Norwegian Cruise Line

The Norwegian Cruise Line is a company of cruising ships, based with Miami in Florida.

History

It was created under the name of the Norwegian Caribbean Lines in 1966 by Knut Kloster and Ted Arison, with only one/offering ferry cruising ship of 830 tons of cheap cruisings in the Caribbean. Arison rather quickly left the company to create the Carnival Cruise Lines, whereas Kloster always acquired of additional ships for the Caribbean. NCL became pioneer in the field of cruising, innovating with for example the first Out Island Cruise , combining a cheap plane ticket and a cruising with the Caribbean, first company also to develop new ports in the Caribbean, like that of Ocho Rios in Jamaica. Like the first Sunward of 1966, the second ship of the NCL, the Starward had the possibility of transporting cars. Later, this space will be occupied by additional cabins and a theater.

NCL was especially made know by repurchasing the France in 1979, refitting this transatlantic in the cruising ship and renaming it Norway . The reconversion will cost more than 100 million dollars. The Norway was definitely larger than any then existing cruising ship and additional space was to at the time exploit by creation a series of installations of unusual leisures. Its success opened the way with the giant boats of cruising. But the explosion of a boiler in May 2003 forced the NCL to withdraw the ] service, leaving it with Bremerhaven in Germany until 2005 when it was then towed to the port of Klang, then failed Alang in August 2006 later, awaiting the authorization of the Indian Supreme court to be demolished or to have to leave Indian water.

NCL then extended its fields of cruisings to the Alaska, Europe, Bermuda and Hawaii (NCL America, Inc.).

Its subsidiary company the East Line, created in 1991 to exploit the '' Marco Polo '' was acquired in 1998. NCL was it even begun again in 2000 by Star Cruises, subsidiary of a Malaysian group Genting Group, Récemment, there would be discussions to resell Orient Lines.

Float

NCL

Norwegian Crown (sold with the Fred Olsen Cruises in lease-back until November 2007. Renamed Balmoral )
Norwegian Dawn
Norwegian Dream
Norwegian Jewel

Norwegian Majesty

Norwegian Sun

Norwegian Spirit

Norwegian Star

Norwegian Wind (transferred to Star Cruises under the name of SuperStar Aquarius in March 2007)
Norwegian Pearl
Norwegian Gem
F3 (name of the project for 2 ships of 150.000 tons to build with the Building sites of the Atlantic in Saint-Nazaire. The boats must be delivered between 2009 and 2011)

NCL America

Pride off Aloha
Pride off America
Pride off Hawaii

Last ships

Sunward 1966-1976 (envoy for scrap in April 2004 with Chittagong)
Starward 1968-1995 (maintaining the the East Queen for the Cypriot company Louis Cruises, - Sistership of the Skyward
Skyward 1969-1991 (now Leisure World for New Century Cruises, Singapore) - sistership of the Starward
Southward 1971-1994 (now Beaded for the Louis Cruise Lines)
Sunward II 1977-1991 (now Coral for the Louis Cruise Lines)
Norway 1979-2003 (renamed Blue Lady and put at the stranding on August 15th, 2006 with Alang in Indie on standby legal decision in March 2007.)
Norwegian Sea 1988-2005 (now SuperStar Libra for Star Cruises)
Westward 1990-1993 (now Black Watch for Fred Olsen Cruises)
Sunward (2) 1991-1993 (now Boudicca for Fred Olsen Cruises)
Leeward 1995-1999 (now Silja Operated for Silja Line. Currently on sale and on standby with Tilbury, in England)
Norwegian Star (1) 1996-2004 (now Albatross (2) for Reisen Phoenix)
Norwegian Dynasty 1997-1999 (now Braemar for Fred Olsen Cruises)

Ships in reserve

United States (in reserve in Philadelphia)
Independence (in reserve in San Francisco, famous Oceanic )

External bonds

Official site of Norwegian Cruise Line
Site of the East Lines
Site of the Star Cruises
Site of Genting

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