SeaFrance Molière, nouveau ferry sur Calais Douvres,Le

SeaFrance Molière, nouveau
ferry sur Calais Douvres
Le SeaFrance Molière, seul navire de plus de 200 m sur la
Manche, a accueilli ses premiers clients touristes, le 1er
octobre 2008.
Depuis le 19 août, le SeaFrance Molière était exploité comme
fréteur à trois voyages jour, puis à cinq voyages après
l’incendie dans le tunnel sous la Manche.
Avec une capacité de 110 camions ou 480 voitures et 1 200
passagers, le SeaFrance Molière peut désormais accueillir la
clientèle tourisme dans ses deux ponts garages et ses 2 500 m²
d’espaces passagers : Boutique, Pub, Brasserie, Relais, Bar
Latitudes, bureau de change.
Le SeaFrance Molière renforce l’offre tourisme constituée du
SeaFrance Rodin mis en service en novembre 2001 et du
SeaFrance Berlioz entré en flotte en avril 2005.
Ces trois ferries assurent quinze départs quotidiens de Calais
et de Douvres.
Le SeaFrance Molière en ferry remplace le SeaFrance Cézanne
qui devient fréteur comme le SeaFrance Nord-Pas de Calais et
le SeaFrance Renoir.
Les réservations se font sur seafrance.com ou au 0825 826 000.
Le SeaFrance Renoir reprend
du service sur Calais Douvres
Pour répondre aux trafics supplémentaires aux
ports de Calais et de Douvres consécutifs
à l’incendie du tunnel sous la Manche,
SeaFrance a décidé de remettre en service
le SeaFrance Renoir dès demain, mercredi 17
septembre 2008.
« SeaFrance veut offrir de la capacité là où elle est
nécessaire. Le SeaFrance Renoir
effectuera trois allers-retours aux heures de pointe de
l’après midi, les mardi, mercredi, jeudi
et vendredi. SeaFrance assurera ainsi une meilleure fluidité
des trafics et maintiendra
sa qualité de service tant pour le fret que pour le tourisme»,
a expliqué Eudes Riblier,
Président du Directoire de SeaFrance.
Le
et
et
Il
SeaFrance Renoir partira de Calais à 14h45, 18h 45, 22h45
de Douvres à 15h45, 19h45
23h45 heures locales.
renforce l’offre fret déjà améliorée par les rotations
supplémentaires du SeaFrance Molière
dès vendredi dernier.
SeaFrance va ainsi opérer six navires, trois ferries et trois
fréteurs et réaliser 56 traversées
dont trente ouvertes au tourisme :
-SeaFrance Berlioz: 120 camions ou 700 voitures par traversée
-SeaFrance Rodin : 120 camions ou 700 voitures par traversée
-SeaFrance Cézanne : 78 camions ou 480 voitures par traversée
-SeaFrance Nord-Pas de Calais : 85 camions par traversée
-SeaFrance Molière : 110 camions par traversée
-SeaFrance Renoir : 45 camions par traversée
En 2007, SeaFrance a transporté 3 733 500 passagers, 722 600
voitures, 22 000 autocars
et 760 600 camions.
Les réservations tourisme se font sur seafrance.com ou au 0825
826 000 et pour le fret
au 03 21 46 80 01.
Celebrity Cruises Announces
New Deployment
Celebrity Cruises today announced new itineraries for
Celebrity Millennium and Celebrity Mercury, presenting guests
with new cruise vacation options from the historic coastal
cities of Baltimore, Maryland, and Charleston, South Carolina,
along with the brand’s popular Caribbean cruises from San
Juan, Puerto Rico. Correspondingly, the line announced plans
to discontinue its Australia and New Zealand cruises
previously scheduled for late-2009 and 2010 on Celebrity
Millennium.
“Australia and New Zealand are charming and beautiful
destinations, and we’re confident we’ll return again as our
brand and fleet grows,” said Celebrity’s President & CEO Dan
Hanrahan. “Currently, though, our travel agent partners and
guests have repeatedly said they want more options to sail
with Celebrity from the Eastern seaboard, where our brand was
founded, and still has a very large and loyal base of
cruisers. So, we’re pleased to present some very attractive
new cruise vacations from that region.”
