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Viking (cruise line)

{{Short description|Swiss cruise line}}

{{Distinguish|Royal Viking Line|Viking Line}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Viking

| logo = Viking_Cruises_transparent_logo.png

| logo_size = 180px

| type = Public

| traded_as = NYSE: VIK

| area_served =

| key_people = {{Plain list|

  • Torstein Hagen, Founder, Chairman
  • Karine Hagen, Senior Vice President

}}

| industry = Travel and tourism

| products = {{Plain list|

}}

| revenue = $3 billion (2018){{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2018/03/13/viking-has-plans-least-24-more-river-cruise-ships/419402002/|title=Viking has plans for at least 24 more river cruise ships|website=USA Today}}

| operating_income =

| net_income =

| num_employees = 10,000+ (2023){{Cite web|url=https://www.vikingcruises.com/oceans/video/why-viking/vikings-26th-anniversary/play.html#|title=Viking's 26th Anniversary | Videos | Viking Cruises}}

| parent =

| subsid = {{Plain list|

  • Viking River Cruises
  • Viking Ocean Cruises
  • Viking Expeditions

}}

| homepage = {{URL|vikingcruises.com}}

| footnotes =

| foundation = {{Start date|1997|08|5}}

| location_city = Basel, Switzerland

| location_country =

}}

Viking{{Cite news|last=Gray Faust|first=Chris|date=20 January 2020|title=Citing Growth snd Destination Focus, Viking Drops 'Cruise' from Name|work=Cruise Critic|url=https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/4988/}} (formerly Viking Cruises) is a cruise line providing river, ocean, and expedition cruises. Its operating headquarters are in Basel, Switzerland,Adam H. Graham, [https://www.departures.com/travel/how-viking-cruises-changed-cruising-industry "The Rising Tide: How Viking Changed Cruising"], Departures, 21 November 2016. and its marketing headquarters are in Los Angeles, California.Fran Golden, [https://www.porthole.com/cruise-control-torstein-hagen-chairman-of-viking-cruises/ "Perfect Examples"], Porthole Cruise Magazine, 21 August 2017.

The company has three divisions, Viking River Cruises, Viking Ocean Cruises, and Viking Expeditions, offering cruises along the rivers and oceans of North and South America, the Caribbean, Antarctica, Great Lakes, Europe, Russia, Egypt, China, and Southeast Asia.{{Cite web |title=Cruise Destinations Overview {{!}} Viking Ocean Cruises® |url=https://www.vikingcruises.com/oceans/cruise-destinations/index.html |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=www.vikingcruises.com |language=en}}

History

= Development =

The company was established by Torstein Hagen in St. Petersburg, Russia as Viking River Cruises in 1997. Hagen had become involved in cruising as a McKinsey and Company consultant who helped the Holland America Line survive the 1973 oil crisis, then was CEO of the Royal Viking Line from 1980 to 1984, made money in the Russian private equity markets, then bought a controlling stake in a Dutch shipping company that failed in the mid-1990s, leaving him almost bankrupt. In 1997, Hagen helped some Russian oligarchs buy a shipping company, and in exchange, they sold him four river cruise ships cheaply, which became the founding fleet of Viking River Cruises.{{cite news|last1=Weissmann|first1=Arnie|title=Rolling on the rivers|url=http://www.travelweekly.com/River-Cruising/Rolling-on-the-rivers|work=Travel Weekly|date=2 April 2013|language=en}}

= 1997–2010: Rapid expansion =

In 2000, Viking purchased KD River Cruises of Europe, which brought Viking's fleet total to 26, making it the largest river cruising fleet in the world.Allan E. Jordan, [http://www.cruisebusiness.com/images/magazines/2017_02/CBR-2017-02_36-40.pdf "Viking Cruises goes from upstart to leader in 20 years"], Cruise Business Review, February 2017, pp. 36-39. The company revamped the ships, aiming for its target demographic of older travelers. The lack of frills, like gyms and pools, and the fleet's standardization also maximized the number of people the ships could accommodate and consequently, Viking's profit. Also that year, the company partnered with sales agents in the UK, and the US, and opened its own sales office in California. It hired its first marketing firm the next year, focusing on English language speakers over 55, especially Americans. The company expanded into China in 2004 with Yangtze River cruises.{{cite web|title=Viking River Cruises|url=http://www.sealetter.com/news/viking.html|publisher=Sealetter Cruise News|access-date=19 December 2017}} By 2007, it was operating 23 ships in Europe, Russia, and China. In 2009, Viking started to use ships with hybrid diesel-electric engines that the company claims use an estimated 20% less fuel than conventional engines.[http://www.avidcruiser.com/2009/05/28/a-viking-ship-to-launch-with-a-green-accent/ "A Viking Ship to Launch with a Green Accent,"] The Avid Cruiser, 29 May 2009.

= 2011–2019: Growth and modernization =

In 2011, the company planned a new phase of growth, started sponsoring PBS's Masterpiece Theatre, and made plans to add 40 ships of a new "longship" design to its fleet over a five-year period.Elaine Glusac, [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/travel/interest-in-european-river-cruises-soars.html "Interest in European River Cruises Soars,"] New York Times, 29 June 2012. The longship design maximized passenger capacity by squaring the bow and rearranging hallways.Tom Stieghorst, [http://www.travelweekly.com/In-the-Hot-Seat/Viking-Cruises-chairman-Torstein-Hagen "Viking Cruises' Torstein Hagen,"] Travel Weekly, 25 October 2016.[http://www.ship-technology.com/projects/viking-longship-river-cruise-us/ "Viking Longship Series, Viking River Cruises,"] Ship-Technology.com, March 2011. It christened 10 ships in one day in 2013, and the 16 ships it christened over two days in 2014 made the Guinness Book of World Records.[https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2016/03/01/viking-river-cruises-ships-christening/81143364/ "Six new river ships in a day? Rapid Viking expansion continues,"] USA Today, 1 March 2016.Gene Sloan, [https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2017/10/26/viking-add-seven-new-river-ships-2019/801981001/ "Viking River Cruises to add seven new ships in 2019,"] USA Today, 26 October 2017. By 2013, the company had spent around $400 million in marketing through direct mailing, television, the web, and trade marketing. In May 2013, the company modified its name from Viking River Cruises to Viking Cruises as it announced the launch of Viking Ocean Cruises, a division of small, oceangoing vessels.[https://www.latimes.com/travel/la-xpm-2013-may-17-la-trb-viking-cruises-20130517-story.html "Viking Cruises Will Begin Ocean Cruises on Viking Star in 2015,"] Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2013.

