Tagged: NYK – Asuka Cruise

NYK’s Asuka Cruises is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the launch of the Asuka II with a live photo essay and a special cruise to Southeast Asia. (more…)

NYK Cruises has unveiled its early 2026 schedule for Asuka III, the first new passenger ship to be launched by the Japanese cruise line in 34 years. (more…)

The Asuka II recently completed 35 years of cruising after entering service for Crystal Cruises on June 21, 1990. (more…)

Japan’s NYK Cruises Co. showed the interior of the Asuka III, its first newly built cruise ship in 34 years, to the press for the first time Friday. (more…)

The ASUKA III, the largest Japan-flagged cruise ship, has successfully completed its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering operation at Singapore Cruise Centre. (more…)

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (“NYK Line”), and NYK CRUISES CO, and Oriental Land Co. have concluded a basic business partnership agreement concerning Oriental Land’s Japan-based cruise services, which the company aims to launch in fiscal 2028. (more…)

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…)

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…)

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)

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)

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)

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)