CELEBRITY MILLENNIUM TAKES ON CELEBRITY MERCURY’S TERRITORY
The 2,038-guest Celebrity Millennium will cap its 2009 season
in Alaska with cruises previously scheduled for the 1,898guest Celebrity Mercury, offering more capacity on the popular
sailings. The itineraries will reflect those previously
announced for Celebrity Mercury, with the addition of a 12night wine-themed cruise departing from Vancouver on September
28, 2009, followed by an eastbound, 16-night Panama Canal
cruise on October 10, 2009, from San Diego to San Juan, where
Celebrity Millennium will offer a series of 10- and 11-night
Southern Caribbean cruises roundtrip from San Juan, beginning
October 26, 2009. Ports of call on the Southern Caribbean
itineraries include Tortola, St. Maarten, St. Lucia, Barbados,
Grenada, Curacao, Aruba, St. Croix, St. Kitts and Dominica,
with slight variations between the 10- and 11-night sailings.
Guests with reservations on the sailings previously scheduled
for Celebrity Mercury will be contacted and re-accommodated on
the same sailing dates on Celebrity Millennium, at the rates
paid.
CELEBRITY MERCURY OFFERS NEW OPTIONS ON THE EASTERN SEABOARD
Celebrity Mercury will sail a 17-night Panama Canal cruise
from San Diego on October 23, 2009, ending in Baltimore.
There, from November 2009 to February 2010, the ship will
present a series of new 12-night Eastern Caribbean cruises
visiting St. Thomas; St. Kitts; Antigua; St. Maarten, and
Tortola, as well as four 9-night cruises visiting Charleston;
Key West, Fla., and Cococay and Nassau, Bahamas.
Celebrity Mercury then will present a series of 10- and 11night Eastern and Western Caribbean voyages from Charleston
from February through April 2010, with visits to St. Thomas,
St. Maarten, St. Kitts and Tortola on the eastern series, and
Key West; Costa Maya, Mexico; Belize City, Belize; Cozumel,
Mexico, and Nassau on the western lineup.
The new itineraries on Celebrity Mercury replace the Southern
Caribbean cruises from San Juan previously scheduled from
November 2009 to April 2010. Guests with affected bookings
will be contacted and offered the option to be reaccommodated
in like accommodations on identical Southern Caribbean
itineraries on Celebrity Millennium at the rate paid.
Guests holding either individual or group reservations on
Celebrity Millennium’s previously scheduled Australia and New
Zealand cruises between October 9, 2009 and March 22, 2010,
will be offered the option to either re-book on Celebrity
Millennium’s Australia and New Zealand cruises between October
17, 2008 and April 12, 2009, subject to availability, at the
prevailing rate, and will receive a Aud$600 per-stateroom or
Aud$800 per-suite onboard credit. Alternatively, these guests
may re-book Celebrity Millennium’s new Panama Canal or
Southern Caribbean sailings between October 10, 2009 and April
16, 2010, and receive a aud$200 per stateroom and Aud$400 per
suite onboard credit.
All guests and travel agent partners with affected bookings
will be contacted by Celebrity Cruises. Any reservations on
the late-2009 and early-2010 Celebrity Millennium sailings in
Australia and New Zealand that have not been moved or
cancelled by Friday, October 3, 2008, will be cancelled
automatically.
Celebrity Cruises offers comfortably sophisticated, upscale
cruise experiences with highly personalized service,
exceptional dining, and extraordinary attention to detail.
Celebrity sails in Alaska, Australia/New Zealand, California,
Canada/New England, the Caribbean, Europe, Galapagos Islands,
Hawaii, the Pacific Coast, Panama Canal and South America. The
line also offers unique cruisetour vacations in Alaska,
Australia, Canada, Europe and South America.
Noted for four of the top ten “Top Cruise Ships in the World”
in the large-ship category, as voted by the readers of Condé
Nast Traveler (February 2008 readers’ poll), Celebrity’s
current fleet will be joined by Celebrity Solstice in 2008,
Celebrity Equinox in 2009, Celebrity Eclipse in 2010, and a
fourth Solstice-class ship in 2011. For more information, call
your travel agent or Celebrity Cruises +61 (0)2 9959 3696 or
visit www.celebritycruises.com.
Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity
Solstice Sets Sail for First
Time
Historic event attracts tens of thousands of area residents
MIAMI, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ — The most widely heralded ship
to enter the cruise market this year, Celebrity Solstice,
departed Meyer Werft shipyard yesterday in Papenburg, Germany,
as the largest ship ever built by the longtime shipbuilder. In
a milestone event known as “The Conveyance,” the 2,850-guest
Celebrity Solstice made its way down the River Eems, as tens
of thousands of area residents lining the river banks cheered
and photographed the historic event.
“This is a very momentous occasion for Celebrity Cruises,”
said the brand’s President and CEO Dan Hanrahan. “Celebrity
Solstice is the perfect manifestation of what the Celebrity
brand is all about: extraordinary service, spectacular dining,
and fabulous style and design. And as the first in a series of
five Solstice-class ships, it’s a vivid example of the growth
and momentum of the Celebrity brand, and our commitment to
meet our guests’ and travel agent partners’ demands for more
vacation options with Celebrity.”
Among the wealth of attributes guests will find only on
Celebrity Solstice are:
— The industry’s first Lawn Club, a lush, half-acre recreation
area with real, growing grass.
— The industry’s first Hot Glass Show, with live glassblowing
demonstrations presented in association with The Corning
Museum of Glass.
— Larger staterooms, with design inspirations offered by a
panel of five women, hand-picked for their unique travel and
hospitality insights.
— 10 varied restaurants, ranging from the dramatic, two-level
“Grand Epernay” main dining room with a sweeping wine tower,
to four exquisite specialty restaurants, to several stylish,
casual venues.
— An entirely new category of accommodations, “AquaClass,”
designed to offer a spa vacation experience at sea rivaling
the best of those on land.
— A state-of-the-art theater and stage design, with three new
leading- edge shows custom-designed for Celebrity with Poet
Theatricals, in their first cruise line partnership.
“There also is the intangible attribute which is consistent
across the Celebrity fleet, and that’s the extraordinary,
anticipatory service our phenomenal staff offer our guests
every day,” said Hanrahan.
Celebrity Solstice will be berthed in Eemshaven, Netherlands,
from September 29 to October 24, with two separate sea trials
planned during that period, in addition to crew arrivals,
training, provisioning and finishing work onboard. The ship
will depart Eemshaven October 24 on a transatlantic voyage,
with arrival in Fort Lauderdale planned for early November,
followed by a series of promotional cruises for invited travel
agents, press and other dignitaries. The ship will be named in
formal ceremonies on November 14, and will begin its maiden
season November 23, with a series of alternating 7-night
Eastern Caribbean cruises roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale,
calling on San Juan, St. Maarten, St. Kitts, and Tortola
during this Fall and Winter. Celebrity Solstice presents a
series of romantic 10- and 11-night Mediterranean cruises from
Rome beginning in Spring 2009.
Celebrity Cruises offers comfortably sophisticated, upscale
cruise experiences with highly personalized service,
exceptional dining, and extraordinary attention to detail.
Celebrity sails in Alaska, Australia/New Zealand, California,
Canada/New England, the Caribbean, Europe, Galapagos Islands,
Hawaii, the Pacific Coast, Panama Canal and South America. The
line also offers unique cruisetour vacations in Alaska,
Australia, Canada, Europe and South America. Noted for four of
the top ten “Top Cruise Ships in the World” in the large-ship
category, as voted by the readers of Conde Nast Traveler
(February 2008 readers’ poll), Celebrity’s current fleet will
be joined by Celebrity Solstice in 2008, Celebrity Equinox in
2009, Celebrity Eclipse in 2010, a fourth Solstice-class ship
in 2011, and a fifth in 2012. For more information, call your
travel
agent,
dial
1-800-437-3111
or
visit
www.celebritycruises.com .
