passengers. In addition, the Viking company operated river cruises on Lake Nasser in Egypt between 2009 and 2018 . As on the Nile, the company cooperated with Mövenpick and offered a river cruise on the Mövenpick M / S Prince Abbas .
In mid-September 2008, Viking River Cruises won an important legal dispute. The 1st Chamber of Commerce of the Regional Court of Cologne ruled that Viking Flusskreuzfahrten GmbH is the sole owner of the rights to the KD trademark for the river cruises sector. Thus, KD AG , which had used the brand for its river cruise line, was defeated (AZ: 81 O 223/07).
In spring 2013, Klaus Zimmer and Alfonso Escobar took over the management of Viking Flusskreuzfahrten GmbH from Guido Laukamp, who left the company. In 2015, the offshore division Viking Ocean Cruises started with the first ship, the Viking Star . The fleet is expected to grow to eight ships by 2022.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic , Viking River Cruises announced the temporary cessation of operations until May 2020.
Cruises on several continents
Cruises are offered in Europe , Russia / Ukraine , Egypt and People's Republic of China . The main rivers in Europe are the Rhine , Elbe , Main , Danube , Moselle , Seine , Dnepr , Volga , Rhone and Douro . The Main-Danube Canal is also used to connect the river system of the Rhine with the Danube . In North Africa the Nile and the Nasser Sea are navigated. In China, Viking passenger ships are in use on the Yangtze , in Southeast Asia on the Irrawaddy and the Mekong . The focus of the trips are the landscapes and cultural assets. Accordingly, numerous UNESCO World Heritage sites are included in the timetables and programs.
fleet
In Europe, the Viking River Cruises fleet mainly consists of almost identical ships of one series, the Viking Longships , which have been delivered since 2012. In 2018, 48 ships of this series were in service, and six more were added in 2019. From KfW IPEX-Bank's financing package for these twelve vehicles, it can be concluded that each ship cost around 24 million euros.
Europe
Surname | Construction year | image | commitment |
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Viking Aegir | 2012 | Rhine , Main , Danube | |
Viking Alruna | 2016 | Rhine | |
Viking Alsvin | 2014 | Rhine , Main , Danube | |
Viking Astrild | 2015 | Elbe | |
Viking Atla | 2013 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Baldur | 2013 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Bestla | 2014 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Beyla | 2015 | Elbe | |
Viking Bragi | 2013 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Buri | 2014 | Rhone | |
Viking Delling | 2014 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Egil | 2016 | Rhine , Main , Danube | |
Viking Einar | 2019 | Rhine | |
Viking Eir | 2015 | Rhine , Main , Danube | |
Viking Eistla | 2014 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Embla | 2012 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Forseti | 2013 | Rhône | |
Viking Freya | 2012 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Gefjon | 2015 | Rhine , Main , Danube | |
Viking Gullveig | 2014 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Heimdal | 2014 | Rhône | |
Viking Helvetia | 2006 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Hemming | 2014 | Douro | |
Viking Hermod | 2014 | Rhône | |
Viking Hlín | 2014 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Idi | 2014 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Idun | 2012 | Rhine, Main, Moselle , Danube | |
Viking Ingvi | 2014 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Jarl | 2013 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Kadlin | 2016 | His | |
Viking Kara | 2014 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Kvasir | 2014 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Legend | 2009 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Lif | 2014 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Lofn | 2015 | Rhine , Main , Danube | |
Viking Magni | 2013 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Mani | 2015 | Rhine , Main , Danube | |
Viking Mimir | 2015 | Rhine , Main , Danube | |
Viking modes | 2015 | Rhine , Main , Danube | |
Viking Neptune | 2001 | His | |
Viking Njord | 2012 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Odin | 2012 | Rhine, Main, Moselle, Danube | |
Viking Osfrid | 2016 | Douro | |
Viking Prestige | 2011 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Pride | 2001 | His | |
Viking Rinda | 2013 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Rolf | 2016 | His | |
Viking Schumann | 1991 | Elbe | |
Viking Sigrun | 2019 | ||
Viking Sigyn | 2019 | Danube | |
Viking Skadi | 2013 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Skirnir | 2015 | Rhine , Main , Danube | |
Viking Sky | 1998 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking spirit | 2002 | His | |
Viking Sun | 2005 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Tialfi | 2016 | Rhine | |
Viking Tir | 2019 | ||
Viking gate | 2013 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Torgil | 2014 | Douro | |
Viking Ullur | 2019 | ||
Viking Vali | 2019 | ||
Viking var | 2013 | Rhine, Main, Danube | |
Viking Ve | 2015 | Rhine , Main , Danube | |
Viking Vidar | 2015 | Rhine , Main , Danube | |
Viking Vilhjalm | 2016 | Danube | |
Viking Vili | 2015 | Rhine , Main , Danube |
Russia and Ukraine
Surname | Construction year | image | commitment |
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Viking Akun | 1987 | Volga | |
Viking Helgi | 1984 | Volga | |
Viking Ingvar | 1990 | Volga | |
Viking Rurik | 1975 | Volga | |
Viking Truvor | 1987 | Volga |
China and Southeast Asia
Surname | Construction year | image | commitment |
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Viking Emerald | 2011 | Yangtze River | |
Viking Mandalay | Irrawaddy | ||
Viking Mekong | Mekong | ||
Viking Orient | Irrawaddy |
Egypt
Surname | Construction year | image | commitment |
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MS Omar El Khayam | 2008 | Nile , Lake Nasser | |
MS Mayfair | 2010 | Nile, Lake Nasser |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Viking River Cruises: End of the year. touristik-aktuell, April 29, 2013, accessed on August 17, 2020 .
- ^ A b Franz Neumeier: Viking River Cruises closes at the end of 2013. Cruisetricks.de, April 29, 2013, accessed February 10, 2014 .
- ↑ Viking press release on litigation against KD
- ↑ FINCANTIERI TO BUILD 2 ADDITIONAL SHIPS FOR VIKING OCEAN CRUISES. April 18, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Princess Cruises is also temporarily suspending all cruises.
- ↑ Viking Cruises cancels cruises until May, passengers report.
- ↑ American tourists on Europe's waterways . KfW IPEX-Bank. July 3, 2013. Archived from the original on February 10, 2014. Retrieved on February 10, 2014.
- ↑ New river cruise ships for tourists on Europe's waterways . KfW IPEX-Bank. February 7, 2014. Archived from the original on February 9, 2014. Retrieved on February 9, 2014.
- ↑ a b c d The Viking Fleet. vikingrivercruises.co.uk, accessed March 20, 2020 .