- Cruise/Passenger ships (inc aboard)

951. ISLAND PRINCESS (2003/92822gt/8015dwt/IMO 9230402) - Princess Cruise’s Coral-class cruise ship, a rare visitor to New Zealand, sails for Tauranga. She was followed 30 minutes later by her fleetmate...
Date: 10 February 2023
Image ID 12887

952. ISLAND EXPLORER, Explore Group's 20m Australian-built fast ferry now operating on the Auckland City-Bayswater-Northcote-Birkenhead-Auckland City route, heads for Bayswater as the cruise ship AZAMARA...
Date: 20 January 2025
Image ID 13755

953. ITALIA PRIMA (1948/16114grt/IMO 5383304, ex-ITALIA, FRIDTJOF NANSEN, VOLKER, VOLKERFREUNDSCHAFT, STOCKHOLM. Renamed VALTUR PRIMA, then CARIBE, then ATHENA, then AZORES, then ASTORIA), Southampton, UK....
Date: 1996
Image ID 1452

954. ITALIA PRIMA (1948/16144grt/IMO 5383304, ex-ITALIA, FRIDTJOF NANSEN, VOLKER, VOLKERFREUNDSCHAFT, STOCKHOLM. Renamed VALTUR PRIMA, then CARIBE, then ATHENA, THEN azores, THEN astoria), Southampton, UK....
Date: 1996
Image ID 1453

955. ITALIA PRIMA (1948/16144grt/IMO 5383304, ex-ITALIA, FRIDTJOF NANSEN, VOLKER, VOLKERFREUNDSCHAFT, STOCKHOLM. Renamed VALTUR PRIMA then CARIBE then ATHENA, then AZORES, then ASTORIA), Southampton,...
Date: 1996
Image ID 1454

956. ITALIA PRIMA (1948/16144grt/IMO 5383304, ex-ITALIA, FRIDTJOF NANSEN, VOLKER, VOLKERFREUNDSCHAFT, STOCKHOLM. Renamed VALTUR PRIMA then CARIBE then ATHENA, THEN AZORES, then ASTORIA), berthing in...
Date: 1996
Image ID 1817

957. ITALIA PRIMA (1948/16114grt/IMO 5383304, ex-ITALIA, FRIDTJOF NANSEN, VOLKER, VOLKERFREUNDSCHAFT, STOCKHOLM. Renamed VALTUR PRIMA, ATHENA, CARIBE, ATHENA, AZORES, ASTORIA) - The Grand Italia...
Date: 1996
Image ID 2945

958. ITALIA PRIMA (1948/16114grt/IMO 5383304, ex-ITALIA, FRIDTJOF NANSEN, VOLKER, VOLKERFREUNDSCHAFT, STOCKHOLM. Renamed VALTUR PRIMA, CARIBE, ATHENA, AZORES, ASTORIA) - Main entrance lobby. In 2013, new...
Date: 1996
Image ID 2946

959. IVAN FRANKO (Иван Франко, built 1964/21192grt/IMO 5415901. Renamed FRANK) - built at the V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft shipyards in Wismar, East Germany, she was one of five passenger ships...
Date: 1970's
Image ID 9920

960. JET RAIDER (1990) - a high-speed ferry operated by Fullers of Auckland, New Zealand, departs from the CBD ferry basin. Royal Caribbean's VOYAGER OF THE SEAS (1999/137276grt/IMO 9161716), making her...
Date: 28 November 2012
Image ID 8386

961. JET RAIDER (1990) - a high-speed ferry operated by Fullers of Auckland, New Zealand, departs from the CBD ferry basin. Royal Caribbean's VOYAGER OF THE SEAS (1999/137276grt/IMO 9161716), making her...
Date: 28 November 2012
Image ID 8387

962. KEA (SEABUS KEA) a local Fullers commuter ferry, crosses Auckland's Waitemata Harbour bound for the city's downtown ferry terminal. Princess Cruises' DIAMOND PRINCESS makes a spectacular backdrop.
Date: 16 January 2010
Image ID 5963

963. KEA (SEABUS KEA/1988), operated by Fullers Ferries, departs the downtown ferry terminal in Auckland, New Zealand bound for Devonport on the city's North Shore as the superliner CELEBRITY CENTURY...
Date: 6 January 2012
Image ID 7437

964. SHIPS MONTHLY (UK) - June 2016
Date: May 2016
Image ID 10486

965. KOTA PERMATA (2008/28340gt/IMO 9342695) manoeuvres with the aid of a tug to her Fergusson Wharf berth as the cruise ship ZAANDAM (2000/61396gt/IMO 9156527) sails for the Bay of Islands from Auckland,...
Date: 5 December 2011
Image ID 7319

966. L'AUSTRAL (2010/10944gt/1441dwt/9502518) seen shadowing Princess Cruises' DIAMOND PRINCESS (2004/115875grt/IMO 9228198), both outbound from Auckland this evening and both bound for Tauranga. L'AUSTRAL...
Date: 22 January 2015
Image ID 9927

