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Dutch polar tour operator Oceanwide Expeditions has opened its Antarctica 2023-24 program for bookings, including in the program some of its most ambitious itineraries to date. (more…)
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When Oceanwide Expeditions vessel Plancius ports in Stanley this Friday, she will be the first cruise ship to visit the Falklands since the islands reopened its ports to tourism. (more…)
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Argentina’s borders will open November 1, marking the first time we have been able to resume expedition cruises in the southern polar regions since the outbreak of the pandemic, said Oceanwide Expeditions. (more…)
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“Today we’re proud to join once more in AECO’s Cleanup for Sarah campaign, which invites participants to remove litter from nature in memory of environmental agent Sarah Auffret”, said Oceanwide in a press release. (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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Bolster Investment Partners has acquired a minority stake of 25% in Oceanwide Expeditions, a market-leading specialist in expedition cruises to Antarctica and the Arctic. Bolster will support Oceanwide Expeditions in realizing its growth ambitions. (more…)
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“It is with great sadness that we report the passing of one of our most longstanding captains, Alexey Nazarov, who died suddenly and unexpectedly near his home in Russia yesterday. He was 42 years old”. (more…)
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The Ultimate Polar Pack List (The Expedition Guide 1)
Oceanwide’s new video series, “The Expedition Guide”, addresses some of the most essential topics of polar expedition travel, instructing both first-time and returning passengers on how to get the most out of their Arctic or Antarctic voyage. (more…)
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FCleanup for Sarah Auffret
In memory of Sarah Auffret, AECO’s environmental agent who tragically passed away March last year, Oceanwide Expeditions took part in an AECO-organized waste removal effort known as Cleanup for Sarah on June 16, her birthday. (more…)
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Oceanwide Honored to Help Local Foodbanks
Oceanwide is donating all food that won’t keep until the next travel season to Walcheren Food Bank, located in the southwestern Dutch province of Zeeland. (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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“We proudly present our 365 days all year round Arctic program. Dates & Rates for Arctic 2021 are now available for Hondius (170 passengers), Ortelius, Plancius (both with 108 passengers), Rembrandt van Rijn (33 passengers), and Noorderlicht (20 passengers).” (more…)
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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 third time in as many years, Oceanwide Expeditions has achieved helicopter landings at Snow Hill Island, hiking our passengers to the rarely visited emperor penguin colony there. (more…)
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Oceanwide Expeditions is packed, prepped, and fully primed for the 2020 Antarctic season, having made a series of key upgrades to its three m/v cruisers, Plancius, Ortelius, and Hondius. (more…)
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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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The first walk on board Hondius
After more than two years in construction, Hondius is scheduled to sail from Split, Croatia, on its maiden voyage for Vlissingen, Netherlands, where the Oceanwide Expeditions headquarters is located. (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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To celebrate our 25th year of proud polar expeditions, we’re launching a contest starting this January. Check out our long list of amazing polar prizes. (more…)
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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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Yesterday Oceanwide Expeditions (Nov. 22) reached the remote emperor penguin colony on Snow Hill Island for the second year running. Using the helicopters staged aboard its vessel Ortelius, Oceanwide flew passengers to this rarely visited Antarctic location, then led small hiking groups toward the site – one of the largest breeding colonies of the world’s most iconic penguin species. (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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Dutch operator Oceanwide Expeditions is expanding their partnership with Rescompany Systems Ltd, to now include on-board Point of Sale and Property Management systems technology. The expedition cruise line already utilises Resco’s Central Reservations and Customer Relationship Management systems, as well as the Resco Web API to handle online bookings. (more…)
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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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The cancellation of all flights from Ascension Island has forced passengers to remain onboard Atlantic Odyssey voyages from Oceanwide Expeditions. (travelagentcentral.com)
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Since 1996, Oceanwide Expeditions has been taking passengers deep into the Arctic and Antarctica on voyages that focus on wildlife, nature and activities. (more…)
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Oceanwide Expeditions applauds the adoption of the Ross Sea region marine protected area recently adopted by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) and strongly supports more areas of protection. (more…)
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The Hondius will be the strongest ice-strengthened vessel in the Polar regions. It is being built in Croatia by shipbuilder Brodosplit and will be available to customers in 2019. (expeditioncruising.com)
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Shippax announced on November 14 that the company behind the Brodosplit newbuilding order probably is Oceanwide Expeditions. Indeed, the Dutch company has confirmed the order of an innovative 180-passenger vessel. (shippax.com)
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Oceanwide Expeditions is celebrating the news that the Ross Sea will become the world’s largest marine protected area by offering discounts on its two upcoming trips to this vast Antarctic wilderness. (more…)
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Tourists of the “Eco Volunteer, North Spitsbergen” trip organized by Oceanwide Expeditions have been cleaning the beaches of Northwest Spitsbergen. Tourists on this specially-designed cruise spend half of their cruise cleaning beaches of detritus washed up by the tide. (more…)
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Last weekend, the Artic expedition cruise ship Ortelius (formerly Marina Svetaeva IMO 8509181) experienced an engine failure in Hinlopenstretet, near Vaigattøyane, and had to be towed back to Longyearbyen, according to a newspaper in Norway. (expeditioncruising.com)
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After successful exploration runs in 2013 and 2015 the Dutch polar cruise company Oceanwide Expeditions has announced two new expeditions to the Ross Sea in 2017. (more…)
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Oceanwide Expeditions launches a brand new activity in polar adventure travel. The vessel owner & operator will offer an ultimate chance for conditioned trail runners to participate in a remote Arctic trail running scout trip in East Greenland in September 2016. (more…)
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Oceanwide Expeditions completed the first “Cleaning the Shores of Svalbard” trip of the Svalbard cruise industry.
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Oceanwide Expeditions vessels m/v Ortelius, m/v Plancius, and s/v Rembrandt van Rijn are known as comfortable floating basecamps operating in the remote polar regions of Spitsbergen, Greenland and Antarctica. (more…)
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