In October 2017, Viking Cruises revealed it was working on a project to develop the world's first cruise ship powered by liquid hydrogen. Once developed, the ship would measure approximately {{Convert|230|m|ft|abbr=on}} long and accommodate 900 passengers and 500 crew members. The ship would share a similar design to the company's existing oceangoing vessels.{{Cite web|date=2 October 2017|title=Viking Cruise To Make World's First Hydrogen-Powered Cruise Ship|url=https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/viking-cruise-make-worlds-first-hydrogen-powered-cruise-ship/|website=Marine Insight |last1=Network |first1=MI News }}

By 2018, Viking Cruises had reached $3 billion in revenue and carried 440,000 passengers annually, employing more than 8,000 employees. That year, Viking Cruises announced it was working on its debut in the North American river cruising market after first suggesting the possibility in 2013.{{Cite news|last=Sloan|first=Gene|date=15 March 2018|title=Viking has plans for at least 24 more river cruise ships|work=USA Today|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2018/03/13/viking-has-plans-least-24-more-river-cruise-ships/419402002/}}{{Cite web|last=DuPont|first=Dale K.|date=23 October 2018|title=Viking Cruises moves ahead with U.S. expansion plans|url=https://www.workboat.com/news/passenger-vessels/viking-cruises-moves-ahead-with-u-s-expansion-plans/|website=WorkBoat}} The company targeted a possible 2021 debut on the Mississippi River, for a projection of six vessels along the river by 2027. The vessels, built and chartered by Edison Chouest, would be designed five stories tall and accommodate around 400 passengers, at $90 million to $100 million each. Cruises would travel between New Orleans and Memphis, and between St. Louis and Saint Paul.

= 2020–present: Rebranding and new ventures =

In January 2020, the company shortened its name to Viking, citing the brand's added emphasis on destination-oriented enrichment and experiences. That same year, Viking also announced the launch of Viking Expeditions with a planned January 2022 debut. It would become the expeditions arm of the brand and operate small-ship trips to exotic destinations.{{Cite web|last=Wogan|first=John|date=15 January 2020|title=Viking Cruises Launches Epic New Expedition Trips (Video)|url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/cruises/viking-cruises-small-ship-expeditions-great-lakes-octantis-polaris|website=Travel + Leisure}} It also finalized its river cruising business' expansion plans into the United States with the announcement of the first vessel's debut in August 2022 on the Mississippi River.{{Cite web|last=Brady|first=Paul|date=11 June 2020|title=Viking Bets on the Future With New Cruise Ship Set to Sail the Mississippi River by 2022 (Video)|url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/cruises/river-cruises/viking-new-cruise-ship-mississippi-river|website=Travel + Leisure}}

River cruises

File:Viking Idun (ship, 2012) 001.jpg

Viking River Cruises offers cruising along the rivers of Europe, Russia, China, Southeast Asia and Egypt,Rosemary McClure, [http://www.latimes.com/travel/cruises/la-tr-viking-cruises-expansion-of-new-ships-20171030-story.html "Viking plans to add 10 new river and ocean-going cruise ships,"] Los Angeles Times, 31 October 2017. with plans to expand into the United States of America along the Mississippi River in 2022.{{cite web |title=Viking Cruises Expected to Sail Mississippi River By 2022 |url=https://www.cruisecritic.com.au/news/5115/ |publisher=Cruise Critic |date=19 February 2020}} Viking's European ships have an average capacity of 190 passengers; its Russian ships' capacity averages just over 200Veronica Stoddart, [https://www.cntraveler.com/story/6-river-cruises-to-take-in-2017 "6 River Cruises to Take in 2017,"] Conde Nast Traveler, 31 March 2017. and its China ship carries up to 256.[http://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise/Viking-River-Cruises/Viking-Emerald/Schedule "Viking River Cruises Viking Emerald Cruises,"] Travel Weekly. Accessed 30 November 2017. As of 2019, Viking River Cruises operated a fleet of 76 owned and charted vessels.{{cite web |title=What's new in the 2020 European river-cruise season |url=https://www.traveller.com.au/whats-new-in-the-2020-european-rivercruise-season-h1lq6b |publisher=Traveller |date=13 February 2020}}{{update inline|date=October 2022}}