967. L'AUSTRAL (2010/10944gt/1441dwt/9502518) seen shadowing Princess Cruises' DIAMOND PRINCESS (2004/115875grt/IMO 9228198), both outbound from Auckland this evening and both bound for Tauranga. L'AUSTRAL...
Date: 22 January 2015
Image ID 9928

968. L'AUSTRAL (2010/10944gt/1441dwt/9502518) departs Auckland bound for Tauranga. L'AUSTRAL is owned and managed by Ponant of Marseille, France. L'AUSTRAL is scheduled to make one more call in the city...
Date: 31 January 2017
Image ID 10833

969. L'AUSTRAL (2010/10944gt/1441dwt/9502518) departs Auckland bound for Tauranga. L'AUSTRAL is owned and managed by Ponant of Marseille, France. L'AUSTRAL is scheduled to make one more call in the city...
Date: 31 January 2017
Image ID 10834

970. LE JACQUES CARTIER (IMO 9852420) - Ponant’s 2020-built, 9988gt boutique cruise ship arrived in Auckland at sunrise 16 January for her maiden call in the city after an overnight passage from...
Date: 16 January 2025
Image ID 13744

971. LE JACQUES CARTIER (IMO 9852420) - Ponant’s 2020-built, 9988gt boutique cruise ship arrived in Auckland at sunrise 16 January for her maiden call in the city after an overnight passage from...
Date: 16 January 2025
Image ID 13745

972. LE JACQUES CARTIER (IMO 9852420) - Ponant’s 2020-built, 9988gt boutique cruise ship arrived in Auckland at sunrise 16 January for her maiden call in the city after an overnight passage from...
Date: 16 January 2025
Image ID 13746

973. LE LAPEROUSE (2018/9976grt/1305dwt/IMO 9814026) the latest addition to the Ponant fleet of small cruise ships, is seen here alongside in Isafjordur, Iceland just two days after being officially named...
Date: 12 July 2018
Image ID 11371

974. The gleaming, near new expedition ship LE LAPEROUSE (2018/9976grt/1305dwt/IMO 9814026) sailed into Auckland soon after sunrise this morning from Sydney. She is the first of Marseille-based Ponant’s...
Date: 14 February 2019
Image ID 11644

975. The gleaming, near new expedition ship LE LAPEROUSE (2018/9976grt/1305dwt/IMO 9814026) sailed into Auckland soon after sunrise this morning from Sydney. She is the first of Marseille-based Ponant’s...
Date: 14 February 2019
Image ID 11645

976. The gleaming, near new expedition ship LE LAPEROUSE (2018/9976grt/1305dwt/IMO 9814026) sailed into Auckland soon after sunrise this morning from Sydney. She is the first of Marseille-based Ponant’s...
Date: 14 February 2019
Image ID 11646

977. The gleaming, near new expedition ship LE LAPEROUSE (2018/9976grt/1305dwt/IMO 9814026) sailed into Auckland soon after sunrise this morning from Sydney. She is the first of Marseille-based Ponant’s...
Date: 14 February 2019
Image ID 11647

978. The gleaming, near new expedition ship LE LAPEROUSE (2018/9976grt/1305dwt/IMO 9814026) sailed into Auckland soon after sunrise this morning from Sydney. She is the first of Marseille-based Ponant’s...
Date: 14 February 2019
Image ID 11648

979. The gleaming, near new expedition ship LE LAPEROUSE (2018/9976grt/1305dwt/IMO 9814026) sailed into Auckland soon after sunrise this morning from Sydney. She is the first of Marseille-based Ponant’s...
Date: 14 February 2019
Image ID 11649

980. LE LAPEROUSE (2018/9976grt/1305dwt/IMO 9814026) - Ship's name.
Date: 14 February 2019
Image ID 11650

981. LE LAPEROUSE (2018/9976grt/1305dwt/IMO 9814026) - Ponant hull detail.
Date: 14 February 2019
Image ID 11651

982. Ponant's LE LAPEROUSE (2018/9976grt/1305dwt/IMO 9814026) sails from Auckland at midday today bound for the Bay of Islands. In my opinion, the best looking cruise ship to grace Auckland Harbour in a...
Date: 8 March 2020
Image ID 11985

983. Ponant's LE LAPEROUSE (2018/9976grt/1305dwt/IMO 9814026) sails from Auckland at midday today bound for the Bay of Islands. In my opinion, the best looking cruise ship to grace Auckland Harbour in a...
Date: 8 March 2020
Image ID 11986

984. Ponant's LE LAPEROUSE (2018/9976grt/1305dwt/IMO 9814026) sails from Auckland at midday today bound for the Bay of Islands. In my opinion, the best looking cruise ship to grace Auckland Harbour in a...
Date: 8 March 2020
Image ID 11987

