SOVEREIGN cancelou escalas em Lisboa e Funchal

A companhia espanhola PULLMANTUR (Grupo Royal Caribbean) cancelou as escalas inaugurais do seu navio-almirante, o paquete SOVEREIGN, previstas para Lisboa e Funchal, respectivamente nos próximos dias 25 e 27 de Novembro, não havendo certeza quanto à concretização das escalas anunciadas para os mesmos portos em Março de 2010.

O SOVEREIGN, que foi transferido para a operadora espanhola há um ano, encontra-se num estaleiro em Génova de onde seguirá directamente para Santos, Brasil, no dia 24 de Novembro, sem passageiros.

O navio vai fazer a segunda época em águas brasileiras.

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SOVEREIGN at Villefranche

The French-built SOVEREIGN, once the largest cruise ship in the world back in 1987 when introduced by Royal Caribbean as their famous SOVEREIGN of the SEAS.
Last year she was transferred to Pullmantur and after a series of Brazilian cruises the ship replaced the OCEANIC on 7-day cruises out of Barcelona calling at western Mediterranean ports: Villefranche, Livorno, Civitavecchia, Naples and Tunis.
We did the inaugural cruise from Barcelona on 23 to 30 March 2009 and the present photos were taken in Villefranche. It was SOVEREIGN's maiden call and also the start of the 2009 cruise season to the French Riviera famous port...
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SOVEREIGN em Villefranche

Não há nada como uma viagem de lazer a bordo de um grande navio: um cruzeiro. Se o itinerário se desenrolar pelo Mediterrâneo, tanto melhor. O Mediterrâneo está cheio de nomes mágicos cujo significado traduz alguns dos mais belos portos do Mundo, como Cápri, Nápoles, Santorini, Valleta ou Villefranche.
Estivemos recentemente em Villefranche a bordo do paquete SOVEREIGN, actual navio-almirante da filial espanhola da Royal Caribbean, a simpática Pullmantur, e aqui ficam alguns registos do grande navio na baía. Fotografias tiradas a 24 de Março de 2009.
Pullmantur's flagship SOVEREIGN ex-SOVEREIGN of the SEAS at anchor in Villefranche, one of the most beautiful spots in the Western Mediterranean...
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SOVEREIGN and BRILLIANCE OF THE SEAS at Barcelona

Two generations of Royal Caribbean cruise ships alongside Barcelona on 30 March 2009: the SOVEREIGN ex-SOVEREIGN of the SEAS and the more modern BRILLIANCE of the SEAS.
The Sovereign was transferred to Pullmantur in November 2008 and replaced the OCEANIC on 7-day western Mediterranean cruises from Barcelona on 23 March 2009.
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SOVEREIGN: Pullmantur's flagship

When built as the SOVEREIGN of the SEAS, she was the largest cruise ship in the world, back in 1987. Over the years new ships took over her title but the ship has been able to keep her grace and beauty, with one of the very last cruiser sterns shaped in NORMANDIE style.
In November she was transferred to Pullmantur and I did her first cruise from Barcelona last March. It was a very pleasant cruise and the ship is very beautiful...
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SOVEREIGN substitui OCEANIC

Navio de cruzeiros SOVEREIGN fotografado ao largo deFreeport, Bahamas a 27 de Novembro, onde foi mudar o nome.
Construído em França em 1987, o SOVEREIGN era então o maior navio de passageiros do mundo, com 73.192 TAB, e o primeiro gigante, construído para operar nas Caraíbas baseado em Miami.
O SOVEREIGN vai substituir o OCEANIC em 2009, passando aquele a fazer mini-cruzeiros de valência de 3 e 4 dias.
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SOVEREIGN com Comandante português

O primeiro comandante do novo paquete de cruzeiros da
companhia Pullmantur é o Capitão da Marinha Mercante Amadeu Albuquerque, que se pode considerar um dos mais experimentados comandantes de navios de cruzeiros português.
Está ligado à Pullmantur desde 2000, ano em que comandou o SEAWIND CROWN ex-VASCO DA GAMA, ex-INFANTE DOM HENEIQUE na sua derradeira época. No ano seguinte foi a Freeport buscar o OCEANIC, que trouxe a Lisboa na viagem posicional.
Conheço o Cte. Albuquerque desde 1972 quando viajei no PÁTRIA da Colonial, em que ele era creio que 1º Piloto, e mais tarde voltei a encontrá-lo nos paquetes FUNCHAL e VASCO DA GAMA.
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SOVEREIGN NEW PULLMANTUR flagship

Pullmantur Cruises, the Spanish subsidiary of the Royal Caribbean International group, has just received another ship from mother company Royal Caribbean: the SOVEREIGN ex-SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, renamed in the Bahamas (Freeport) and registered in Malta.
The SOVEREIGN now shows the Pullmantur red funnel introduced earlier this year and the ship is being positioned to Santos for a season of Brazilian cruises starting 13 December 2008.
On her return to Europe, next Spring, the SOVEREIGN will be based in Barcelona operating 7-day cruises replacing the veteran OCEANIC which is going to be based in Valencia next year for a series of 3 and 4 day Mediterranean cruises. Photos and informations kindly sent by Captain Amadeu Albuquerque, master of the SOVEREIGN.

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