** passenger capacity
Abercrombie & Kent*
1520 Kensington Road
Sun Boat III 36 p** Egypt
Registry
Suite 212
Sun Boat IV 80 p Egypt Registry
Tel: 1-800-323-7308
Oak Brooke, Illinois 60523
Fax: 1-630-954-3324
UK Office
Tel: 171 730 9600
http://abercrombiekent.com
*For forty years, Abercrombie &
Kent (A&K) has been internationally recognized as the first
name in luxury adventure travel. Started in 1962 as a safari
company in Nairobi, Kenya, A&K's travel and tour operations
now extend across the globe. Of the barges and river vessels
used, A&K owns the Sun Boat III and IV that cruise the Nile
in Egypt. All other vessels are chartered and they are:
Barges: Actief (11 p England), Alouette
(6 p France), Amaryllis (8 p France), Anacoluthe (50 p France),
Caprice (21 p France), Chanterelle (24 p France). Chardonnay
(50 p France), Fleur de Lys (6 p France), Hirondelle (8 p France),
L’Abercrombie (22 p France), Lafayette (22 p France), L’Art
de Vivre (8 p France), La Belle Epoque (12 p France), Libellule
(20-p France), L’Impressionniste (12-p France), Litote (20-p
France), Lorraine (22-p France), Marguerite (20-p France/Holland),
Marjorie (8-p France), MarjorieII (12-p France), Mirabelle (24-p
France), Napoléon (12-p France), Princess Royale (22-p Belgium/Holland),
Provence (50-p France), Roi Soleil (6-p France), Safari Quest
(20-p Alaska).
River Cruisers: Callisto (30 p),
Serenité (12-p France/Germany), Shannon Princess (12-p Ireland),
East King (160-p China), East Queen (172-p China), Road To Mandalay
(124-p Burma), River Cloud (90-p Middle Europe), River Cloud
II (88-p Italy), Scottish Highlander (8-p Scotland).
Sea Vessels: Eclipse (48-p Galapagos),
Sea Cloud (60-p Mediterranean/Agean), Terra Australis (114-p
Chile/Argentina), Viking Kirov (245-p Russia).
Amadeus Waterways
Paseo Business Center
Amadeus Symphony 146 p Germany Registry
3717 East Thousand Oaks Boulevard
Westlake Village, CA 91362
1-800-626-0126
Reservations: 1-800-380-3865
Website: www.amadeuswaterways.com
Rudi Schreiner, the former President of Viking River Cruises
Inc., recently launched this newest river cruise company. Under
Schreiner's direction, Amadeus Waterways will begin sailing
in 2003 with the brand-new river cruise ship, the Amadeus Symphony.
Primarily focused on the English-speaking market, four different
itineraries are planned for the Low Countries and Central Europe,
including a new seven-night Holland and Belgium itinerary during
tulip time; a fascinating Rhine and Moselle cruise with Munich
(Schreiner's personal favorite of any European river cruise
itinerary); a newly revised 14-night Grand Cruise from Amsterdam
to Budapest, plus an updated seven-night Danube cruise with
two nights in Prague.
Continental Waterways
1 Promenade du Rhin
River
Boats:
21000 Dijon, France
Anacoluthe 50 p France Registry
Tel: 33 (0)3 80 53 15 45
Chardonnay 50 p France Registry
Fax: 33 (0)3 80 41 67 73
L’Esprit d’Europe 38 p France Registry
Email: cw@magic.fr
Provence 50 p France Registry
Website:
Paraguay 52 p France Registry
www.continentalwaterways.com
Canal Barges
US Contacts Caprice
21 p France Registry
Ewaterways Chanterelle
24 p France Registry
Tel: (800) 546-4777
Escargot 24 p France Registry
Abercrombie & Kent Libellule
20 p France Registry
Tel: 800-323-7308 Litote
20 p France Registry
Lorraine 22 p France Registry
Marguerite
20 p France Registry
Mirabelle
24 p France Registry
Princess
Royale 22 p France Registry
Abercrombie*
22 p France Registry
Lafayette*
22p France Registry
Ewaterways
22p France Registry
Harmonie
24 p France Registry
Continental Waterways was founded
in 1966 by then journalist Richard Parsons who with his brother
bought a barge, renovated it to accommodate 20 passengers. The
barge was named the Palinurus and it made its maiden voyage
in May 1966 traveling from Paris to Dijon. Today, Parson’s vision
of canal cruising is credited with starting the hotel-barge
industry in France, an industry mainly responsible for keeping
the country’s fabled canal and river network open. More than
1,900 miles remain navigable and ongoing renovations will reinstate
additional miles.
