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The Greek line offers cruising in and around the Greek Isles.

Golden Star Cruises ship:
Aegean I 560 p Greece Registry

Addresses:
85 Akti Miaouli,
Piraeus,
Greece 185 38
Tel. +3 (210) 429-0650
Fax +3 (210) 429-0660

US Office address:

Golden Sun Cruises

40 East 52nd Street
New York, N.Y. 10022-5911
Tel: 212-223-3222
Toll free (877) 244-8004

In 1997, decades after the demise of passenger cruising on the Great Lakes, German cruise line Hapag-Lloyd brought their 420-passenger cruise ship MV Columbus, filled primarily with German travelers, to sail the Great Lakes. Fascinated by the idea of revitalizing this once flourishing cruise market, travel industry veterans Tom Conlin and his son Chris, formed the Great Lakes Cruise Company the following year. By fall 1999, the Great Lakes Cruise Company operated the first American charter of the MV Columbus. With the success of their first season, GLCC chartered both MV Columbus and the 90-passenger French luxury yacht Le Levant the following three years.

In 2002, to facilitate the revitalization process and attract more travelers to our beautiful inland oceans, GLCC formed a partnership with Acheson Ventures of Port Huron, Michigan, just as Acheson was completing construction of the finest new cruise ship terminal in the Great Lakes. As more cruise lines entered the Great Lakes market, GLCC expanded their services, forming a single source for Great Lakes cruises.

The Great Lakes Cruise Company currently features not only their own charters, but also offers cruises aboard all ships now sailing the Great Lakes.

Ships:
Le Levant* 95 p Wallus and Fortuna/FR

Columbus* 408 p Bahamas Registry

Georgian Clipper* 18 p Canada Registry

* Chartered

Addresses:

3300 Washtenaw Avenue
Suite 230
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104
Tel: 1-888-891-0203
1-734-677-3128
Fax: 1-734-477-6032

UK Office address:

Discovery Cruises UK Ltd

15 Young Street
Kensington,
London, England W85 5EH,
Tel: +44 7795 4900
Fax: +44 207 7795 4910

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Hapag-Lloyd AG was created on September 1, 1970 as a result of the merger of the shipping lines Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft (Hamburg-American Line or Hapag), based in Hamburg, and Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL), based in Bremen. At that time these companies, founded in 1847 and 1857 respectively, had been active in ocean shipping for over 120 years. Its cruise division is the leading supplier of cruises in German-speaking countries, offering both sea-going and river cruises. The MS Europa is its flagship. In 2004, the company began offering more bilingual cruises, setting its sights on the American market.

Ships:
MS Hanseatic 194 p Bahamas Registry

MS Bremen 184 p Bahamas Registry

MS Columbus 423 p Bahamas Registry

MS Europa 450 Bahamas Registry

Address:
Ballindamm 25
D-20095 Hamburg
Germany
Tel: 040-3001-4600
Fax: 040-3001-4601

Hebridean Island Cruises has been operating cruise ships since 1989.The first vessel, Hebridean Princess, has cruised Scotland’s West Coast waters for the past fourteen years. Hebridean Spirit, joined the line in July 2001. Her year-round program takes her to intriguing destinations from the Arctic to the Tropics.

Ships:
Hebridean Princess 50 p Scotland Registry

Hebridean Spirit 80 p Scotland Registry

Adresses:
Hebridean International Cruises
Kintail House Carleton New Road
Skipton
North Yorkshire
BD23 2DE

UK Tel: +44 (0) 1756 704704

US Toll Free Tel: 1-800-659-2648

Holland America was founded in 1873 as the Netherlands-America Steamship Company (NASM), a shipping and passenger line. Because it provided service to the Americas, it became known as Holland America Line. The company's first ocean liner was the original Rotterdam, which sailed its maiden voyage from the Netherlands to New York City on October 15, 1872—a crossing that took 15 days.

The line was a principal carrier of immigrants from Europe to the United States until well after the turn of the century, carrying 850,000 passengers to new lives in the New World. The line offered its first cruise in 1895; Three years later, HAL owned a fleet of six cargo and passenger ships that also provided service between Holland and the Dutch East Indies via the Suez Canal.

