BOUDICCA IN LISBON 2009-08-22

Fred. Olsen Cruise Line's BOUDICCA visited Lisbon again on 22 August 2009 and berthed at the Alcântara cruise terminal. She is a beautiful classic passenger cruise ship. More photos here and also here.
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Espécies ameaçadas

Consta que as obras de ampliação do terminal de contentores de Alcântara vão avançar já em Setembro, ficando as Estações Marítimas isoladas. Rompe-se assim o equilíbrio precário entre turista e caixas metálicas que tem marcado nos últimos anos o panorama marítimo de Alcântara - Rocha.
Sem estes terminais de passageiros, resta aos paquetes o de Santa Apolónia, sem capacidade para a grande afluência de cruzeiros prevista para os próximos meses. Que solução?
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BOUDICCA IN LISBON 2007-11-12

The BOUDICCA leaving Lisbon in the afternoon of 12 November 2007. A beautiful ship in a beautiful setting: my city of Lisbon has been full of light and specially nice to photograph the cruise ships departing in the afternoon...
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BOUDICCA IN LISBON 2007-06-01

The Fred Olsen cruise ship BOUDICCA visited Lisbon on 2007-06-01 again and I was able to register some more images of her taken on her departure from the Rocha Cruise Terminal. Originally built in Helsinki by Wartsila for the Royal Viking Line (the second of three sisters) as the ROYAL VIKING SKY, she is now sailing under her seventh name and joined her older sister ship BLACK WATCH ex-ROYAL VIKING STAR in 2005. Following a very extensive refit that included new main engines the BOUDICCA is now based in UK as one of the four soon to be five Fred Olsen cruise ships.

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TRADIÇÃO DAS FIGURAS DE PROA

A companhia de navegação norueguesa Fred Olsen Lines foi a última grande empresa armadora a manter a tradição das proas dos seus navios decoradas com carrancas, podendo um dos mais atraentes exemplos desta prática ser ainda hoje observado na proa do paquete de cruzeiros BLACK PRINCE, de 1966.

Uma forma muito atraente de embelezar os navios, que a Fred Olsen soube transformar em arte.

Hoje a empresa tem uma importância crescente no mercado britanico de cruzeiros, com quatro paquetes a operar e mais um adquirido...

Texto e imagens de L. M. Correia - 14 Fevereiro 2007

FRED. OLSEN DAY in LISBON

Two Fred. Olsen cruise ships, the BLACK PRINCE and the BOUDICCA shared the berth at the Rocha cruise terminal in Lisbon on 20 September 2006.

It is always nice to be able to photograph fleet-mates and the weather was particularly sunny.
The ships were scheduled to sail together at 6.00 PM but the BLACK PRINCE undocked first making it impossible to picture both underway. Here there are some photos.

DIA DA FRED. OLSEN EM LISBOA

Dois navios de cruzeiros da companhia norueguesa Fred. Olsen estiveram atracados juntos na Estação Marítima da Rocha em 20 de Setembro de 2006, proporcionando diversas imagens para o "album de família": o BLACK PRINCE, que frequenta o Tejo há cerca de 40 anos e o BOUDICCA.

Estava prevista a largada simultânea dos dois navios, mas tal não veio a acontecer, inviabilizando fotografias conjuntas a navegar.

Luís Miguel Correia - 2006