Continental today operates 16 air-conditioned
barges all with French/English speaking crew in France, Holland,
Belgium and Paraguay. The main cruising season is from April
17 through October 12. Value season is from October 19 to November
23
*Owned and operated by Continental
Waterways but cruises marketed and sold through Abercrombie
and Kent..
** M.S. Paraguay's itinerary takes
guests along the Paraguay River from the capital of Asunción
to the sub-tropical plains of Puerto Bahia Negra, rich with
a variety of flora and fauna. Visits en route include the city
of Concepción with its colonial buildings and outdoor market
and the nearby town of Belén situated on the Tropic of Cancer
line.
The Delta Queen Steamboat Company*
1380 Port of New Orleans Place
Delta Queen 174 p US Registry
Robin Street Wharf
Mississippi Queen 416 p US Registry
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
Tel: 1-504-586-0631
1-800-543-1949
Fax: 1-504-585-0630
Website: www.deltaqueen.com
*From New Orleans
to Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis and St. Louis to Cincinnati
and Pittsburgh, and numerous friendly ports in between, the
Delta Queen and the Mississippi Queen recall an era in the mid-1880’s
when riverboats were very active in the Heartland of America—more
than 10,000 paddlewheel steamers plied the inland waterways
carrying both passengers and cargo to their destinations. By
1890 a young steamboat captain bought his first vessel and launched
what would become America’s oldest cruise line—the Delta Queen
Steamboat Company.
Ecomertours Nord-Sud Inc.*
606 Des Ardennes
Echo des Mers 44 p
Canada Registry
Rimouski, Quebec
G5L 3M3 Canada
Tel: 418-724-6227
888-724-8687
Fax: 418-724-6230
Email: mail@ecomertours.com
Website: www.ecomertours.com
*The company operates three to nine-day
environmental cruises on Quebec’s St. Lawrence River, Gulf of
St. Lawrence, and beyond.
French Country Waterways Ltd.*
P.O. Box 2195
Princess 8 p
France Registry
Duxbury, Massachusetts 02331
Nenuphar 12 p France Registry
Tel: 800-222-1236 (US/Canada)
Liberte 8 p
France Registry
781-934-2454
Horizon II 12 p France Registry
Non-Us Contact
Esprit 18 p
France Registry
Website: www.fcwl.com
French Country Waterways is a family-owned,
personally managed company that owns and operates its fleet
of five barges, which is unusual in barging. It
was founded in 1984 by Pat and Jim Tyng, who decided they wanted
to build their own hotel barge after taking a barge cruise in
France. The first barge, the 18-passenger Esprit, converted
from a cargo barge to a luxury hotel barge, was launched in
1986. In late 1989 French Country Waterways acquired the 12-passenger
Horizon II, eight-passenger Liberte and 12-passenger Nenuphar,
three Horizon Cruises barges that had been marketed by Hemphill-Harris.
In 1996 the company acquired the Princess, which had been the
private barge of international shipping magnate Daniel K. Ludwig.
The company strives to set the standard for barge cruising in
France and offers six-night luxury barge cruises in the heart
of France—Alsace-Lorraine, Burgundy, Champagne, upper Loire
Valley—from April through October. There is an English/French-speaking
crew on the air-conditioned barges.
The Gota Canal Steamship Company Ltd*
Pusterviksgatan 13
M/S Juno
110 p Sweden Registry
SE-413 01 Gothenburg
M/S Wilhem Tham 110 p
Sweden Registry
Sweden
M/S Diana
110 p Sweden Registry
Tel: 46 (0)31-80 63 15
Fax: +46 (0)31-15 83 11
Email: bookings@gotacanal.se
Website: http://www.gotacanal.se
*The Göta Canal Steamship Company
Ltd, which cruises Sweden’s inland waterways, was founded in
1869. Its first boat, the Motalaström, was built in 1855. Business
soon exceeded expectations and two new boats, Venus and Juno,
were built. The Juno was delivered in 1874 and is still in operation.