985. LE LAPEROUSE (2018/9976grt/1305dwt/IMO 9814026) outbound from Auckland en-route to Cairns, Australia. She leaves behind in port Viking Ocean Cruises' VIKING NEPTUNE and Holland America's ZUIDERDAM.
Date: 2 February 2023
Image ID 12862

986. LE LAPEROUSE (2018/9976grt/1305dwt/IMO 9814026) outbound from Auckland en-route to Cairns, Australia.
Date: 2 February 2023
Image ID 12863

987. LE LAPEROUSE (2018/9976grt/1305dwt/IMO 9814026) outbound from Auckland en-route to Cairns, Australia.
Date: 2 February 2023
Image ID 12864

988. LE LAPEROUSE (2018/9976grt/1305dwt/IMO 9814026) outbound from Auckland en-route to Cairns, Australia. She leaves behind in port Viking Ocean Cruises' VIKING NEPTUNE and Holland America's ZUIDERDAM.
Date: 2 February 2023
Image ID 12865

989. LE SOLEAL (2013/10992grt/1441dwt/IMO 9641675) manoeuvres away from her Queens Wharf this evening berth bringing to a close her maiden call at Auckland. She is the second of the 5-vessel Ponant fleet...
Date: 22 January 2016
Image ID 10307

990. LE SOLEAL (2013/10992grt/1441dwt/IMO 9641675) manoeuvres away from her Queens Wharf this evening berth bringing to a close her maiden call at Auckland. She is the second of the 5-vessel Ponant fleet...
Date: 22 January 2016
Image ID 10360

991. LE SOLEAL (2013/10992grt/1441dwt/IMO 9641675) outbound following her maiden call at Auckland. She is the second of the 5-vessel Ponant fleet to be seen in The City of Sails, following L'AUSTRAL last...
Date: 9 February 2016
Image ID 10362

992. LE SOLEAL (2013/10992grt/1441dwt/IMO 9641675) outbound following her maiden call at Auckland. She is the second of the 5-vessel Ponant fleet to be seen in The City of Sails, following L'AUSTRAL last...
Date: 9 February 2016
Image ID 10363

993. LE SOLEAL (2013/10992grt/1441dwt/IMO 9641675), Ponant's small cruise ship, sailed into Auckland from Cairns under cloudy and threatening skies at dawn today. Le Soleal is making her first call...
Date: 23 November 2024
Image ID 13618

994. LE SOLEAL (2013/10992grt/1441dwt/IMO 9641675), Ponant's small cruise ship, sailed into Auckland from Cairns under cloudy and threatening skies at dawn today. Le Soleal is making her first call...
Date: 23 November 2024
Image ID 13619

995. LEGEND OF THE SEAS (1995/69490grt/IMO 9070620. Renamed TUI Discovery 2 in 2017 then MARELLA DISCOVERY 2 when Thompson Cruises, a TUI subsidiary, is renamed Marella Cruises) outbound from Auckland, NZ,...
Date: 5 January 2002
Image ID 1455

996. LEGEND OF THE SEAS (1995/69490grt/IMO 9070620. Renamed TUI Discovery 2 in 2017 then MARELLA DISCOVERY 2 when Thompson Cruises, a TUI subsidiary, is renamed Marella Cruises) - berthing at dawn in...
Date: 5 January 2002
Image ID 1458

997. LEGEND OF THE SEAS (1995/69490grt/IMO 9070620. Renamed TUI Discovery 2 in 2017 then MARELLA DISCOVERY 2 when Thompson Cruises, a TUI subsidiary, is renamed Marella Cruises) - sailing from Auckland,...
Date: 7 January 2003
Image ID 1461

998. LEGEND OF THE SEAS (1995/69490grt/IMO 9070620. Renamed TUI Discovery 2 in 2017 then MARELLA DISCOVERY 2 when Thompson Cruises, a TUI subsidiary, is renamed Marella Cruises) - sailing from Auckland,...
Date: 7 January 2003
Image ID 1463

999. LEGEND OF THE SEAS (1995/69490grt/IMO 9070620. Renamed TUI Discovery 2 in 2017 then MARELLA DISCOVERY 2 when Thompson Cruises, a TUI subsidiary, is renamed Marella Cruises) - sailing from Auckland, NZ...
Date: February 2003
Image ID 1464

1000. LEGEND OF THE SEAS (1995/69490grt/IMO 9070620. Renamed TUI Discovery 2 in 2017 then MARELLA DISCOVERY 2 when Thompson Cruises, a TUI subsidiary, is renamed Marella Cruises) currently based in...
Date: 25 June 2006
Image ID 3438

1001. LEGEND OF THE SEAS (1995/69490grt/IMO 9070620. Renamed TUI Discovery 2 in 2017 then MARELLA DISCOVERY 2 when Thompson Cruises, a TUI subsidiary, is renamed Marella Cruises) - berthing soon after dawn...
Date: 5 January 2002
Image ID 7375