The nearly new cruise ship Viking Neptune made its first call here June 18 en route from Iceland and Greenland, to the New York area cruise port of Cape Liberty, NJ. Thanks to fog and rain there was no photo op on June 18. Today was somewhat better as the ship emerged from the fog inside Mauger's Beach, inbound from Boston.
The fog may persist today, but there is only the chance of showers, so visitors will have a decent time ashore. As the ship circled George's Island to dock at Pier 22, starboard side to, its lines became clearer.
Delivered in November 2022 by Fincantieri, Ancona, the 47,878 gt ship has 464 cabins - all balcony - and can carry a maximum 930 passengers and 465 crew.
On that last trip it arrived in Cape Liberty reporting that 110 of its 838 passengers and nine of its crew were suffering from gastro-intestinal illness. As the port was the end of the trip, the ship was vacated and sanitized before the current group embarked and sailed on June 21 for Boston. It sailed from Boston June 22. What it did in the intervening three days was apparently to steam slowly in the general direction of Halifax.
The ship's itinerary from here is Gaspé June 27, Saguenay June 29, Quebec City June 30 and Montreal July 1. It will embark on a new cruise July 2, retracing its route and expects be back in Halifax July 9.
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