Choose To Cruise: Virgin
Holidays Cruises Launches New
2009 Brochure
Virgin Holidays Cruises showcases its best
cruise holidays ever in the new 2009 brochure
packed full of ideas, from sunny Caribbean
Cruises to chilly Alaska. New cruises for
2009 include: New York City breaks, followed by a Puerto Rico
Stay & Cruise from £1,499 – for the perfect blend of shopping
and sunshine – and a cruise of the Nile, with a choice of
three pre-cruise stays from £899.
The brochure will be displayed in eight Virgin Holidays
information points in Tesco and Debenhams stores nationwide
and features highlights of Virgin Holidays Cruises portfolio.
The full product range can be found online at
www.virginholidayscruises.com.
Cruising has seen a huge increase in popularity, with the
Passenger Shipping Association forecasting that over 1.5m
Brits will cruise in 2008. Virgin Holidays Cruises offers the
perfect holidays to suit everyone – from first-time cruisers
to seasoned pros. There’s a world of destinations to choose
from too, with Virgin Holidays Cruises offering cruises in six
of the seven continents.
Visit www.virginholidayscruises.com to book or call 0871 781
9893
Turkey And Tinsel In Germany
With DFDS Seaways
The festive season is fast approaching so
enjoy your party season, book early and you
can enjoy DFDS Seaways’ six night River
Cruise Break to Germany’s Rhine Valley.
Celebrate Christmas and New Year onboard with carols, gifts
and food.
With limited availability the break includes two nights
onboard sailing between Newcastle and Holland and four nights
cruising the Rhine.
With DFDS Seaways your holiday
truly starts the moment you step
on board. Simply check in to
your cabin and relax. With
shops, restaurants and bars, and
live entertainment on routes
from Newcastle there’s fun for
all the family. And while you
relax we’ll take you over to
Europe so you arrive refreshed
and ready to enjoy your holiday.
After sailing to Holland from Newcastle, and with an inclusive
trip to Volendam in Holland, you will travel by coach to Mainz
or Cologne departing from Newcastle on the 14, 18, and 22 of
November and returning on the 18, 22 or 25 of November.
Coaches depart for Mainz or Cologne where you will meet the
prestigious MS France for your river cruise and once onboard
there is a presentation from the crew followed by festive
welcome drinks and dinner.
Enjoy festive frolics and the onboard experience with an
evening’s entertainment in true Christmas style including
carols and a Santa Claus surprise ceremony with gifts. You
will also receive a traditional Boxing Day lunch while you
cruise coupled with and a fabulous final-night New Year’s Eve
Gala Dinner with music, dancing and midnight reception.
On departing the ship throughout your cruise, explore the
countryside, historic sites and enjoy the yuletide spirit that
only Germany can offer.
Prices start from just £505 per person and include two nights
onboard ship in an en suite cabin, all meals included onboard
both DFDS Seaways’ and river cruise ships, river cruiser
transfers, four nights on board MS France and excursion to
Volendam.
With limited availability you need to book early to avoid
disappointment.
For
more
information
go
to
www.dfds.co.uk/rivercruise
“New Years Eve Cruise To
Amsterdam – Party On The
Seas”
DFDS Seaways has added even more to it’s
ever popular New Years Eve cruise.
Departing Newcastle on the 30th December
this 2 night break to Amsterdam offers the
perfect way to see in 2009. With Gold and Silver packages to
choose between, opt for the one that suits you most, and enjoy
a party to remember. to book go to www.dfds.co.uk
NEW YEAR MINI CRUISE – from £286 per person – 2
nights
Welcome in 2009 with a DFDS Seaways’ New Year mini cruise.
Choose between two all-inclusive packages to Amsterdam –
silver or gold. Both trips include:
• Sight-seeing tour of Amsterdam and an opportunity to explore
this city and its shopping, museums and art galleries –
including coach transfers
• A free bar with selected drinks on both crossings and cake
and champagne at midnight
• Departure Newcastle to Amsterdam 30th December 2008
GOLD PACKAGE – from £370 per person – 2 nights
• Two nights onboard ship in a 2-berth Commodore cabin
• Includes breakfasts, dinner buffet and 4-course à la carte
gala dinner with matched wines and champagne reception
SILVER PACKAGE – from £286 per person – 2 nights
• Two nights onboard ship in a 2-berth inside en-suite cabin
• Includes breakfasts, dinner buffet and gala dinner buffet
SeaFrance: record historique
Avec la remise en service du SeaFrance Renoir, SeaFrance
établit les mardi, mercredi, jeudi et vendredi un record
historique en réalisant 56 traversées quotidiennes de la
Manche entre Calais et Douvres.
