P&O Australia sister ships in Trieste for work before resumption

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Pacific Encounter, left, alongside sister ship Pacific Adventure in Trieste in the lead-up to resuming operations in Australia
P&O Cruises Australia’s sister ships Pacific Encounter and Pacific Adventure were berthed side by side in Trieste during preparations for their return to service.

The ships were making back-to-back visits to Fincantieri for technical and interior upgrades before sailing to Australia to join Pacific Explorer, completing the company’s three-ship fleet.

Pacific Encounter will make an initial seven-night sailing from her homeport in Brisbane on August 20 and Pacific Adventure’s first cruise from Sydney will be a three-night cruise to nowhere on October 22.  

Resurgence of cruising

‘As we prepare to welcome home Pacific Encounter and Pacific Adventure, we can also see that momentum is growing in the resurgence of cruising in Australia,’ President Marguerite Fitzgerald said.