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“Electric sailing ship” – the so-called three-masted schooner will be 63.50 meters long and 10 meters wide, with a height of 5.35 meters to the main deck. (more…)
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The Brodosplit shipyard is continuing to face significant problems, but it seems that a saviour has come at the last moment in the form of a contract between the famous Dalmatian shipyard and the American Storylines company. (more…)
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Brodosplit shipyard symbolically marked the beginning of the consolidation and joining of sheets to produce sections of a zero-emission passenger ship with electric generator propulsion. (more…)
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Quark Expeditions took ownership today of the highly-anticipated polar vessel, Ultramarine. (more…)
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Storylines confirmed the expected delivery timeline of their new-build residential ship to be in 2024, engineering has commenced with the first steel cutting expected later this year. (more…)
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Launch of m/v Janssonius (Credit: Morski HR)
Today Dutch polar travel company Oceanwide Expeditions celebrates the ship launch of its new Polar Class 6 vessel, m/v Janssonius, from Brodosplit Shipyards in Split, Croatia. (more…)
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Ultramarine – Maiden voyage and dry-docking
On the afternoon of December 18th, Brodosplit Hull 487, a passenger ship for polar expeditions which will be named “Ultramarine”, set sail for her maiden voyage to be docked at Viktor Lenac. (more…)
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Quark Expeditions’ Ultramarine
On December 18th, Hull 487, a passenger ship for polar expeditions which will be named “Ultramarine”, set sail for her maiden voyage to be docked at Viktor Lenac. (more…)
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The Norwegian shipyard Kleven Verft, which at the beginning of this year it was bought by the Croatian group DIV will file for bankruptcy. (more…)
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The Croatian industrial group DIV, owner of local Brodosplit shipyard, announces that the World’s largest Square-rigged Sailing Vessel, built as Brodosplit 483 (Former Flying Clipper), will be re-named, rebranded, and operated by the British cruise company Tradewind Voyages UK Ltd. (more…)
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Yesterday Oceanwide Expeditions’ newest vessel m/v Janssonius had its keel-laying ceremony, the traditional shipbuilding event that marks the official “birthday” of a vessel. (more…)
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Ultramarine Launched at Brodosplit (Credit: EdoStuff Aviation)
The launching of the polar expedition ship Ultramarine contracted with the US company Quark Expeditions, a member of Travelopia Group at the Brodosplit shipyard (Split, Croatia) under the build number 487. (more…)
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A news report out of Croatia says the Flying Clipper has an owner. “As we find out in Brodosplit, the ship has been sold, and the new owners of the Flying Clipper will be revealed soon,” 24sata reported. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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As announced last July, Oceanwide Expeditions has ordered a new built Polar Class 6 ship: M/v “Janssonius”. She will have the same passenger capacity as Hondius (174), a nearly identical size and design, and will be a Polar Class 6 ice-strengthened vessel equivalent to a 1A super ice-class ship. (more…)
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For the first time, a coin ceremony was held at Brodosplit where the coin was welded to the keel of a polar cruise ship which will carry the name “Ultramarine”. (more…)
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Flying Clipper (Credit: Siniša Aljinović)
On Monday, the Flying Clipper embarked on its first tour to Hvar thanks to the organizers of the Ultra Europe Festival. Over the next four days, the Flying Clipper will sail the organizers of Ultra Europe, dozens of foreign journalists and party leaders to visit the festival events on the islands of Brač, Hvar and Vis.
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Quark Expeditions has revealed more details on its 199-guest Ultramarine, a newbuild set to launch in time for the 2020-2021 Antarctica season. Quark has shown off new exterior and interior renderings for the vessel, currently under construction at Brodosplit in Croatia. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Due to the success of our new Polar Class 6 ship, Hondius, Oceanwide Expeditions has ordered a sister ship built by the same manufacturer: M/v Janssonius is scheduled to be completed in October, 2021. (more…)
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Oceanwide Expeditions will build a second new ship for a October 2021 delivery, said Wijnand Van Gessel, owner, in an interview with Cruise Industry News. “We have had a good experience with the shipyard, working with them as a partner,” said Van Gessel, speaking via phone from the yard. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Brodosplit has been selected as the strategic partnership to restructure Uljanik shipyard in Croatia, according to a statement issued Thursday. The decision was made at a meeting of the shipyard’s management and supervisory boards on Thursday. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Quark Expeditions, the leader in polar adventures for three decades, celebrated the steel-cutting of its pioneering new ship today (Jan.28), launching an exciting new chapter in polar exploration. (more…)
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Brodosplit and Fincantieri have put together a joint bid to takeover and restructure the financially troubled Uljanik shipyard in Croatia, according to news reports. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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The all-new Hondius passenger ship is set to launch in the summer of 2019. The ship will be the first registered Polar Class 6 cruise ship in the world. Hondius has been set to structurally and technologically that has been optimized to respond to polar weather and wildlife conditions. (more…)
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Brodosplit has entered into an agreement to construct a groundbreaking new polar expedition ship for Quark Expeditions, a member of the Travelopia group and the Leader in Polar Adventures. (more…)
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Oceanwide Expeditions is one step closer to taking delivery of its first newbuild ship as the 196-guest Hondius touched water for the first time today (June 09) at Brodosplit Shipyard in Croatia. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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It was mere weeks ago that our vessel-to-be Hondius consisted of nothing more than a couple of great brown blocks of cross-sectioned steel. Now, we can already see the contours of what will be one of the most flexible and specialized Polar expedition vessels in the world.
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Hondius: the new standard in polar exploration
The new Hondius from Oceanwide Expeditions is launching in time for the summer 2019 Arctic season, according to the cruise company. The 196-guest ship is being built by Croatia’s Brodosplit shipyard. Oceanwide, a Holland-based expedition cruise company, recently showed off the first official interior renderings of the 6,300-ton ship. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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“Hondius is the first polar class of cruise ships “LR PC6” that will be produced in the world. Construction of passenger ships is the segment where European and Croatian shipyards can compete. This project has definitely positioned Brodosplit in polar expedition vessels market”, said Tomislav Debeljak, CEO of Brodosplit. (more…)
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Oceanwide Expeditions will take delivery of the new 196-passenger Hondius on May 2, 2019, according to the company. The new expedition ship is being built at Croatia’s Brodosplit shipyard and will carry Polar Class 6 designation, making it suitable for extreme operations in the Arctic and Antarctica. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Polar expedition passenger ship Hondius will be the first vessel to be built to class “LR PC6”, meeting the latest and highest demands of Lloyd’s Register for “Polar Class 6” vessels, the highest Polar Class notation for ice-strengthened vessels. (more…)
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