Fred. Olsen Announces New Regional Departures For Boudicca

With the retirement of Black Prince in October 2009, the ship of the Fred. Olsen fleet that operated from northern ports, such as Liverpool and Greenock, her sister-ship Boudicca is scheduled to operate from more regional ports in 2010.

Boudicca will reposition from Southampton to Liverpool in March 2010 and operate a season of cruises to the Canaries, Eastern and Western Mediterranean, Norway and the Baltic before moving to her next home port – Greenock –in June.  Her summer cruises from Greenock visit the Canary Islands, Italy, Norway, and Spitsbergen, after which she repositions again to Leith in late July.  After two cruises, to the Baltic and Norway, Boudicca moves south to the Port of Tyne in September and from there she cruises to the North Cape, Scandinavia, The Baltic, Norway and around the UK, returning to Southampton in October.

Lol Nichols, Fred. Olsen’s general sales manager said: “We have always been very committed to operating ex-UK cruises from a wide choice of regional ports, and with Black Prince retiring, we did not want to lose our ex-Liverpool and Greenock programmes.  By utilising Boudicca from these ports – as well as Leith and Newcastle, where she has already operated successfully – we can maintain these important and very popular departures.  The extra capacity of Boudicca – 839 passengers compared to Black Prince’s 412 – means that even with fewer sailings, we can still accommodate a large number of customers from these northern regions.”

For more details on the new cruises visit http://www.fredolsencruises.co.uk/  Agents can book online via F-OCAL or AmadeusCruise or call Reservations on 01473 742424.