Maritime History

• Carol sent in a great listener Question “I was looking through old photos and found some of my grandfather on board the SS Sontay in 1945. I believe the ship was a converted passenger ship transporting troops back to the UK from Adelaide after World War 2”.
• “Do you know anything about the ship, line or what was involved in converting a ship for troop use and back?”

Cruise News

• Royal Caribbean reached the next construction milestone, when Odyssey of the Seas was floated out and prepared for fit out in Papenburg, Germany. Meanwhile in Singapore, Quantum of the Seas, commenced her first short cruise from Singapore for Singaporeans.
• Ponant ads six new sailings in 2021, 3 in the Kimberley and 3 to/from Fremantle onboard Le Soleal.
•               30 Jun 21 – Darwin to Broome – 10nts
•               10 Jul 21 – Broome to Darwin – 10nts
•               10 Sep 21 – Darwin to Broome – 12nts
•               22 Sep 21 – Broome to Fremantle – 10nts
•               2 Oct 21 – Fremantle return – 8nts
•               10 Oct 21 – Fremantle return – 7nts
• Norwegian Cruise Line commences the 1-year countdown to the arrival of Norwegian Spirit to Australia next year.
• Celebrity Cruises  reveals 2022 deployment in Alaska
•               Celebrity Eclipse from Vancouver
•               Celebrity Solstice from Seattle
•               Celebrity Millennium Vancouver to Seward and vv.
• Hurtigruten’s Lofoten to be retired from 2021
• Fincantieri (Italian ship builder) to build a shipyard in Mexico.
• Princess announces Medallion will be fleetwide in 2021 using the downtime to roll out the game-changing technology across the fleet.

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