Viking Line, Bygg nr. XSI488A ved Xiamen Shipyard, Car- & Passenger Ferry "Viking Glory"

The new Viking Line flagship VIKING GLORY hast left the Xiamen-yard in China 28.dec. and is now today between Sri Lanka and Djibouti with around 15 knots direction Suez. It is the 3rd largest ferry of the world with ca. 65.000 GT and in Pax-size the Glory get place 14 with 2800 just behind Color Magic. Trafikkstart is planned 1st march from Stockholm on the route via Aland to Turku/Abo replacing the 1986 built Amorella.
A real big cruise-ferry 223m x 36m with 922 cabins and a number of new design- and layout-elements for the first time on a ferry similar as 1989 with the Cinderella with her 3-deck-showlounge and the 4-deck-panoramic-window.

Because the 36-years old Amorella is not to find in any timetable from march and she is officially for sale (prisforslag 30 Mio. Euro) and will leave the fleet soon (?).
 
VIKING GLORY is now a little bit delayed on the way with ca. 14 knots to Gibraltar.
From 1st march she will replace AMORELLA on the route Stockholm-Aaland-Turku (together with VIKING GRACE).
Because nobody was interested to buy AMORELLA for the wished price this 1986 built ferry will operate the route Stockholm-Aaland-Helsinki together with her sister-ferry GABRIELLA from 1st april. So for the first time after COVID-19 this route will again be operated with 2 ferries again :) . https://www.bussmagasinet.se/2022/01/viking-dubblerar-till-helsingfors/
 
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