April 5, 2023
SH Diana en-route for inaugural season commencing 25 April
Third and largest ship in the elegant ice-class Swan Hellenic fleet is now on her way to the Mediterranean, where cultural expedition cruising began
Read More…January 26, 2023
SH Diana on schedule for mid-April 2023 launch
Swan Hellenic’s newest and largest ship in its ultramodern 5-star vessels, SH Diana, was floated out of dry dock at Helsinki Shipyard this week.
Read More…July 11, 2022
SH Vega officially named and en route to Tromsø, Norway for inaugural sailing
Swan Hellenic has accepted delivery of its second ice-class expedition cruise ship, SH Vega, from the Helsinki Shipyard. The sister-ship to SH Minerva is now on her way to Norway and her first cultural expedition cruise of the Arctic, an 11-day exploration of the Svalbard Archipelago, departing Tromsø on 20 July 2022.
Read More…June 21, 2022
SH Vega set to go to auction up for auction
Helsinki Shipyard, the company tasked with building three new ships for Swan Hellenic, is inviting tenders for the sale of the second newbuild expedition cruise ship ‘Hull No 517’ (otherwise known as SH Vega).
Read More…February 14, 2022
SH Vega is earmarked for launch in late May 2022
Swan Hellenic’s second ship, SH Vega, was floated out of dry dock at the Helsinki Shipyard late last week. SH Vega is the “twin-ship” of SH Minerva, launched at the end of 2021 and now exploring Antarctica.
Read More…December 10, 2021
Inaugural expedition adjustment, now a 10-day New Year cruise
Swan Hellenic’s new ship, SH Minerva, has this week departed Helsinki for Argentina and her first cultural expedition cruise of Antarctica.
Read More…November 24, 2021
First two expeditions cancelled as new ice-class ship prepares for positioning voyage
Swan Hellenic has confirmed the cancellation of the first two voyages of its new ship, SH Minerva, as exclusively foreshadowed by LATTE.
Read More…November 23, 2021
Reborn cruise line’s debut this month appears in doubt
Swan Hellenic appears to have cancelled the first two sailing of its new five-star expedition ship, SH Minerva, scheduled to operate in Antarctica in the coming weeks.
Read More…June 24, 2021
SH Minerva emerges from dry dock in Helsinki, as SH Vega floats in
The first ship in the reborn Swan Hellenic’s fleet, SH Minerva, has emerged from dry dock at the Helsinki Shipyard in Finland.
Read More…February 15, 2021
SH Vega named after the first vessel to navigate the Arctic Northeast Passage
Swan Hellenic will name its second of three new polar expedition ships SH Vega.
Read More…October 22, 2020
PC6 ice-class vessel to carry 40 more passengers than its Vega Class sister ships
Swan Hellenic has inked a deal with Helsinki Shipyard for the order of a third Vega Class expedition cruise vessel, to be delivered in late 2022.
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