Stern’s Guide to the Greatest Resorts of the World, Stern’s Guide to the
Cruise Vacation and The Indispensable Guide to Foreign Words and Phrases by Steven B. Stern (Sponsored by Stern’s Travel Guides, Ltd.)
HAPAG-LLOYD
In the U.S.
Euro-Lloyd Travel Group
(800) 782-3924
Kartagener Associates, Inc.
(877) 445-7447
BREMEN (formerly Frontier Spirit): entered service 1990; 6,752 G.R.T.; 365’ x 56’; 164-passenger capacity; 82 cabins; German officers and staff (all English speaking); expedition cruises to polar regions, rivers, and remote islands.
(Category B/C--Not Rated)
COLUMBUS: entered service 1997; 15,000 G.R.T. 472’ x 72’; 410-passenger capacity; 205 cabins; German officers and staff (all English speaking); cruises in Great Lakes of U.S. and various itineraries around the world.
(Category C--Not Rated)
EUROPA: entered service 1999; 28,890 G.R.T.; 652’ x 78’; 408-passenger capacity; 204 suites; German officers and staff (all English speaking); cruises to various locations around the world.
(category A) %******
HANSEATIC: entered service 1993; 8,378 G.R.T.; 403’ x 59’; 184-passenger capacity; 92 cabins; German officers and staff (all English speaking); expedition cruises to polar regions, rivers, and remote islands.
(Category A/B--Not Rated)
(All ships have hospitals and a physician.)
These ships are rated in 11 separate categories in the second half of chapter 14.
