During a three-week stay, the ship will undergo comprehensive technical work mainly repairs to the thruster, rudder and shaft plant and class renewal of the ice-class ship for Det Norske Veritas.
‘This contract is just right for us’, said a satisfied Rüdiger Pallentin, board member of Lloyd Werft. He sees the first visit of the expedition ship as a dry run for further possible orders, particularly since the shipping company has a second ship of similar design, he remarked.
After a 2008 conversion, Lindblad Expeditions put the 6,471gt ship with 81 cabins mainly into Arctic and Antarctic cruising.
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