In 1876 collaboration was started with the travel agency Thomas
Cook & Co in London, and the Göta Canal Steamship Company
became the first company to attract tourists to Sweden. By the
1880s, the company had no less than 11 boats in service, several
of which were combined cargo and passenger vessels. A new passenger
steamer, Diana, was built and delivered in 1931. In 1939 World
War II broke out and the boats were laid up. During the period
1947 to 1956, the company was run by several owners with varying
success. In 1957 the company was bought by ship owner Helge
Källsson in Lidköping. The three ships Juno, Wilhelm Tham and
Diana were carefully modernized. In 1986, Källsson's daughter,
Britmari Brax, bought the company from her father. Since January
2001, the shipping line is a member of the Strömma Group, a
company with a long tradition in the preservation and operation
of historic vessels.
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises*
Ballind 25
Riverboats
D-20095 Hamburg
Tel: 040-3001-4600
Fax:040-3001-4601
www.hapaglloyd.com
*Operator of numerous riverboats
in Germany for the European market.
Holland River Line*
Arnhem, The Netherlands
River Queen
NA p Netherlands Registry
Website:
Queen of Holland NA p
Netherlands Registry
Tel: +31 (0) 26 445 80 08
River Princess
NA p Netherlands Registry
http://www.kamphuisen.nl
Regina Rheni
NA p Netherlands Registry
Rex Rheni NA
p Netherlands Registry
*Holland River Line is the new name
of the long alliance between the Kamphuisen Group in Arnhem
and the Rhine Holiday Shipping Company in Rotterdam. Holland
River Line was purchased by Uniworld Holdings’ Global River
Cruises, which purchased 75 percent of the well-regarded Dutch
river cruise company and long-time partner of Uniworld. Holland
River Line was owned by Koert Kamphuisen, whose grandfather
founded the firm more than 30 years ago. Kamphuisen has become
Managing Director of Global River Cruises and he will remain
the Managing Director of Holland River Line, in which he owns
a 25 percent share. Holland River Line remains a separate brand
for European cruising.
KD River Cruises*
Hohe-str. 68-82
M/S Deutschland
180 p Swiss Registry
50667 Cologne, Germany
M/S Britannia
180 p Swiss Registry
Tel: 221/20881
M/S Viking Burgundy 160 p German
Registry
US Contact
M/S Viking Danube 150 p
German Registry
JFO Cruise Service Corp.
M/S Viking Europe
150 p German Registry
2500 Westchester Avenue
M/S Helvetia
142 p Swiss Registry
Purchase, New York 10577
M/S Heinrich Heine
104 p Swiss Registry
Tel: 914-696-3600
M/S Viking Neptune 150 p
German Registry
800-346-6525
M/S Viking Normandie 106 p French Registry
Email:
info@rivercruises.com
M/S Viking Pride
150 p German Registry
Website:
www.rivercruises.com
M/S Viking Spirit
150 p German Registry
M/S Theodor Fontane 120 p German
Registry
M/S Wilhelm Tell
94 p Swiss Registry
M/S Viking Kirov
228 p Russian Registry
* In 1826, ten years after the first
steamship to navigate the Rhine, the city fathers of Cologne
established the Prussian Rhine Steamship Company of Cologne,
forerunner of KD River Cruises of Europe. In 1827, KD River
Cruises began cruising the Rhine River and over the years extended
its itineraries to include the Moselle, the waterways of Holland,
the Main, Elbe, Saar, Necka and the Danube. It was one of Germany’s
first stock companies, shareholders being almost all townspeople
of Cologne. For more than a century the Cologne Company operated
ferries and freighters, first in competition with, and later
together with the Köln (Cologne)/Düsseldorfer Line or, for short,
KD. It took another 114 years to become a single company, and
later when it expanded to other rivers, the name changed to
KD River Cruises of Europe.
KD nowadays operates almost 400
cruises on some of Europe’s most appealing waterways flowing
through Germany, Austria, Holland, Switzerland, Slovakia, Hungary,
the Czech Republic and France. KD is now part of Viking River
Cruises, a Scandinavian and Dutch consortium with longstanding
experience in passenger shipping, which also operates in France
and Russia.