= Fleet =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Ship

IMO{{cite web |title=GISIS: Ship and Company Particulars |url=https://gisis.imo.org/Public/SHIPS/ShipSearch.aspx |publisher=International Maritime Organization |access-date=24 October 2024}}Maiden VoyageBuilderLengthGross TonnageFlagStateroomsPassengers
Viking Aegir8339732align="Center"| 2012align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Alruna8352241align="Center"| 2016align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Alsvin8339938align="Center"| 2014align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Astrild8352277align="Center"| 2015align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 110 m / 361 ftalign="Center" |align="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 49align="Center"| 98
Viking Atla8339794align="Center"| 2013align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Aton9911173align="Center"| 2023align="Center" | Maasara Shipyardalign="Center" | 72 m / 236 ftalign="Center" | 210 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Egypt}}align="Center"| 41align="Center"| 82
Viking Baldur8339809align="Center"| 2013align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Bestla8339926align="Center"| 2014align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Beyla8352265align="Center"| 2015align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 110 m / 361 ftalign="Center" |align="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 49align="Center"| 98
Viking Bragi8339756align="Center"| 2013align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Buri8338776align="Center"| 2014align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Delling8338805align="Center"| 2014align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Egdir9916915align="Center"| 2021align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Egil8352253align="Center"| 2016align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Einar8338257align="Center"| 2019align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Eir8339940align="Center"| 2015align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Eistla8339914align="Center"| 2014align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Embla8339720align="Center"| 2012align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Fjorgyn9916898align="Center"| 2020align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 125 m / 410 ftalign="Center" | 2,800 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 84align="Center"| 168
Viking Forseti8338764align="Center"| 2013align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Freya8339706align="Center"| 2012align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Gefjon8339990align="Center"| 2015align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Gersemi9916850align="Center"| 2020align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Gullveig8339847align="Center"| 2014align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Hathor9985576align="Center"| 2023align="Center" | Maasara Shipyardalign="Center" | 72 m / 236 ftalign="Center" | 210 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Egypt}}align="Center"|align="Center"|
Viking Heimdal8338788align="Center"| 2014align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Helgrim9904900align="Center"| 2019align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 80 m / 262 ftalign="Center" | 2,212 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Portugal}}align="Center"| 53align="Center"| 106
Viking Hemming8352289align="Center"| 2014align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 80 m / 262 ftalign="Center" | 2,212 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Portugal}}align="Center"| 53align="Center"| 106
Viking Herja8338233align="Center"| 2016align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Hermod8339823align="Center"| 2014align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Hervor9916848align="Center"| 2020align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Hild8338221align="Center"| 2016align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Hlin8339885align="Center"| 2014align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Idi8339861align="Center"| 2014align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Idun8339691align="Center"| 2012align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Ingvi8339902align="Center"| 2014align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Jarl8339782align="Center"| 2013align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Kadlin8338790align="Center"| 2016align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Kara8339873align="Center"| 2014align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Kari9916862align="Center"| 2020align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 125 m / 410 ftalign="Center" | 2,800 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 84align="Center"| 168
Viking Kvasir8339859align="Center"| 2014align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Lif8339835align="Center"| 2014align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Lofn8339952align="Center"| 2015align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Magni8339811align="Center"| 2013align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Mani8339897align="Center"| 2015align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Mimir8352198align="Center"| 2015align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Mississippialign=center| 2022align=center| Edison Chouestalign="Center" | 137 m / 450 ftalign=center| 12,621 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|United States|civil}}align="Center"| 193align="Center"| 386
Viking Modi8339988align="Center"| 2015align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Njord8339718align="Center"| 2012align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Odin8339718align="Center"| 2012align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Osfrid8338049align="Center"| 2016align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 80 m / 262 ftalign="Center" | 2,021 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Portugal}}align="Center"| 53align="Center"| 106
Viking Osiris9869746align="Center"| 2020align="Center" | Maasara Shipyardalign="Center" | 72 m / 236 ftalign="Center" | 210 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Egypt}}align="Center"| 41align="Center"| 82
Viking Prestigealign="Center"| 2011align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 97align="Center"| 188
Viking Raalign="Center"| 2018align="Center" | Maasara Shipyardalign="Center" | 75 m / 245 ftalign="Center" | 210 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Egypt}}align="Center"| 26align="Center"| 52
Viking Radgrid9916874align="Center"| 2020align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 125 m / 410 ftalign="Center" | 2,800 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 84align="Center"| 168
Viking Rinda8338752align="Center"| 2013align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Rolf8352215align="Center"| 2016align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Sigrun8338245align="Center"| 2019align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Sigyn8338295align="Center"| 2019align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Skadi8339744align="Center"| 2019align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Skaga9916886align="Center"| 2020align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 125 m / 410 ftalign="Center" | 2,800 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 84align="Center"| 168
Viking Skirnir8339976align="Center"| 2015align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Sobek {{cite news |title=Viking Takes Delivery of Newest Egypt Ship |url=https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2024/10/viking-takes-delivery-of-newest-egypt-ship/ |access-date=12 October 2024 |work=Cruise Industry News |date=11 October 2024 |location=Charlotte NC}}9985588align="Center"| 2024align="Center" | Massara shipyardalign="Center" | 72 m / 236 ftalign="Center" | 210 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Egypt}}align="Center"| 41align="Center"| 82
Viking Tialfi8352239align="Center"| 2016align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Tir8338269align="Center"| 2019align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Tor8339768align="Center"| 2013align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Torgil8339768align="Center"| 2014align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 80 m / 262 ftalign="Center" | 2,212 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Portugal}}align="Center"| 53align="Center"| 106
Viking Ullur8338283align="Center"| 2019align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Vali8338271align="Center"| 2019align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Var8339770align="Center"| 2013align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Ve8340004align="Center"| 2015align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
https://www.neptunwerft.de/en/press/press_detail/neptun_werft_starts_construction_of_ten_river_cruise_ships.jsp

| Viking Vidar

8339964align="Center"| 2015align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Vilhjalm8352227align="Center"| 2013align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190
Viking Vili8352203align="Center"| 2015align="Center" | Neptun Werftalign="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center" | 3,138 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Switzerland|civil}}align="Center"| 95align="Center"| 190

In 2023, Viking ordered another ship from Neptun Werft. The delivery is scheduled for March 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.neptunwerft.de/en/press/press_detail/neptun_werft_to_build_innovative_river_cruise_ship.jsp|title=NEPTUN WERFT to build innovative river cruise ship|date=2023-02-01}} Nine more ships are ordered at Meyer Werft for delivery in 2025 and 2026.{{cite web | url=https://www.neptunwerft.de/en/press/press_detail/neptun_werft_starts_construction_of_ten_river_cruise_ships.jsp | title=NEPTUN WERFT starts construction of ten river cruise ships }}{{cite web | url=https://www.meyerwerft.de/de/schiffe/n.n._(2025.jsp | title=Schiff Detail }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.vikingcruises.com/press/press-releases/2023-12-05-viking-announces-10-additional-river-ships-in-europe.html|title=Viking Announces 10 Additional River Ships in Europe}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.vikingcruises.com/press/press-releases/2023-02-01-viking-announces-additional-seine-river-ship-for-2025.html|title=Viking Announces Additional Seine River Ship for 2025}}

= Chartered ships =

class="wikitable"

! Ship

IMOMaiden VoyageBuilderLengthGross TonnageFlagStateroomsPassengersNotes
MS Antaresalign="Center"| 2017align="Center" |align="Center" | 126 m / 413 ftalign="Center" |align="Center" | {{flag|Egypt}}align="Center"| 24align="Center"| 52Also sailing as Amarco II
Viking Akun8707707align="Center"| 2014align="Center" | VEB Elbewerften Boizenburgalign="Center" | 129 m / 423 ftalign="Center" | 5,475 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Russia|civil}}align="Center"| 102align="Center"| 204Formerly MS Koshevoy
Viking Emeraldalign="Center"| 2011align="Center" | East Wind Co Ltdalign="Center" | 110 m / 361 ftalign="Center" | 7,100 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|China|civil}}align="Center"| 128align="Center"| 256Leased Century Emerald
{{shipViking Helgi}}8422606align="Center"| 2013align="Center" | VEB Elbewerften Boizenburgalign="Center" | 129 m / 423 ftalign="Center" | 5,344 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Russia|civil}}align="Center"| 102align="Center"| 204Formerly Aleksey Surkov
Viking Ingvar8793249align="Center"| 2013align="Center" | VEB Elbewerften Boizenburgalign="Center" | 129 m / 423 ftalign="Center" | 5,475 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Russia|civil}}align="Center"| 102align="Center"| 204Formerly Narkom Pakhomov
Viking Mekongalign="Center"| 2002align="Center" |align="Center" | 55 m / 180 ftalign="Center" | 900 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Vietnam|civil}}align="Center"| 28align="Center"| 56Also sailing as RV Bassac Pandaw
Viking Rurik7515418align="Center"| 2012align="Center" | RSW Rosslauer Schiffswerftalign="Center" | 125 m / 410 ftalign="Center" | 5,640 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Russia|civil}}align="Center"| 98align="Center"| 196Formerly Peterhof, Mariya Ulyanova
Viking Saigonalign="Center"| 2021align="Center" |align="Center" | 80 m / 262 ftalign="Center" |align="Center" | {{flag|Vietnam|civil}}align="Center" | 40align="Center" | 80
Viking Sineus7823994align="Center"| 2014align="Center" | RSW Rosslauer Schiffswerftalign="Center" | 125 m / 410 ftalign="Center" | 5,182 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Ukraine|civil}}align="Center"| 98align="Center"| 196Formerly Mikhail Lomonosov
{{shipViking Truvor}}8707680align="Center"| 2013align="Center" | VEB Elbewerften Boizenburgalign="Center" | 129 m / 423 ftalign="Center" | 5,414 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Russia|civil}}align="Center"| 102align="Center"| 204Formerly Sergey Kirov

