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Phoenix Reisen first begun operating cruises under its
own brand in 1988 when the company chartered the West
German-built cruise ship SS Maxim Gorkiy from the Soviet
Union-based Black Sea Shipping Company on a 20-year
charter agreement. In 1993 a second ship joined the
Phoenix Reisen fleet, when SS Albatros was chartered
from V-Ships. Unlike the Maxim Gorkiy, which retained
the colours of her owners in Phoenix service, the
Albatros was painted in Phoenix Reisen's own colours
with a turquoise funnel displaying the company logo.
Due to numerous mechanical problems, Phoenix Reisen
decided to prematurely terminate the charter of the
Albatros in December 2003. As a replacement Phoenix
quickly chartered MS Crown in January 2004, which was
renamed MS Albatros. In 2005 the company fleet expanded
to include three ships for the first time when MS
Alexander von Humboldt (2005) was chartered from
V-Ships. A fourth ship followed in 2006 with the charter
of MS Amadea, a higher-class vessel compared with the
rest of the Phoenix Reisen fleet. In 2008 the first
Alexander von Humboldt was replaced by a larger vessel
chartered from Club Cruise, confusingly also named MS
Alexander von Humboldt (before entering service the ship
was marketed as Alexander von Humboldt II, but she
eventually received the same name as the ship she
replaced). In late 2008 the charter of the Maxim Gorkiy
ended, and due to high fuel prices combined with the
high fuel consumption of the ship's steam turbines
Phoenix Reisen decided not to renew the charter. In May
2009 Phoenix Reisen chartered MS Athena from Nina SpA.
Another ship is joining the fleet of Phoenix Reisen
Cruises in 2011 - the ex-P&O Cruises Artemis.
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Cruise ships and itineraries:
Artania (ex-P&O Artemis,
ex-Princess Cruises Royal Princess, joins Phoenix
Reisen Cruises in 2011):
Bahamas
registered, built 1984, 44,348 gross tons, 1,196
passengers, 537 crew members.
Itineraries: Mediterranean/Madeira/Canary Islands
out of Genoa - Italy; Mediterranean/Canary
Islands/South America out of Genoa - Italy; South
America/Falklands out of Buenos Aires - Argentina;
South America/Panama Canal/Central America/Caribbean
out of Valparaiso - Chile; Caribbean/East Coast
USA/Bermuda out of montego Bay - Jamaica;
Caribbean/Transatlantic/Madeira/Mediterranean out of
La Romana - Dominican Republic. |
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Amadea (formerly MS
Asuka for NYK Cruises):
Bahamas
registered, built 1991, 28,856 gross tons, 624
passengers, 292 crew members.
Itineraries: Canary Islands/Brazil/Uruguay out of
Las Palmas - Grand Canaria; South America out of
Buenos Aires - Argentina; South Pacific out of
Valparaiso (Santiago) - Chile;
Australia/Philippines/Northeast Asia/Southeast Asia
out of Sydney - Australia; Sri
Lanka/Maldives/Seychelles/Arabia/Red
Sea/Mediterranean out of Colombo - Sri Lanka;
Mediterranean/Iberian Peninsular out of Nice -
France; Norwegian Fjords/Scandinavia/Russia out of
Hamburg - Germany; Norwegian
Fjords/Iceland/Spitzbergen out of Bremerhaven -
Germany; British Isles out of Bremerhaven - Germany;
Ireland/Transatlantic/Eastern Canada out of
Bremerhaven - Germany; Canada/New England/New
York/Bermuda/Azores/Madeira/Mediterranean out of
Montreal, QC; Mediterranean/North
Africa/Aegean/Middle East/Adriatic Sea out of Nice -
France; Mediterranean/Northern and Western Africa
out of Venice - Italy; Mediterranean/Red Sea/Middle
East out of Nice - France; Middle
East/India/Maldives/Southeast Asia out of Dubai -
UAE; Southeast Asia/Indonesia/Australia out of
Saigon - Vietnam; Australia/New Zealand/South
Pacific out of Sydney - Australia; Mexican
Riviera/Costa Rica/Panama Canal/Caribbean out of
Acapulco - Mexico; Bahamas/East Coast
USA/Bermuda/Madeira/Portugal out of Nassau -
Bahamas. |
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Alexander von Humboldt:
Bahamas
registered, built 1990, 15,343 gross tons, 559
passengers, 386 crew members.
Itineraries: Scandinavia/Russia out of Hamburg and
Bremerhaven - Germany; British Isles out of Hamburg
- Germany; Norwegian Fjords/Iceland/Spitzbergen out
of Bremerhaven - Germany; Western Europe/Iberian
Peninsular out of Bremerhaven - Germany;
Mediterranean/Egypt/Israel out of Nice - France;
Mediterranean/Red
Sea/Arabia/Seychelles/Africa/Falklands/Antarctica/South
America/Canary Islands out of Nice - France;
Seychelles/Madagascar/Africa out of Mahe -
Seychelles; Transatlantic/Falklands/Antarctica/ out
of Cape Town - RSA; Falklands/Antarctica/South
America out of Ushuaia - Argentina;
Brazil/Transatlantic/Western, Northern Africa/Canary
Islands/Iberian Peninsular out of Rio de Janeiro -
Brazil.
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Albatros:
Bahamas registered, built 1973,
21,848 gross
tons, 812 passengers, 386 crew members.
Itineraries: Madeira/Caribbean out of Funchal -
Madeira; Caribbean/Panama Canal/Central America out
of Santo Domingo - Dominican Republic; Mexican
Riviera/West Coast USA/Hawaii/South Pacific/ out of
Acapulco - Mexico; South Pacific/Australia out of
Papeete (Tahiti) - French Polynesia; Australia/Bali
out of Brisbane - Australia; Indonesia/Southeast
Asia/India out of Bali - Indonesia; Southeast
Asia/India/Arabia out of Singapore; Arabia/Red
Sea/Northern Africa/Mediterranean out of Dubai -
UAE; Mediterranean/Iberian Peninsular/Western Europe
out of Genoa - Italy; Baltic Countries out of
Bremerhaven - Germany; Norwegian
Fjords/Iceland/Spitzbergen out of Bremerhaven -
Germany; Icelnad/Greenland out of Bremerhaven -
Germany; Mediterranean/Aegean/Black Sea out of Genoa
- Italy; Mediterranean/Northern Africa/ out of Genoa
- Italy; 140 days World Cruise. |
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Minerva:
Bahamas registered, built 1989, 12,500 gross tons,
394 (198 for Antarctica), passengers, 146 crew
members.
Itineraries: Antarctica/South America out of Ushuaia
- Argentina; Brazil/Western Africa/Canary
Islands/Northern Africa out of Rio de Janeiro -
Brazil. |
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