Oceania Cruises
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, United States
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-based shipping company that operates four luxury cruise ship
Cruise ship
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s on world-wide itenaries. It is currently the world’s largest upscale cruise line, offering good-quality food and itineraries at a cheap price when compared to other upscale cruise lines. Since April 2007, Oceania Cruises has been owned by Apollo Management
Apollo Management
Apollo Global Management, LLC is a private equity investment firm, founded in 1990 by former Drexel Burnham Lambert banker Leon Black. The firm specializes in leveraged buyout transactions and purchases of distressed securities involving corporate restructuring, special situations and industry...
.
History
Oceania Cruises was founded in 2002 by luxury cruise industry veterans Joe Watters and Frank Del Rio, the latter being the former vice president of Renaissance CruisesRenaissance Cruises
Renaissance Cruises, originally founded in 1989 owned by Fearnley & Eger Rederi in Oslo - Norway, was a cruise line operator that operated year-round cruise itineraries to the Mediterranean, the Greek Isles, Tahiti and the South Pacific, Northern Europe and Scandinavia. The company ceased...
. The founding management team included industry veterans Bob Binder, Robin Lindsay, James Rodriguez, and Howard Sherman. The company chartered the former Renaissance Cruises ship R Two from Cruiseinvest and renamed her Insignia in October 2002. In April 2003 the Insignia was chartered to the french
France
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travel agency
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TRM
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for three months, during which Oceania Cruises operated no vessels. On 15 June 2003 Oceania Cruises re-commenced service with two ships: the Insignia was renamed Regatta and a new ship (R One, a sister ship of the Insignia/Regatta, also chartered from Cruiseinvest) entered service as the new Insignia.
In November 2005, a third R-class ship entered service for Oceania Cruises when the company chartered the R Five from Cruiseinvest and renamed her Nautica. At the naming ceremony of the Nautica, Frank del Rio announced the plan of adding a fourth ship, Marina, to the Oceania Cruises fleet in July 2007. This however did not come to pass.
In February 2007, the majority of Oceania Cruises' stock were sold to the New York
New York
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-based Apollo Management
Apollo Management
Apollo Global Management, LLC is a private equity investment firm, founded in 1990 by former Drexel Burnham Lambert banker Leon Black. The firm specializes in leveraged buyout transactions and purchases of distressed securities involving corporate restructuring, special situations and industry...
. The following month Oceania made a memorandum agreement with the Fincantieri
Fincantieri
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shipyard
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in Italy
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to construct two new 1,260-passenger ships. The contract was finalised in June 2007, with delivery dates for the new Oceania Class ships set for January 2011 and July 2011. The contract also includes an option for a third vessel of the same type that could be delivered in May 2012, but Oceania declined the option.
Regatta class
The Regatta class ships were built in 1998—2000 for Renaissance CruisesRenaissance Cruises
Renaissance Cruises, originally founded in 1989 owned by Fearnley & Eger Rederi in Oslo - Norway, was a cruise line operator that operated year-round cruise itineraries to the Mediterranean, the Greek Isles, Tahiti and the South Pacific, Northern Europe and Scandinavia. The company ceased...
as a part of their R class. They have a gross tonnage of 30,277 and can accommodate a maximum of 824 passengers in 343 cabins.
| Ship | Built | Builder | Entered service for Oceania |
Gross Tonnage Gross tonnage Gross tonnage is a unitless index related to a ship's overall internal volume. Gross tonnage is different from gross register tonnage... |
Flag | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS Regatta MS Regatta MS Regatta is an R class cruise ship, owned and operated Oceania Cruises. She was built in 1998 by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in St. Nazaire, France for Renaissance Cruises as MS R Two... |
1998 | Chantiers de l'Atlantique Chantiers de l'Atlantique Chantiers de l'Atlantique is part of the South Korean STX Shipbuilding Group and one of the world's largest shipyards, based in Saint-Nazaire, France... |
2003 | 30,277 tons |  Marshall Islands |
Previously R Two and Insignia, Last refurbished in 2011 |
| MS Insignia MS Insignia MS Insignia is an R class cruise ship, owned and operated Oceania Cruises. She was built in 1998 by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in St... |
1998 | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | 2003 | 30,277 tons | Marshall Islands |
Previously R One, Last refurbished in 2010 |
| MS Nautica MS Nautica MS Nautica is an R class cruise ship owned and operated Oceania Cruises. She was built in 2000 by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in St. Nazaire, France for Renaissance Cruises as MS R Five... |
2000 | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | 2005 | 30,277 tons | Marshall Islands |
Previously R Five, Last refurbished in 2010 |
Oceania class
Two 1,260-passenger, 66,000 gross ton ships were ordered from the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy, with the first delivered in January 2011 and the second set for delivery in April 2012. 580 of the 626 cabins and suites have private balconies. The interiors of these ships are designed by the NorwayNorway
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-based Y&S Architecture and Interior Design.
| Ship | Built | Builder | Entered service for Oceania |
Gross Tonnage Gross tonnage Gross tonnage is a unitless index related to a ship's overall internal volume. Gross tonnage is different from gross register tonnage... |
Flag | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS Marina MS Marina MS Marina is an Oceania-class cruise ship, which was constructed at Fincantieri's Sestri Ponente yards in Italy for Oceania Cruises. The Marina is the first in a duo of cruise ships, and will be followed by MS Riviera in July 2011, the option for the third ship was declined... |
2011 | Fincantieri Fincantieri Fincantieri - Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. is a shipbuilding company based in Trieste, Italy. It was formed in 1959 and is the largest shipbuilder in the Mediterranean, and one of the largest in Europe... |
2011 | 66,084 tons | Marshall Islands |
First new build for Oceania |
Under Construction
| Ship | Planned delivery | Builder | Planned service entry | Gross Tonnage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS Riviera MS Riviera MS Riviera is an upcoming Oceania-class cruise ship to enter service with Oceania Cruises in 2012. She is to be the sister ship of MS Marina.... |
2011 | Fincantieri | 2012 | 66,000 tons |
Destinations
AfricaAfrica
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, Arabia, Black Sea
Black Sea
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, Caribbean
Caribbean
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, Central America
Central America
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, China
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, Greek
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Isles, Iceland
Iceland
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, India
India
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, Mediterranean, Mexico
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, Russia
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, Scandinavia
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, South America
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, Southeast Asia
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