= Former fleet =

class="wikitable"

! Ship

Maiden voyageLengthStateroomsPassengersNotes
Viking Britanniaalign="Center"|align="Center" | 110 m / 360 ftalign="Center"| 90align="Center"| 180Retired as MS Britannia
Viking Burgundyalign="Center"| 2000align="Center" | 110 m / 360 ftalign="Center"| 75align="Center"| 150Sailing now as MS Crucebelle. Formerly Viking Sky.
Viking Danubealign="Center"| 1999align="Center" | 110 m / 360 ftalign="Center"| 75align="Center"| 150
Viking Deustchlandalign="Center"| 2001align="Center" | 110 m / 360 ftalign="Center"| 90align="Center"| 180
Viking Douroalign="Center"| 2011align="Center" | 80 m / 262 ftalign="Center"|65align="Center"| 130Sailing now as MS Douro Spirit
Viking Eurodiamondalign="Center"|align="Center" | 82 m / 269 ftalign="Center"| 42align="Center"| 84Sailing now as MS Johannes Brahms
Viking Europealign="Center"| 2001align="Center" | 114 m / 375 ftalign="Center"| 75align="Center"| 150Sailing now as MS Carmen
Viking Fontanealign="Center"| 2010align="Center" | 95 m / 311 ftalign="Center"| 56align="Center"| 112Sailing now as MS Junker Jorg
Viking Helvetiaalign="Center"| 2002align="Center" | 132 m / 433 ftalign="Center"| 99align="Center"| 198Sailing now as MS Rhein Symphonie
Viking Lavrinenkovalign="Center"| 2001align="Center" | 129 m / 423 ftalign="Center"| 110align="Center"| 212Sailing now as MS General Lavrinenkov
Viking Legendalign="Center"| 2009align="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center"| 97align="Center"| 188Now hostel Dutch Harmony
Viking Mandalayalign="Center"| 2002align="Center" | 55 m / 180 ftalign="Center"| 28align="Center"| 56Sailing now as RV Katha Pandaw
Viking Neptunealign="Center"| 2001align="Center" | 114 m / 375 ftalign="Center"| 75align="Center"| 150Sailing now as MS Verdi
Viking Normandiealign="Center"| 2000align="Center" | 91 m / 300 ftalign="Center"| 51align="Center"| 100Sailing now as Normandie
Viking Orientalign="Center"| 2011align="Center" | 55 m / 180 ftalign="Center"| 28align="Center"| 56Sailing now as RV Orient Pandaw
Viking Pridealign="Center"| 2001align="Center" | 114 m / 375 ftalign="Center"| 75align="Center"| 150
Viking Primadonnaalign="Center"| 1998align="Center" | 113 m / 372 ftalign="Center"| 74align="Center"| 148Sailing now as MS Primadonna
Viking Seinealign="Center"| 2000align="Center" | 110 m / 360 ftalign="Center"| 75align="Center"| 150Sailing now as MS Crucestar. Formerly Viking Rhône.
Viking Schumannalign="Center"| 2011align="Center" | 95 m / 311 ftalign="Center"| 56align="Center"| 112Sailing now as MS De Amsterdam
Viking Spiritalign="Center"| 2001align="Center" | 114 m / 375 ftalign="Center"| 75align="Center"| 150
Viking Staralign="Center"| 2000align="Center" | 110 m / 360 ftalign="Center"| 75align="Center"| 150
Viking Sunalign="Center"| 2006align="Center" | 132 m / 433 ftalign="Center"| 99align="Center"| 198Sailing now as MS Rhein Melodie
Century Skyalign="Center"| 2005align="Center" | 127 m / 415 ftalign="Center"| 153align="Center"| 306
Century Staralign="Center"| 2003align="Center" | 87 m / 285 ftalign="Center"| 93align="Center"| 186
Century Sunalign="Center"| 2006align="Center" | 127 m / 415 ftalign="Center"| 153align="Center"| 306
MS Amadeus Elegantalign="Center"| 2010align="Center" | 110 m / 361 ftalign="Center"| 76align="Center"| 150
MS Esplanadealign="Center"| 2012align="Center" | 77 m / 253 ftalign="Center"| 67align="Center"| 150
MS Mayfairalign="Center"| 2010align="Center" | 75 m / 246 ftalign="Center"| 104align="Center"| 148
MS Omar El Khayamalign="Center"| 2008align="Center" | 113 m / 371 ftalign="Center"| 88align="Center"| 160
MS Symphonyalign="Center"| 1998align="Center" | 110 m / 361 ftalign="Center"| 83align="Center"| 146
MS Viennaalign="Center"| 2006align="Center" | 135 m / 443 ftalign="Center"| 82align="Center"| 164
Prince Abbasalign="Center"| 2007align="Center" | 59 m /192 ftalign="Center"| 65align="Center"| 130
Road to Mandalayalign="Center"| 2008align="Center" | 102 m / 335 ftalign="Center"| 43align="Center"| 82
Royal Lilyalign="Center"| 1998align="Center" | 74 m / 244 ftalign="Center"| 60align="Center"| 120
Royal Lotusalign="Center"| 1998align="Center" | 74 m / 244 ftalign="Center"| 60align="Center"| 120
RV Tonle Pandawalign="Center"| 2002align="Center" | 55 m / 180 ftalign="Center"| 38align="Center"| 66

Ocean cruises

The Viking Ocean Cruises division was formed in 2013. It began operating its first vessel, Viking Star, in 2015, with itineraries in Scandinavia, the British Isles, the Baltic and Mediterranean Sea.Christian L. Wright, [https://www.wsj.com/articles/cruise-vacations-for-the-anti-cruise-crowd-1490277971 "Cruise Vacations for the Anti-Cruise Crowd,"] Wall Street Journal, 4 April 2017. Viking Sea joined the fleet in 2016; and its third and fourth ships, Viking Sky and Viking Sun, were added in 2017.Gene Sloan, [https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2017/04/18/viking-ocean-cruises-orders-more-ships/100592520/ "Fast-growing Viking Ocean Cruises orders two more ships,"] USA Today, 18 April 2017.Gene Sloan, [https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2017/10/20/construction-begins-sixth-ship-viking-ocean-cruises/783283001/ "Construction begins on a sixth ship for Viking Ocean Cruises,"] USA Today, 20 October 2017. Each of Viking Ocean Cruises first four vessels were named after the first four vessels of Royal Viking Line, whom Viking Cruises founder Torstein Hagen was CEO of from 1980 to 1985.{{Cite web|url=https://crociereuk.wordpress.com/2015/09/12/the-rise-and-fall-of-royal-viking-line/|title = The Rise and Fall of Royal Viking Line|date = 12 September 2015}}