With the growing preference of the public for jet travel to Europe, HAL suspended in 1971 its trans-Atlantic passenger trade and turned to offering cruise vacations full time. It introduced two radically designed vessels-the ‘ new’ Nieuw Amstersdam and Noordam-in the 1980s, which allowed for more space for leisure-cruising activities. HAL, along with Seattle-based Westours and Windstar Cruises, was acquired by Carnival Corporation in 1997.

SHIPS:
MS Amsterdam 1,380 p Netherlands Registry
MS Maasdam, 1,266 p Netherlands Registry

MS Noordam 1,214 p Netherlands Registry

MS Oosterdam 1,848 p Netherlands Regi

MS Prinsendam 793 p Netherlands Registry

MS Rotterdam 1.316 p Netherlands Registry

MS Ryndam 1,258 p Netherlands Registry

MS Statendam 1258 p Netherlands Registry

MS Veendam 1,266 p Bahamas Registry

MS Volendam 1,440 p Netherlands Registry

MS Westerdam 1,848 p Netherlands Registry

MS Zaandam 1,440 p Netherlands Registry

MS Zuiderdam 1,848 p Netherlands Registry

Address:
300 Elliott Avenue West
Seattle, Washington 98119
Tel: 1-877-724-5425
Fax: 1-206-301-5282

Imperial Majesty Cruise Line operates two-night cruises out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida to the Bahamas.

Ship:
Regal Empress 1,180 p Bahamas Registry

Address:
2950 Gateway Drive
Pompano Beach, Florida 33069
Tel: 1-954-956-9505
1-800-511-5737
Fax: 1-954-971-6678

Launched in March 2002, Island Cruises is a joint venture between First Choice Holidays PLC in the UK and Royal Caribbean International. The current ship, the Island Escape, formerly sailed as the Viking Serenade for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and now spends the summer months in Palma, Majorca from where she cruises the Mediterranean's most popular cities. During the winter months, Santos, Brazil is her homeport from which the vessel offers cruises to UK and Brazilian passengers along Brazil’s Atlantic coast.

SHIP:
Island Escape 1,504 person - Bahamas Registry

Addresses:
Olivier House
18 Marine Road
Brighton
BN2 1TL UK
Reservations: 08707 500414 (UK)

Brazil Office:
Tel: 55 (11) 3156-5600
Fax: 55 (11) 3156-5610

Kristina Cruises is a Finnish family-owned shipping company with over fifty years of experience in cruise business. Kristina Cruises (then known as Rannikkolinjat) was founded in 1985. The company was registered in Kotka. In the same year the company acquired the possession of its first passenger vessel Kristina Brahe from Fagerlines Ltd., which had operated the vessel mostly in the Lake Saimaa area. Two years later the company bought the s/s Bore which became the Kristina Regina. She underwent a major refurbishment in 2000. The company operates cruises mostly in Northern Europe and the Mediterranean.

SHIPS:
MS Kristina Brahe 114 p Finland Registr

MS Kristina Regina 186 p Finland Registry

Address:
Kirkkokatu 16
48100 Kotka
Finland
Tel: 358-(0)5-211
Fax: 356-(0)5 211 4500

Since 1979, when Special Expeditions (now called Lindblad Expeditions) was founded by Sven-Olof Lindblad, son of well-known travel pioneer Lars-Eric Lindblad, the company has been noted for its commitment to the environment. The trips are staffed by distinguished expedition leaders and naturalists, cultural authorities and local guides who are knowledgeable about the flora, fauna, culture and history of the regions visited. intense on-site research and itinerary planning is coordinated with staff from universities and scientific institutions to support the planning of these expeditions.

SHIPS:
MS Polaris 80 p Ecuador Registry

MS Endeavour 110 p Bahamas Registry

MV Sea Voyager 64 p Honduras Registry

MV Sea Bird 70 p US Registry

MV Sea Lion 70 p US Registry

The Islander 47 p Ecuador Registry

Address:
720 Fifth Avenue
New York, N. Y. 10019
Tel: 1-212-765-7740
1-800-397-3348