Lindblad Expeditions*
720 Fifth Avenue
M/V Sea Voyager 64 p
US Registry
New York, N. Y. 10019
**Hapi
30 p Egypt Registry
Tel: 1-212-765-7740
1-800-397-3348
Fax: 1-212-265-3770
www.expeditions.com
E-mail:
explore@expeditions.com
*Lindblad Expeditions specializes
in expeditionary cruises to remote areas of the world (refer
to Cruise Lines for its other ships). Its Sea Voyager vessel
explores the inland waterways of Costa Rica and Panama.
**Hapi is a chartered riverboat
for Nile cruises.
Mid-Lakes Navigation Company Ltd.*
11 Jordan Street
Emita II 40 p
US Registry
P.O. Box 61
Skaneateles, New York 13152
Tel: 800-545-4318
315-685-8500
Website: www.midlakesnav.com
*Two, three- and four-day cruises
on the 360-mile-long Erie Canal that links the Hudson River
in update New York to the Great Lakes. Cruises depart from Buffalo,
Syracuse and Albany. Daytime cruising and meals on board; lodging
at onshore hotels.
New York Waterway*
Pershing Road
Ferries
Weehawken, New Jersey 07086
Excursion boats
Tel: 1-800-533-3779
Website: www.nywaterway.com
*In the early 1800s, ferries were
the only way to get to and around Manhattan. As bridges and
tunnels were built, ferry transportation faded. In 1986, Arthur
E. Imperatore and his family rejuvenated the New York Harbor
with the launch of the first NY Waterway boat. Since then, NY
Waterway has carried over 40 million passengers. NY Waterway
has the largest ferry and excursion fleet in NY Harbor, but
it is still a family business with all the personal attention
to service and amenities that it had when it was just "Arthur's
Ferry".
New York Waterway offers ferry services
to New Jersey; sightseeing day cruises around New York; and
day cruises up the Hudson River to the Rockefeller Estate; to
Sleepy Hollow, the riverside home of Washington Irving; and
further north to the West Point Military Academy and Bear Mountain
Park. Local cruises include tours of Manhattan and the Lower
Harbor, as well as excursions to Yankee Stadium for baseball
games, and to Sandy Hook for a day at the beach. Multilingual
staff on board.
Orient Express
Road To Mandalay 118p Barbados/Myanmar
Sea Containers House
20 Upper Ground
London
SE1 9PF United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7805 5060
Fax: +44 20 7805 5938
USA Reservations
1-800-524-2420
1-630-954-2944
Website: www.orient-express.com
(Click Trains & Cruises)
With its inaugural voyage in January 1996, the Road To Mandalay
became the ideal way to explore the undiscovered beauty of Myanmar
(Burma). The ship originally began life as a Rhine cruiser in
Germany and made her maiden voyage on July 6, 1964. Originally
built to very high standards for its day, the ship was purchased
by Orient-Express Hotels, Trains & Cruises in 1994 following
a period as a floating hotel in Dresden. The ship underwent
a major refurbishment program at Lauenberg /Hamburg at a cost
of $6 million. Today, this very upscale vessel cruises on the
Ayeyarwady River, which flows over 1,250 miles from the Kachin
Hills in Burma’s North to the Andaman Sea. The luxurious vessel
allows her passengers the opportunity to see this fascinating
and ancient land while traveling at a leisurely pace.
Peter Deilmann Cruises*
1800 Diagonal Road
*Frederic Chopin 79 p German Registry
Suite 170
MV Danube Princess 198 p German Registry
Alexandria, Virginia 2231
MV Mozart 198 p Germany Registry
Tel: 1-703-549-1741
MV Cezanne 100 p Germany Registry
1-800-348-8287
MV Dresden 106 p Germany Registry
Fax: 1-703-549-7924
MV Katharina 79 p Germany Registry
www.deilmann-cruises.com.
MV Casenova 94 p Germany Registry
Email:
MV Princesse de Provence 140 p German Registry
pdcmail@deilmann-cruises.com
MV Konigstein 58 p German Registry
MV Prussian Princess 138 p German Registry
Peter Deilmann Cruises has been
offering deluxe cruise vacations for more than 25 years. Deilmann
owns and operates ten deluxe river vessels cruising the great
rivers of Europe. The tenth ship is the newly built MV Frederic
Chopin, which made its debut in March 2002. The Chopin, a five-star
vessel, offers two new and unique cruise itineraries. One trip
is a 14-night continuous cruise that begins in Amsterdam and
ends in the "city of a hundred spires’’—Prague. This extraordinary
trip features overnight stays in the grand cities of Amsterdam,
Berlin, Dresden, and Prague. The other is the only series of
seven-night voyages through the nature preserves of western
Poland.