In June 2018, Viking's fifth ocean vessel, Viking Orion, was added to the fleet.{{Cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2018/06/26/viking-orion-cruise-ship-photo-tour/733557002/|title=First look: Inside Viking Cruises' newest ocean ship, Viking Orion|work=USA TODAY|access-date=2018-06-26|language=en}}{{Cite news|date=14 June 2018|title=Astronaut christens new Viking Cruises ship, Viking Orion, in elaborate ceremony|work=USA TODAY|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2018/06/14/viking-cruises-ship-orion-christened-italy-ceremony/695808002/}} Being one-third the size of many cruise ships being built by major cruise lines, this allows the Viking Star-class to enter into smaller ports.Gene Sloan, [https://www.usatoday.com/story/cruiselog/2015/04/12/viking-star-first-look/25669227/ "First Look: Inside the Year’s Hottest New Cruise Ship,"] USA Today, 13 April 2015. Its overall length is 745.4 ft. (227.2 m); its beam is 94.5 ft. (28.8 m); the draft is 20.7 ft. (6.3 m); with a gross tonnage of 47,800 GT.[http://www.ship-technology.com/projects/viking-star-cruise-ship/ "Viking Star Cruise Ship, Italy,"] Ship-Technology.com. Accessed 19 December 2017. The nine ships were built by Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona, Italy, and the Scandinavian influenced, modernist interior design was developed by London-based SMC Design and Los Angeles–based Rottet Studio.

Viking's itineraries feature travel in Northern Europe, the Baltic, the Americas, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Their ships spend more time in port than is common at other ocean lines, emphasizing a focus on the culture of their destinations. Viking Ocean Cruises' vessels carry up to 930 passengers and 550 crew.[https://www.usatoday.com/story/cruiselog/2015/04/17/viking-star-suites-cabins/25923305/ "Living Large: Inside New Viking Ship's Stylish Suites,"] USA Today, 17 April 2015.

In 2017-2018, Viking Sun made the company's first round-the-world cruise, which departed from Miami, and sailed south to head through the Panama Canal, and planned to visit five continents, 35 countries and 64 ports before ending its 141-day journey in London.{{cite news|last1=Kennedy|first1=Sherry|title=Viking Sun Around the World 2018 Voyage Just Began from Miami|url=https://cruisemaven.com/viking-sun-around-the-world-cruise-2018/|work=Cruise Maven|date=16 December 2017}} In May 2018, Viking Cruises announced its intention to launch a new package called Ultimate World Cruise, which it claimed to be the longest continuous world cruise itinerary in history. Its most expensive package would cover 245 days on Viking Sun and stop at 59 countries and 113 ports.{{Cite news | last=Wood | first=Donald | url=https://www.travelpulse.com/news/cruise/viking-announces-longest-continuous-world-cruise.html | title=Viking Announces Longest Continuous World Cruise |work=TravelPulse | date=4 May 2018}}{{Cite news | title=A world cruise that lasts 245 days? That's the plan at Viking| last=Sloan | first=Gene| work=USA TODAY | date=2 May 2018 | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2018/05/02/viking-world-cruise-longest-ever-245-days/570968002/}}

= Fleet =

class="wikitable"

! Ship

year builtBuilderLengthGross TonnageFlagStateroomsPassengers

!Christened by

Photo
Viking Staralign="Center"| 2015align="Center" | Fincantierialign="Center" | 227 m / 745 ftalign="Center" | 47,842 tons{{Cite web |title= |url=https://classdirect.lr.org/assets/LRV18963}}align="Center" | {{flag|Norway|civil}}align="Center"| 465align="Center"| 930

|Trude Drevland

(Norwegian Politician){{Cite web |title=Viking Star Christening {{!}} Videos {{!}} Viking Cruises |url=https://www.vikingcruises.com/oceans/video/ships/viking-star-christening/play.html?gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA7t6sBhAiEiwAsaieYmKir2xwjvK62dd1_wZUrMyhLOmvC-4r6Ort9I9sX-_wyZcOIb9xHhoCqZYQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=www.vikingcruises.com |language=en}}

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Viking Seaalign=center| 2016align=center| Fincantierialign="Center" | 227 m / 745 ftalign=center| 47,842 tons{{Cite web |title= |url=https://classdirect.lr.org/assets/LRV36200}}align="Center" | {{flag|Norway|civil}}align="Center"| 465align="Center"| 930

|Karine Hagen

(Chairman's Daughter{{Cite web |title=Viking Sea Christening {{!}} Videos {{!}} Viking Cruises |url=https://www.vikingcruises.com/oceans/video/ships/viking-sea-christening/play.html#:~:text=assets/SEA_Christening_Ribbon_Cutting_3601_3840_2x1.jpg-,May%205,%202016.,of%20London%20on%20the%20Thames. |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=www.vikingcruises.com |language=en}})

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Viking Skyalign=center| 2017align=center| Fincantierialign="Center" | 227 m / 745 ftalign=center| 47,842 tons{{Cite web |title= |url=https://classdirect.lr.org/assets/LRV25657}}align="Center" | {{flag|Norway|civil}}align="Center"| 465align="Center"| 930

|Marit Barstad

(Chairman's Sister){{Cite web |title=Viking Sky Christening - Viking Ocean Cruises |url=https://www.vikingcruises.com/oceans/sky-christening.html |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=www.vikingcruises.com}}

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Viking Orionalign=center| 2018align=center| Fincantierialign="Center" | 227 m / 745 ftalign=center| 47,861 tons {{Cite web |title= |url=https://classdirect.lr.org/assets/LRV3238}}align="Center" | {{flag|Norway|civil}}align="Center"| 465align="Center"| 930

|Anna Fisher

(Astronaut){{Cite web |title=Viking Orion Naming Ceremony {{!}} Videos {{!}} Viking Cruises |url=https://www.vikingcruises.com/oceans/video/ships/viking-orion-naming-ceremony/play.html#:~:text=in%20Livorno,%20Italy.-,The%20ship's%20godmother,%20retired%20NASA%20astronaut%20Dr.,dates%20back%20thousands%20of%20years. |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=www.vikingcruises.com |language=en}}

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Viking Jupiteralign=center| 2019align=center| Fincantierialign="Center" | 227 m / 745 ftalign=center| 47,842 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Norway|civil}}align="Center"| 465align="Center"| 930

|Sissel Kyrkjebø (Norwegian Singer){{Cite web |title=Viking Jupiter Naming Ceremony {{!}} Videos {{!}} Viking Cruises |url=https://www.vikingcruises.com/oceans/video/ships/viking-jupiter-naming-ceremony/play.html#:~:text=Los%20Angeles,%20California.-,The%20ship's%20godmother,%20world-renowned%20Norwegian%20soprano%20and%20crossover%20singer,dates%20back%20thousands%20of%20years. |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=www.vikingcruises.com |language=en}}

