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Viking Ocean Cruises welcomed the company’s second ship yesterday, the Viking Sea, with a christening celebration on the Thames River in Greenwich.
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“Today is a proud day for our Viking family. London is one of my favorite cities, and Greenwich is a significant port for Viking. We look forward to bringing more guests here this spring and in future years,” said Torstein Hagen, Chairman of Viking Cruises. “Our ships are built for exploration; they are vessels that help our guests spend more time immersed in and surrounded by their destination.

With the arrival of our second ship – and with four more sister ships on the way – we are focused on introducing travelers to the Viking way of destination-centered cruising, a unique style that was inspired by our success on the rivers.”

Viking Sea is the second of six nearly-identical small ships that Viking plans to launch by 2020. Viking’s rapid expansion on the oceans of the world puts the company in line to become the world’s largest small-ship cruise operator by passenger capacity in the next five years.

Viking’s first oceangoing ship, Viking Star, debuted one year ago this month in Bergen, Norway. Bergen is the next port of call for Viking Sea following her departure from Greenwich. 

“I think the ocean [product] has turned out to have exceeded expectations,” said Hagen. “Seldom has anybody seen a cruise line come out of the gate and be Number One with one ship. And I think ship number two is not very inferior to ship number one. We had a shakedown cruise, and the only problem was, there was no shaking. It worked perfectly.”

Viking Star has been heralded by passengers and press alike as one of the most innovative and game-changing cruise ships to appear in years.

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