Portuscale Cruises

Portuscale Cruises
Cruising
Industry Cruise line
Founded 2013
Headquarters Lisbon, Portugal
Area served
 Europe
Services Cruises
Owner Rui Alegre
Website http://www.portuscalecruises.pt

Portuscale Cruises is a Portuguese shipping company. It is the first Portuguese company specifically dedicated to maritime cruises.

Portuscale Cruises spent 20 million euros in the refurbishment of its fleet of four cruise ships, bought from defunct Classic International Cruises in early 2013.[1]

As of 2014, the Funchal is in active service, the Azores is currently under charter to CMV, the Lisboa was under refit due to technicalities with the vessel, but was sold to an unknown italian buyer and shortly after beached at alang india for scrap .and the status of the Porto is laid up; it is unknown when she will enter service.

As of late 2016, Portuscale Cruises has gone charter, leaving the cruise market operated under its own brand.

Both the Funchal and the Porto" are currently laid up side by side at Matinha, with the Portuscale logos on the funnels painted over.

The only ship to remain in service is the Azores which is currently under charter to CMV which have renamed her Astoria. From May 2016, until March 2017, the ship was on charter to French tour operator Rivages Du Monde. In June 2016, it was announced that Astoria would be leaving the CMV fleet after her final cruise on 27 April 2017, when she was then be chartered again to Rivages Du Monde until December 2017.

Fleet

ShipBuiltTonnageStatus as of 2018Image
Funchal19619,563 GRTFormerly a Portuguese passenger liner and presidential yacht. Transferred from Classic International Cruises. Current Laid-Up
Porto19655,888 GRTOriginally, the Yugoslavian passenger ship MS Istra. Transferred from Classic International Cruises, where she was the Arion. Current Laid-Up

Former Fleet

ShipBuiltTonnageStatus as of 2018Image
Lisboa195516,335 GRTRebuilt 1972. Transferred from Classic International Cruises, where she was the Princess Danae, Sold for scrap in 2015.
Azores194810,603 GRTOriginally, the Swedish ocean liner MS Stockholm, rebuilt 1994, charterted briefly by Phoenix Reisen in 2009. Transferred from Classic International Cruises, where she was the Athena. Long-term service for Cruise & Maritime Voyages.

References

  1. ↑ Portuscale Cruise investe 20 milhões na recuperação de 4 navios
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