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Viking Venus{{cite web|url=https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/ship-operations/viking-venus-named-during-english-channel-festivities|title=Viking Venus is named during English Channel festivities|date=2021-05-17|accessdate=2021-05-18|language=english}}align=center| 2021{{Cite web|url=https://www.fincantieri.com/en/media/press-releases/2021/viking-venus-delivered-in-ancona/|title=Fincantieri | "VIKING VENUS" DELIVERED IN ANCONA|website=www.fincantieri.com}}https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/24791-fincantieri-delivers-new-viking-venus.htm {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}align=center| Fincantierialign="Center" | 227 m / 745 ftalign=center| 47,842 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Norway|civil}}align="Center"| 465align="Center"| 930

|Anne Diamond

(British Journalist)

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Viking Marsalign=center| 2022{{cite web|url=https://crew-center.com/viking-takes-delivery-viking-mars|title=Viking Takes Delivery of Viking Mars|date=2022-05-13|accessdate=2022-05-15}}align=center| Fincantieri, Ancona{{cite web|url=https://www.fincantieri.com/en/media/press-releases/2022/viking-mars-delivered-in-ancona/|title="Viking Mars" delivered in Acona|date=2022-05-12|accessdate=2022-05-15}}align="Center" | 227 malign=center| 47,842 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|Norway|civil}}align="Center"| 465align="Center"| 930

|Lady Fiona Carnarvon, (Countess of Carnarvon){{Cite web |last=Simpson |first=David |date=2022-05-18 |title=Viking celebrates Norway Day with the christening of Viking Mars in Malta |url=https://seaviewcruises.co.uk/viking-celebrates-norway-day-with-the-christening-of-viking-mars-in-malta/ |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=Seaview Cruises {{!}} Cruise Lines, Cruise Ships & Cruise Information |language=en-GB}}

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Viking Neptunealign=center|2022{{Cite web |title=Viking Takes Delivery of Newest Ship |url=https://www.vikingcruises.com/press/press-releases/2022-11-10-viking-takes-delivery-of-newest-ocean-ship.html |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.vikingcruises.com |language=en}}align=center| Fincantieri, Anconaalign=center|227 malign=center|47,842 tonsalign=center|{{flag|Norway|civil}}align=center|465align=center|930

|Nicole Stott

(Astronaut){{Cite web |last=Knego |first=Peter |date=2023-07-27 |title=New Ship Viking Neptune Christened in LA |url=https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/viking-christens-new-ship-viking-neptune-in-los-angeles-vessel-is-hosting-lines-world-cruise |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=www.cruisecritic.com |language=en-us}}

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Viking Saturn

| align=center| 2023{{Cite web |last=Network |first=MI News |date=2023-04-27 |title="Viking Saturn" Delivered In Ancona |url=https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/viking-saturn-delivered-in-ancona/ |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=Marine Insight |language=en-US}}

| align=center| Fincantieri, Ancona

| align=center| 227 m

| align=center| 47,842 tons

| align=center| {{flag|Norway|civil}}

| align=center| 465

| align=center| 930

|Ann Ziff

(Metropolitan Opera Chairman){{Cite web |title=The Viking Saturn Naming Ceremony {{!}} Videos {{!}} Viking Cruises |url=https://www.vikingcruises.com/oceans/video/ships/the-viking-saturn-naming-ceremony/play.html |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=www.vikingcruises.com |language=en}}

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Viking Vela{{Cite web |date=13 June 2023 |title= Next Viking Cruises Newbuild to Carry Name Viking Vela |url=https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2023/06/next-viking-cruises-newbuild-to-carry-name-viking-vela/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |website=Cruise Industry News}}align="center" | 2024[https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2024/12/fincantieri-delivers-viking-vela/ Fincantieri Delivers Viking Vela]. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.[https://www.vikingcruises.com/press/press-releases/2024-12-3-viking-takes-delivery-of-newest-ocean-ship.html Viking Takes Delivery of Newest Ocean Ship - The New Viking Vela Joins Award-Winning Fleet of Sister Ships]. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.align="center" | Fincantierialign="Center" | 238 malign="center" | 53,769{{Cite web |title= |url=https://classdirect.lr.org/assets/LRV44333}}align="Center" | {{flag|Norway|civil}}align="Center" | 499align="Center" | 998in service{{cite web | url=https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2024/12/viking-vela-sets-sail-on-maiden-cruise/ | title=Viking Vela Sets Sail on Maiden Cruise - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News }}https://www.vikingcruises.com/press/press-releases/2024-12-05-viking-celebrates-fincantieri-partnership-with-naming-of-newest-ocean-ship.html

|

= China Merchants Viking Cruises =

class="wikitable"

! Ship

BuiltEntered ServiceBuilderLengthGross TonnageFlagStateroomsPassengersPhoto
Zhao Shang Yi Dun
"招商伊敦"
(built as Viking Sun)		align="center" | 2017align="center" | 2021align="center" | Fincantierialign="Center" | 227 malign="center" | 47,842 tonsalign="Center" | {{flag|China|civil}}align="Center" | 465align="Center" | 930200px

=== Future Ocean ships{{Cite web |title=10 more Viking ocean ships by 2030, a tad bigger and some for China |url=https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/shipbuilding-refurb-equipment/10-more-viking-ocean-ships-2030-tad-bigger-and-some-china |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=Seatrade-Cruise |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=

Viking Ocean Orderbook: 6 Ships Get Accelerated Delivery; 4 More Options |url=https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2024/04/viking-ocean-orderbook-6-ships-get-accelerated-delivery-4-more-options/?fbclid=IwAR0VkSgIQG65hibi9rQobbrmdDSWotcUCDy8aZLn-9pKTmNfEazkFL0Bc9E_aem_AceE1HpH8GnEQDcRJHtWuP3A8pjFCkNuLNZhWL9IeN2oR-PhbZ1kk_bXc6GF_7GmsgZqOyKZmbrZoCmsPKs5ZUYB |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=cruiseindustrynews.com |language=en}} ===

The future Viking Ocean fleet will be slightly enlarged versions of the same class to accommodate new fuel cell technology

class="wikitable"