Regal China Cruises*
57 West 38th Street, 11th Floor
Princess Jeannie 258 p China Registry
New York, NY 10018
Princess Elaine 258 p China Registry
Tel: (212) 768-3388
Princess Sheena 258 p China Registry
Tel: 212-768-3388
US Reservations 1-800-808-3388
Fax: (212) 768-4939
Website: www.regalchinacruises.com
*Regal China Cruises is a five-star
American-managed cruise line navigating China¹s Yangtze River
for the past decade. It offers educational tours to this region,
which includes Three Gorges and the Three Gorges Dam Project,
the world¹s largest of its kind.
RiverBarge Excursion Lines, Inc.*
201 Opelousas Avenue
**R/B River Explorer 198 p
US Registry
New Orleans, Louisiana 70114
Tel: 1-888---282-1945
Fax: 1-504-365-0000
Email: rel@riverbarge.com
Website: www.riverbarge.com
*RiverBarge Excursion Lines was
built on a dream by barge expert Eddie Conrad to offer travelers
the chance to view America differently. By traveling the country’s
rivers and inland waterways, guests can immerse themselves in
the culture and heritage of the towns and cities visited. The
company offers four- to ten-day trips on the Texas-Louisiana
Intracoastal Waterway, as well as on the lower and upper Mississippi
River, the Missouri River, and the Ohio River.
**The River Explorer is made up
of two 295-foot river barges named after America’s earliest
explorers of the Mississippi—the forward DeSoto (public areas)
and the aft LaSalle (staterooms). The vessel is propelled by
the Miss Nari, a 3,000 horsepower towboat.
Sea Cloud Cruises*
32-40 North Dean Street
River Cloud II 88 p
Madeira Registry
Fax: 1-516-767-9303
River Cloud 90 p
Switzerland Registry
Englewood, New Jersey 07631
Tel: 1-800-683-6767
Germany:
Sea Cloud Cruises GmbH
Ballindamm 17
20095 Hamburg
Phone: +49-40-309592-20
Fax: +49-40-309592-22
Email: info@seacloud.com
Website: www.seacloud.com
*The German-owned company operates
two river vessels that offer cruises on the Po River in Italy;
the Rhine, Main, Moselle and Danube Rivers in Germany and Austria.
Uniworld River Cruises/Global River Cruises*
Uniworld Plaza
River Princess 138 p Netherlands Registry
17323 Ventura Blvd.
River Queen 140 p
Netherlands Registry
Encino, CA 91316
Seine Princess 120 p France Registry
Tel: 1-800-360-9550
Swiss Pearl
124 p Swiss Registry
Email:
info@uniworld.com .
Duoro Prince
48 p Portugal Registry
Fax:
River Empress 138 p Swiss Registry
Website:
www.uniworld.com
Amadeus II
142 p Austria Registry
Rhone Princess 120 p France Registry
Swiss Venice
104 p France Registry
Victor Hugo
100 p France Registry
Victoria I
154 p China Registry
Victoria II
148 p China Registry
Victoria III
150 p China Registry
Blue Whale
Tolstoy
Russia Registry
Litvinov
Russia Registry
*
Uniworld’s Global River Cruises (a unit of Uniworld Holdings)
take you beyond the typical tourist sites with knowledgeable,
English-speaking guides and staff on every tour, plus American-style
amenities, accommodations and cuisine
A leading US operator of river cruise/tour
programs in Europe, Russia and China for 27 years, Uniworld
is based in Los Angeles, California and an active member of
USTOA.
In 2002, Uniworld Holdings, the
parent company of Uniworld, formed a new wholly-owned subsidiary
cruise line, Global River Cruises. Based in Switzerland with
operations and offices in Holland, Global River Cruises consolidates
the management of the 15 cruise ships owned or under long-term
charter to Uniworld in Europe and Russia.
In a related action, Global River
Cruises purchased 75 percent of Holland River Line, the well-regarded
Dutch river cruise company and long-time partner of Uniworld.
