Viking Ocean Cruises announces sixth ship

Viking Ocean Cruises have announced the line’s sixth cruise ship, Viking Jupiter.

Torstein Hagen, Chairman of Viking, announced the ship’s name at Port Los Angeles, where he greeted guests on Viking Sun, first ship in the fleet to visit the U.S. West Coast.

Scheduled to launch in February 2019, the 930-guest sister ship will sail Viking’s most popular itineraries in Northern Europe and the Mediterranean, as well as two new itineraries in South America – Southern Atlantic Crossing (22 days; Barcelona – Buenos Aires) and South America & the Chilean Fjords (18 days; Buenos Aires – Santiago).