! Ship

Maiden VoyageBuilderLengthGross TonnagePlanned FlagPlanned StateroomsPlanned Passengers
colspan="8" |Enlarged Hydrogen-Fuel Cell Ocean Ships (beginning 2024){{Cite web |title=Fincantieri Delivers First Viking Cruise Ship With Hydrogen Fuel Cell |url=https://maritime-executive.com/article/fincantieri-delivers-first-viking-cruise-ship-with-hydrogen-fuel-cell |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=The Maritime Executive |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=New Viking Cruise Ships Will Run on Hydrogen, Hold More Passengers |url=https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/6901/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.cruisecritic.com |language=en-us}}
Viking Vesta{{Cite web |title=Viking Vesta |url=https://www.vikingcruises.com/oceans/ships/viking-vesta.html |access-date=3 January 2024 |website=Viking Cruises}}align="center" | July 2025align="center" | Fincantierialign="Center" | 238 malign="center" | 54,300{{Cite web |date=24 October 2024 |title=Fincantieri : Viking commande encore des paquebots|url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/construction-navale/fincantieri-viking-commande-encore-des-paquebots |access-date=24 October 2024 |website=www.meretmarine.com}}align="Center" | {{flag|Norway|civil}}align="Center" | 490align="Center" | 998
Viking Mira{{Cite web |title=Viking Mira |url=https://www.vikingcruises.com/oceans/ships/viking-mira.html |access-date=12 October 2024 |website=Viking Cruises}}align="center" | June 2026align="center" | Fincantierialign="Center" | 238 malign="center" | 54,300align="Center" | {{flag|Norway|civil}}align="Center" | 490align="Center" | 998
Viking Libra{{Cite web |title=Viking Libra |url=https://www.vikingcruises.com/oceans/ships/viking-libra.html |access-date=3 January 2025 |website=Viking Cruises}}align="center" | December 2026align="center" | Fincantierialign="Center" | 238 malign="center" | 54,300align="Center" | {{flag|Norway|civil}}align="Center" | 490align="Center" | 998
Viking Astrea{{Cite web |title=Viking Astrea|url=https://www.vikingcruises.com/oceans/ships/viking-astrea.html |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Viking Cruises}}align="center" | June 2027align="center" | Fincantierialign="Center" | 238 malign="center" | 54,300align="Center" | {{flag|Norway|civil}}align="Center" | 490align="Center" | 998
TBAalign="center" | May 2028align="center" | Fincantierialign="Center" | 238 malign="center" | TBDalign="Center" | {{flag|Norway|civil}}align="Center" | 490align="Center" | TBD
TBAalign="center" | May 2029align="center" | Fincantierialign="Center" | 238 malign="center" | TBDalign="Center" | {{flag|Norway|civil}}align="Center" | 490align="Center" | TBD
TBAalign="center" | November 2029align="center" | Fincantierialign="Center" | 238 malign="center" | TBDalign="Center" | {{flag|Norway|civil}}align="Center" | 490align="Center" | TBD
TBAalign="center" | May 2030align="center" | Fincantierialign="Center" | 238 malign="center" | TBDalign="Center" | {{flag|Norway|civil}}align="Center" | 490align="Center" | TBD
TBAalign="center" | November 2030align="center" | Fincantierialign="Center" | 238 malign="center" | TBDalign="Center" | {{flag|Norway|civil}}align="Center" | 490align="Center" | TBD

{{cite web | url=https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2024/05/viking-orders-two-more-cruise-ships-for-2029-deliveries/ | title=Viking Orders Two More Cruise Ships for 2029 Deliveries - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News }}{{cite web | url=https://www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/18139199-viking-reports-first-quarter-2024-financial-results | title=Viking Reports First Quarter 2024 Financial Results | date=29 May 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.fincantieri.com/en/media/press-releases/2024/fincantieri-and-viking-sign-contracts-for-two-cruise-ships/ | title=Fincantieri | Fincantieri and Viking sign contracts for two cruise ships }}

In October 2024 Viking ordered two more ships for delivery in 2030 and options for four additional ships for delivery in 2031 and 2032{{cite web | url=https://www.fincantieri.com/en/media/press-releases/2024/fincantieri-viking-sign-contracts-for-two-cruise-ships/ | title=Fincantieri | Fincantieri and Viking sign contracts for two cruise ships }}{{cite web | url=https://hansa-online.de/2024/10/schiffstechnik/239652/viking-ordert-24-kreuzfahrtschiffe-bei-fincantieri/ | title=Viking ordert 2+4 Kreuzfahrtschiffe bei Fincantieri | date=23 October 2024 }}

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Expedition cruises

In April 2018, Viking Cruises and VARD announced Viking had signed a contract to order two "special" cruise ships from VARD that are expected to enter service in 2021 and 2022, with an option for two more.{{Cite news|last=Staff|first=CIN|date=2018-04-04|title=Viking Orders Two 'Special' Vessels from VARD|language=en-GB|url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/18799-viking-orders-two-special-vessels-from-vard.html|access-date=2018-04-05}} Planned to be built in Romania and Norway, the value of the contract was estimated to be worth around 5 billion Norwegian krone (about $611 million). The ships were expected to be expedition vessels.{{Cite news|last=Sloan|first=Gene|date=24 July 2018|title=Is Viking about to get into expedition cruising, too?|work=USA Today|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2018/07/24/viking-cruises-order-ships-expedition-cruise-specialist-vard/826796002/}}

In October 2019, it was first reported that Viking Cruises was planning to launch Viking Expeditions, the expeditions arm to the business, in early 2020, with initial itineraries focusing on the polar regions of the Arctic Circle and Antarctica.{{Cite news|date=15 October 2019|title=Viking Expeditions Set to Launch with Pair of 378-Guest Ships|work=Cruise Industry News|url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/21730-viking-expeditions-set-to-launch-with-pair-of-378-guest-ships.html}} In January 2020, Viking officially announced the launch of Viking Expeditions. Expedition trips would be performed on smaller vessels designed to navigate through smaller waterways while also being capable of travelling through sea, and reach destinations such as polar regions and North America’s Great Lakes. Scheduled to begin operating its first vessel in January 2022, named Viking Octantis, and its second in August, named Viking Polaris, Viking Expeditions will also partner with scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to conduct research along with its own expedition team.

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(Norwegian Explorer and skier){{Cite web |last=Coulter |first=Adam |date=2023-07-27 |title=Viking christens Viking Octantis, Polaris |url=https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/viking-christens-two-new-expedition-ships-at-ceremony-in-amsterdam-as-part-of-25th-anniversary-celebrations |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=www.cruisecritic.com |language=en-us}}

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Sponsorships

Since 2011, Viking has sponsored programming on PBS's Masterpiece Theatre, including Downton Abbey, Sherlock and Poldark,{{cite news | url=https://www.travelpulse.com/news/cruise/more-downton-abbey-from-viking-cruises.html | title=More 'Downton Abbey' from Viking Cruises | work=TravelPulse | date=21 November 2017}} and is a sponsor of National Geographic's Genius, a scripted series about the life of Albert Einstein.[https://www.travelagentcentral.com/cruises/viking-cruises-national-geographic-launch-genius-series "Viking Cruises, National Geographic Launch 'Genius' Series,"] Travel Agent Central, 21 April 2017. Viking has also sponsored the Los Angeles Philharmonic at The Hollywood Bowl, Metropolitan Opera, BBC, Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway, and Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Accidents and incidents

On 11 September 2016, Viking Freya collided with a bridge near to Erlangen, Germany, crushing the wheelhouse and killing two crew members.{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/09/11/2-dead-after-cruise-ship-hits-bridge-in-germany.html| title=Two dead after cruise ship hits bridge in Germany| access-date=18 October 2019}}

On 23 March 2019, Viking Sky put out a mayday call after she suffered an engine failure off the coast of Norway. Six of Norway’s fourteen rescue helicopters were sent to the scene, and 460 passengers were evacuated before the ship travelled to Molde under her own power. The vessel was attached to a tugboat as the anchors were inoperable. On 27 March, Viking Sky arrived at a shipyard in Kristiansund for repairs. The next scheduled cruise was cancelled.

