DouroAzul River Cruise Fleet

DouroAzul operates 13 river cruise vessels on Portugal’s Douro River. Currently they have one vessel on charter to another cruise operator, AMA Waterways. Douro Princess (1996) Spirit of Chartwell (1997) Douro Prince (1999) Douro Queen (2004) Douro Cruiser (2004) Douro Spirit (2011) AMA Vida (2013) On charter to AMA Waterways Queen Isabel (2013) Enigma (Yacht) … Read more

Nicko Cruises

Nicko Cruises operates 25 cruise vessels, mostly river, but a couple of ocean-going cruise ships as well. This cruise brand operates under the Mystic Invest Holding umbrella. Facts About Nicko Cruises In July 2015, Nicko Cruises (formerly Nicko Tours) was bought by Mystic Invest after Nicko Cruises had filed for bankruptcy in 2013. Mystic Invest … Read more

Aqua Expeditions Fleet

Aqua Expeditions operates four small boutique cruise ships with another superyacht scheduled to begin sailing in 2022. Aqua Mekong (2014) Aria Amazon (2010) Aqua Blu (Built 1968; Converted 2006; Refurbished 2019) Aqua Nera (Built 2020; Inaugural 2021) Aqua Mare (Built 1998; refurbished 2021; Inaugural 2022) Updated: November 1, 2021

Pacific Valiant

Pacific Valiant Inc. (PVI) is a manning agency in the Philippines that supplies crew for deck, engine and hotel operations. Currently they provide crew for Miami-based Cruise Management International (CMI) and CMI Leisure. In October 2015, CMI Leisure and Cruise Management International took over contracts previously managed by FleetPro. Address: Pacific Valiant 6th Floor King’s … Read more

Poseidon Expeditions

Poseidon Expeditions is one of the leading providers of polar expeditions in the cruise industry. They operate three expedition vessels on cruises to the North Pole, the Arctic and Antarctica. They market their expedition cruises globally and hire an international crew through a third-party concessionaire. History of Poseidon Expeditions Founded in 1999 as a tour … Read more

SunStone Ships

Miami-based SunStone Ships represents and commercially manages a fleet of cruise and expedition ships available for charters to tour operators and travel companies worldwide. They will have another four expedition Polar-class ships debut in 2022. Fleet of Vessels Under Charter or Available for Charter Ocean Adventurer (Built 1975; Chartered to Quark Expeditions) Ocean Nova (Built … Read more

Clipper Group

Although The Clipper Group’s primary business is operating their large fleet of cargo ships, the company manages and operates one cruise ship, called Gemini. In the summer of 2015, the 210-passenger ship, Saint Laurent struck a lock while navigating the St. Lawrence Seaway, resulting in cancelled cruises. The St. Laurent was chartered by Haimark Line … Read more