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Belfast Refitted Azamara Pursuit Christened
#CruiseLiners - New to Azamara Club Cruises is the Azamara Pursuit which was officially named in Southampton yesterday, 28 August.
The 30,277gt Azamara Pursuit writes the Maritime Executive was previously P&O Cruises' Adonia, and she sailed her final voyage as Adonia in February 2018. She has since undergone a two-and-a-half-month refurbishment at Grand Bahamas Shipyard before sailing to the U.K. Here she received further enhancements at Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Azamara CEO Larry Pimentel says the line's third ship will enable it to visit all seven continents next year, notable South America, and to go to 400 ports annually. The ship is scheduled to visit 61 destinations, including 15 maiden calls for the line. The three ships will undertake a joint cruise together going from Slovenia to Venice in 2020.
The godmothers of the 702-passenger ship are Ellen Asmodeo-Giglio, executive vice president and chief revenue officer of Afar Media, and Lucy Huxley, editor in chief of Travel Weekly UK.
Azamara Pursuit Arrives In Belfast Ahead Of Summer Refit
#CruiseLiners - The cruise liner Azamara Pursuit is now in Belfast Lough in preparation for its refit at Harland & Wolff, according to the Belfast Telegraph.
All eight decks of the 600m cruise ship will be refurbished over this summer, part of a multi-million-euro contract between Royal Caribbean and Newry-based fitout specialists MJM Group, as previously reported on Afloat.ie.
The Azamara Pursuit, which formerly sailed for P&O as Adonia, will be christened in Southhampton ahead of its return to sea in August for a two-night celebratory cruise.
It's expected that the bulk of the refit works will be done in over a marathon 30-day period between June and July. The Belfast Telegraph has more on the story HERE.