On 1 April 2019, Viking Idun collided with the oil tanker Chemical Marketer (IMO 9304291) in Terneuzen, in the Netherlands, not far from Antwerp. Five passengers were slightly injured; one crew member was taken to hospital. The Marine Insurance report indicates that the Idun "suffered considerable damage to her bow" while the tanker "suffered several breaches to her hull".{{cite web |url=https://insurancemarinenews.com/insurance-marine-news/marine-accident-round-up-4th-april-2019/ |title=Marine accident round-up |date=4 April 2019 |publisher=Marine Insurance News |access-date=7 June 2019 |quote=on the Westerschelde in Terneuzen shortly after midnight on April 1st}}

On 29 May 2019, Viking Sigyn, during a sightseeing tour on the Danube, collided with a small tour boat, the Hableány, in Budapest, Hungary. Hableány sank with 35 people on board of whom 28 died.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48548023 |title=Hungary tourist boat accident: Captain also involved in Dutch boat crash |publisher=BBC News |date=7 June 2019 }} On 11 June 2019, the boat was recovered from the riverbed and deposited on a barge by a floating crane.{{cite news |title=Danube boat accident: More bodies found as vessel is raised in Hungary |date=11 June 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48591791 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=12 June 2019}} The captain of the Viking Sigyn, identified as Yuriy C. and later as Yuriy Chaplinsky from Odesa, Ukraine,{{cite web |title=Master of the Viking Sigyn Identified As Yuriy Chaplinsky|url=https://www.cruiselawnews.com/2019/06/articles/collisions/master-of-the-viking-sigyn-identified-as-yuriy-chaplinsky/|publisher=CRUISE LAW NEWS |date=18 October 2019}}{{cite web |title=Viking Sigyn accidents and incidents|url=https://www.cruisemapper.com/accidents/Viking-Sigyn-2148 |publisher=Cruise Mapper |date=29 May 2019}}{{cite web |title=Ulykkeskaptajn involveret i tidligere ulykke|url=https://maritimedanmark.dk/?Id=41114|publisher=Maritime Danmark |date=18 October 2019}}{{cite web |title=Viking Sigyn accidents and incidentsy|url=https://www.cruisemapper.com/accidents/Viking-Sigyn-2148 |publisher=Cruise Mapper |date=18 October 2019}} was arrested and held in custody on suspicion of endangering water transport and causing a mass-casualty incident. He was released on bail on 11 June 2019.{{cite news |title=Cruise ship captain released on bail two weeks after fatal collision in Hungary |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-cruise-ship-captain-released-on-bail-two-weeks-after-fatal-collision/ |newspaper=Globe and Mail |date=11 June 2019}} According to Viking Cruises, Chaplinsky was also aboard the Viking Idun at the time of 1 April 2019 incident but was not acting as captain of that vessel at the time it collided with the oil tanker. Other reports stated that, according to Hungarian prosecutors he was, in fact, the captain of the Idun during the incident near Terneuzen.{{cite news |url=https://www.apnews.com/49ff3304a40b416bbc22a4794cca5c48 |title=Hungary: Death toll rises to 19 in Danube tour boat crash |publisher=Associated Press |date=6 June 2019 }} The Dutch Safety Board would not reveal the identity of captain of the ship during 1 April incident to the news media.{{cite web |title=Ukrainian Cruise Ship Captain Involved in Recent Collisions in Hungary, Netherlands|url=https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2019/06/07/528743.htm |publisher=Insurance Journal |date=18 October 2019}} A report from Hungary in mid October stated that the captain of the Sigyn, Yuriy Chaplinsky, was not impaired at the time of the crash and was on the bridge in control of the vessel. The Captain had stated that he "simply did not notice" the tour boat. Although news reports stated that he was not to "blame" for the crash, Captain Chaplinsky remained under pre-trial arrest as a suspect in "endangering water transport resulting in a fatal mass catastrophe and of failing to offer aid at the time of the crash", according to CBS News.{{cite web |title=Tour boat captain not to blame for Danube river crash that killed 28|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/budapest-boat-crash-danube-captain-not-at-fault-police-say-today-2019-10-15/|publisher=CBS News |date=18 October 2019}}

On the evening of 5 June 2019, a Viking ship, initially said to be the Viking Var,{{cite web |title=Viking River Cruises mum on most recent accident|url=https://www.travelweekly.com/River-Cruising/Viking-River-Cruises-mum-on-most-recent-accident |publisher=Travel Weekly |date=18 October 2019}} damaged the lock of Riedenburg, in the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal. After the impact, the lock could not be properly closed. No one was injured in the accident. The repair was expected to take two to three weeks to complete.{{cite web |title=Viking Schiff Beschaedigt Schleuse Main Donau Kanal Gesperrt|url=https://www.cruisetricks.de/viking-schiff-beschaedigt-schleuse-main-donau-kanal-gesperrt/ |publisher=Cruise Tricks |date=18 October 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.napi.hu/nemzetkozi-vallalatok/hajo-zsilip-baleset-viking.685711.html|title=Viking-hajó ütközött a Majna-Duna-csatornánál|work=Napi.hu|date=2019-06-07|language=hu}} Witnesses later indicated the vessel involved in that incident was actually Viking Tir. {{Cite web|last=Clausing|first=Jeri|date=12 June 2019|title=Viking River Cruises mum on most recent accident|url=https://www.travelweekly.com/River-Cruising/Viking-River-Cruises-mum-on-most-recent-accident|website=Travel Weekly}}

On 29 November 2022, the Viking Polaris was hit by a rogue wave during a storm off the coast of Argentina. A glass screen was shattered and a female passenger was killed by flying glass. Four other people were injured.{{cite news |title=Viking Polaris: Passenger killed after 'rogue wave' hits cruise ship |work=BBC News |date=3 December 2022 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-63846157 |access-date=3 December 2022}}

On 18 August 2023, a crew member on Viking Mars died after falling overboard in the port of Cromarty Firth in Invergordon.{{cite news |title=Man dies after fall from cruise ship at Port of Cromarty Firth |work=BBC News |date=20 August 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-66562826 |access-date=20 August 2023}}

See also

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