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The first new cruise ship built to sail under the Japanese flag in nearly 35 years was floated at the Papenburg, Germany shipyard of Meyer Werft. Named Asuka III, she is part of a wave of expansion for the Japanese cruise market. (more…)
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NYK Group’s Asuka Cruise will offer a world cruise onboard the Asuka II next year, with a 103-night itinerary scheduled to sail roundtrip from Japan on Mar. 31, 2025. (more…)
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Asuka Cruises is launching a limited-edition original label beer named Asuka Cruise Beer. According to the Japanese cruise operator, the canned beverage was created in partnership with Yokohama Beer, one of the most traditional beer companies in the city of Yokohama. (more…)
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Meyer Werft and NYK Cruises today (12.12.2023) celebrated the traditional keel-laying ceremony for the new cruise ship ASUKA III. (more…)
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Construction of the new cruise ship for NYK Cruises, a company of the Japanese ship-ping group NYK, has now begun at MEYER WERFT with the symbolic steel cutting ceremony. (more…)
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Japan’s Nippon Yusen (9101.T) subsidiary NYK Cruises Co said on Friday that its luxury cruise ship “Asuka II” was returning to port after a passenger tested positive for the coronavirus. (reuters.com)
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The Japanese cruise shipping company NYK Cruises and Meyer Werft have signed a contract for the construction of a new cruise ship. (more…)
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The owner of Japan’s largest cruise ship, Asuka II, said Wednesday it will build an even bigger yet eco-friendly 51,950-ton ship with completion aimed for 2025, anticipating a post-pandemic recovery in travel demand. (english.kyodonews.net)
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NYK Cruises has announced the Asuka II will sail a world cruise in 2020, departing on April 2, 2020 and returning on July 14 for a 103-day sailing roundtrip from Yokohama. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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NYK’s Asuka Cruise brand will pull in its deployment for 2017, staying a bit closer to home aboard the luxury 50,142-ton, 872-passenger Asuka II as there was no world cruise planned at press time. This follows in the footsteps of other Japanese brands and guest preferences. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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The Heraklion Port in Greece hosted a warm welcome event for passengers on the Asuka II as the Japanese ship was in port during her world voyage. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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