C’est la première fois dans l’histoire du transmanche qu’une
telle fréquence est offerte par des navires sous pavillon
français.
Depuis l’incendie au tunnel, le nombre de voitures embarquant
sur les ferries seafrance a augmenté de 40% et celui des
camions de 20%.
Le SeaFrance Renoir reprend
du service sur Calais Douvres
Pour répondre aux trafics supplémentaires aux ports de Calais
et de Douvres consécutifs à l’incendie du tunnel sous la
Manche, SeaFrance a décidé de remettre en service le SeaFrance
Renoir dès demain, mercredi 17 septembre 2008.
« SeaFrance veut offrir de la capacité là où elle est
nécessaire. Le SeaFrance Renoir effectuera trois allersretours aux heures de pointe de l’après midi, les mardi,
mercredi, jeudi et vendredi. SeaFrance assurera ainsi une
meilleure fluidité des trafics et maintiendra sa qualité de
service tant pour le fret que pour le tourisme», a expliqué
Eudes Riblier, Président du Directoire de SeaFrance.
Le SeaFrance Renoir partira de Calais à 14h45, 18h 45, 22h45
et de Douvres à 15h45, 19h45
et 23h45 heures locales.
Il renforce l’offre fret déjà améliorée par les rotations
supplémentaires du SeaFrance Molière
dès vendredi dernier.
SeaFrance va ainsi opérer six navires, trois ferries et trois
fréteurs et réaliser 56 traversées
dont trente ouvertes au tourisme :
-SeaFrance Berlioz: 120 camions ou 700 voitures par traversée
-SeaFrance Rodin : 120 camions ou 700 voitures par traversée
-SeaFrance Cézanne : 78 camions ou 480 voitures par traversée
-SeaFrance Nord-Pas de Calais : 85 camions par traversée
-SeaFrance Molière : 110 camions par traversée
-SeaFrance Renoir : 45 camions par traversée
En 2007, SeaFrance a transporté 3 733 500 passagers, 722 600
voitures, 22 000 autocars
et 760 600 camions.
Les réservations tourisme se font sur seafrance.com ou au 0825
826 000 et pour le fret
au 03 21 46 80 01.
Norfolkline Will Continue
Rosyth-Zeebrugge Service in
Spring 2009
Norfolkline are pleased to announce that we will revive the
Rosyth-Zeebrugge route,
with a service scheduled to start in Spring, 2009.
Our plan is to run a service with 3 departures from each port
every week. It will be a
passenger and freight service using a new vessel.
Kell Robdrup, Managing Director of Norfolkline, Ferry
Division, stated, ‘We
understand the importance of this service to both passengers
and freight customers
in Scotland and the Continent. With the introduction of a
brand new ferry, Norfolkline
can provide a comfortable and environmentally friendly
crossing.’
The new vessel is under construction in the Visentini Shipyard
in Italy. This is a
modern vessel with lower fuel consumption and CO2 emission.
The vessel will of
course comply fully with the latest requirements of SOLAS
(International Convention
for the Safety of Life at Sea). We believe that this service
can provide environmental
benefits by diverting traffic from road to sea.
As a dynamic organisation, Norfolkline are constantly looking
for growth
opportunities. With the new service, Norfolkline can provide
our customers with a
better network in Scotland and Belgium.
While there are still some issues to be resolved within the
set timeframe, Norfolkline
are confident that it is achievable, given the experience and
professionalism of all the
internal and external parties involved in this project.
Norfolkline hope that passengers, freight customers, and
industry in Scotland and
the Continent will lend us their support. We are looking
forward to close cooperation
with all parties to make this service a success.
For further information, please contact April Tai at +31
703527400 /
[email protected]
or
visit
our
website
at
www.norfolkline.com.