SeapixOnline- Cruise/Passenger ships (inc aboard) - 1 of 1 PACIFIC PEARL (1989/63524grt/IMO 8611398, ex-OCEAN VILLAGE, ARCADIA, STAR PRINCESS, SITMAR FAIRMAJESTY. Transferred to CMV and renamed COLUMBUS in 2017. Laid up since 2021) - fresh from a multi-million dollar refit in Singapore, sails from Auckland early this evening (22 Dec) on her inaugural cruise.
She was renamed in a glittering ceremony in Auckland last evening by Barbara Kendall MBE, NZ's multi-Olympic boardsailing medalist, the ship's godmother. Around 700 VIP guests attended the public naming ceremony.
PACIFIC PEARL, the largest cruiseship to ever be homeported in New Zealand boosts the fleet of P&O Australia to 4 vessels and joins PACIFIC SUN, PACIFIC DAWN and PACIFIC JEWEL catering for the booming numbers of Antipodeans choosing cruiseship vacations. Keywords: p and o, cruiseships, cruise ships, passenger, liner, cruise, travel, passenger, passenger ship, passenger craft, holidays, vacations, relaxation, tourism, tourists, destinations, auckland, new zealand, nz, city of sails, downunder, aotearoa, travel trade, traveltrade, cruise new zealand, cruise nz, ports of auckland, port of auckland, ships, shipping, transport, transportation, logistics, trade, commerce, ship photos pando |
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