Holland River Line was owned by Koert Kamphuisen, whose grandfather
founded the firm more than 30 years ago. Kamphuisen has become
Managing Director of Global River Cruises and he will remain
the Managing Director of Holland River Line, in which he owns
a 25 percent share. Holland River Line will be a separate brand
for the European travel market.
Victoria Cruises, Inc.*
57-08, 39th Avenue
Victoria I 154 p China Registry
Woodside, New York 11377
Victoria II 148 p China Registry
Tel: 1-800-348-8084
Victoria III, 150 p China Registry
1-212-818-1680
Victoria V 150 p China Registry
Fax: 1-212-818-9889
Victoria VII 150 p China Registry
E-mail: contact@victoriacruises.com
Victoria Pearl 148 p China Registry
Victoria Cruises China Office
Victoria Princess 152 p China Registry
3 Xin Hua Road 3F
Victoria Blue Whale 146 p China Registry
Chongqing, China
Victoria Prince 170 p China Registry
Tel: (023) 6380-4512
Victoria Empress 196 p China Registry
Fax: (023) 6381-4474
Victoria Rose 130p China Registry
E-mail: victoria@public.cta.cq.cn
**Victoria Queen 170 p China Registry
Victoria Cruises Taipei Office
***Victoria Dream 152 p China Registry
Tel: (02) 2547-2626 Fax: (02) 8770-7373
E-mail: contact@victoriacruises.com.tw
Website: www.victoriacruises.com
*Victoria Cruises presents the majesty
of the Yangtze River, the third largest river in the world and
China’s longest. Based in New York, Victoria Cruises established
new standards of excellence for Yangtze River cruising more
than eight years ago with the inaugural sailing of the Victoria
I. Since that time, the number of ships has grown year-by-year
to ten in early 2002 (most recently adding the Victoria VII)
and the launch of the Victoria Queen later in 2002. Victoria
Cruises is the only U.S. company that operates and manages the
largest fleet of vessels sustaining international standards
of quality and comfort on the Yangtze River with multilingual
staffs on three- to ten-day itineraries.
**Victoria Queen to debut in 2002.
*** Victoria Dream to debut in 2003.
Viking River Cruises, Inc. Ships Cruising in Europe
21820 Burbank Boulevard
M/S Viking Arlene 100 p French Registry
Woodland Hills, California 91367
M/S Viking Britannia** 180 p Swiss Registry
Tel: 1-800-707-1287
M/S Viking Burgundy** 160 p Germany Registry
Website: www.vikingrivercruises.com
M/S Viking Danube** 150 p Germany Registry
M/S Viking Deutschland**184 p Swiss Registry
Europe Main Office:
M/S Viking Europe** 184 p Germany Registry
Viking River Cruises AG
M/S Viking Fontane** 120 p Germany Registry
Scheferweg 18
M/S Viking Heinrich Heine** 104 p Swiss Registry
CH 4057 Basel, Switzerland
M/S Viking Helvetia** 142 p Swiss Registry
Tel: +41 61 638 60 00
M/S Viking Neptune** 150 p German Registry
Fax: +41 61 638 60 40
M/S Viking Normandie** 106 p French Registry
M/S Viking Pride** 150 p German Registry
M/S Viking Rhone 154 p Dutch Registry
M/S Viking Schumann 120 p German Registry
M/S Viking Spirit** 150 p German Registry
M/S Viking Star 154 p German Registry
M/S Viking Wilhelm Tell** 94 p Swiss Registry
Ships Cruising in Russia
M/S General Lavrihenkov 199 p Russian Registry
M/S Viking Kirov** 199 p Russian Registry
M/S Viking Lomonosov 199 p Russian Registry
M/S Viking Pakhomov 199 p Russian Registry
M/S Viking Peterhof 199 p Russian Registry
M/S Viking Surkov 199 p Russian Registry
*Viking River Cruises, a global
corporation headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, was established
in 1997 by a Scandinavian and Dutch consortium with the purchase
of four Russian ships. The following year, additional European
ships were purchased, and the company continued to cater to
European passengers. With the establishment of a U.S. headquarters
in Los Angeles in 2000, Viking River Cruises expanded into the
American market. That same year Viking purchased the Cologne,
Germany-based KD River Cruises. Currently, VRC is the world’s
largest river cruise line.
**Operated by KD River Cruises,
a unit of Viking River Cruises.
