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Topic: Good news for Portuscale Cruises & CMV

PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 06-27-2014 04:35 PM

CMV Announcing a new ship for 2015

Azores will commence "operations from Bristol Avonmouth on 26th January 2015 with a 30 night CMV maiden voyage to the West Indies.

Azores will also be sailing from Hull and London Tilbury with programme highlights including; the Solar Eclipse & Northern Lights, Seville Fiesta, Summertime Gardens & Medieval Cities and a Scottish themed Edinburgh Festival cruise, plus all the perennial favourites."

Pam

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Galaxy
First Class Passenger
Member # 5160

posted 06-27-2014 05:18 PM

I LOVE IT

this is the best news on a very long time!! So good to see that Azores ex - Athena still will be around

And as you write PamM,its good news for Portuscale cruises.... its not many classic ships left so we need to take care of them so they still can be in traffic for many more years

Lets hope that Portuscale can make a good charter deal with Porto and Lisboa too.

Athena now Azores in Olden 2012

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Ocean Liners
First Class Passenger
Member # 4013

posted 06-29-2014 09:16 PM

Pam, Thank you for posting info on Azores cruises from the United Kingdom, As you posted here, Azores is under charter by Ambiente Kreuzfahrten now however Azores had cancelled June North Cape Cruise due to failure to achieve the minimum number of paticipants.
She is scheduled to leave Kiel on Jul 10 on 16 days Arctic Polar summer Greenland & Iceland Cruise.

Galaxy, Do you have any chance to take a photo of her with Black hull when she visits at Hellesylt on August 26 ?

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linerwise
Just Boarded
Member # 6214

posted 07-02-2014 03:54 AM

Anyone noticed that new itinerary that Portuscale Cruises just announced for their ship Funchal (Calls in Funchal, Cape Vert, S. Tome, Guinea-Bissau and Angola) ?

http://www.portuscalecruises.pt/pt-PT/Portuscale-Cruises--The-discoveries-continue.aspx#.U7O5kmwU-Uk

It’s quite original/exotic!!!

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Galaxy
First Class Passenger
Member # 5160

posted 07-03-2014 06:51 PM

Its good to think new

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 07-04-2014 05:38 AM

That's a fantastic trip on FUNCHAL - a long one though.
the itineraries and pricing for AZORES next year are here.

Some nice overnights including the Edinburgh Festival and lovely cruises [there is one for the solar eclipse in March too].

Pam

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Galaxy
First Class Passenger
Member # 5160

posted 07-07-2014 05:48 PM

Ocean Liners : I was in Geiranger june 14 when she was there,but the weather was bad,its raining

but i got 3 pics of her

Azores in Geiranger june 14......

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Ocean Liners
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posted 07-07-2014 09:39 PM

Galaxy, Thank you for posting your fabulous photo as always.

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PamM
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Member # 2127

posted 07-09-2014 07:19 PM

Super picture Galaxy

Pam

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Galaxy
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posted 07-10-2014 01:32 PM

Thanks PamM and Ocean Liners.... I love this classic ships

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Neil - Ex P & O & PRINCESS CRUISES
First Class Passenger
Member # 5641

posted 07-10-2014 06:03 PM

Email Neil - Ex P & O & PRINCESS CRUISES

CMV cruises have said that they will be crewing the ' Azores ' when her charter starts.

Lets hope her appearence and service standards will be maintained to the same high standards as they are by her present portugese crew !
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Patrick
First Class Passenger
Member # 364

posted 07-20-2014 09:09 AM

She'll be crewed by the Global Maritime Group. This company also manages MARCO POLO and ASTOR. CMV belongs to Global as well as TransOcean Kreuzfahrten.
Expect a european / international service-crew and Ukrainian officers. It might well be that Global takes over some of the portugese service-crew currently employed by Portuscale.

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Galaxy
First Class Passenger
Member # 5160

posted 09-01-2014 07:38 PM

Azores was in Geiranger september 1. In a better weather than last time i was try to get pics of her

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 09-04-2014 11:26 AM

Beautiful Galaxy

Perhaps some not so good news for Portuscale. Last night in Australia's Cruise Weekly it was announced that FUNCHAL's Season downunder has been cancelled, due to "unforseen circumstances".

Pam

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Neil - Ex P & O & PRINCESS CRUISES
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posted 09-05-2014 06:16 AM

Hi Pam - Appears to be two reasons.

Calls at West Africa on her outward journey to Australia could now be restricted due to the Eloba outbreak which could also affect her earlier cruise to West Africa from Lisbon.

On her homeward cruise it was planed to make it an Ansac 100th anniversary cruise but the Turkish authorities have restricted the numbers attending the Gallipoli event and cruise ships will have to anchor some considerable way from where the event takes place.

This could also affect an Ansac cruise planned by Louis Cruises .
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Galaxy
First Class Passenger
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posted 09-05-2014 12:47 PM

Its sad to hear that Funchal first seasoun under Portuscale Cruises is cancelled,lets hope they come up with something new....fast,because ships who is layd up make no money....

And i want Portuscale Cruises to surwive for long time in to the future

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 09-06-2014 07:54 PM

Her outbound voyage to Australia was through the Suez Canal. I am not sure what passengers might think about calling at Guinea Bissau, free of Ebola currently but at risk [says the news] - borders closed.

The number are only limited on land for the ANZAC Day Centenary Commemorations. Cruise ships will anchor some 40km away and have a broadcast of the service, but this is the same for all.

Pam

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JonC
First Class Passenger
Member # 28831

posted 09-08-2014 02:04 AM

I think the cancellation of Funchal's season down under was more likely due to the lack of adequate lead-in time. The season was initially announced in May - less than 8 months prior to the ship's departure from Europe - and only advertised more widely in the last month or so.

There were also berthing-related issues in Funchal's intended home port of Geelong, where there is currently no proper berth for cruise ships (visiting ships tend to anchor in the bay). This would have been the first turnaround call for a ship of Funchal's size in the port. However, Portuscale were well aware of the problem.

It remains to be seen whether Portuscale will try again in 2015/16 or abandon the idea. A shame it didn't work out this time as they were offering a novel product.

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