From there on June 3 the polar expedition vessel will make its maiden Arctic voyage to Svalbard's Spitsbergen, with calls at Aberdeen, Fair Isle and Jan Mayen.
A video clip showing the interiors of Hondius is here.
Second newbuild
Oceanwide Expeditions has advised a second newbuild could be on the horizon, with details to follow shortly.
‘We are thinking of a second newbuild polar vessel, but very much focusing on finalising the construction of Hondius at the moment,' Franklin Braeckman, marketing manager, Oceanwide Expeditions, told Seatrade Cruise News.
