Transocean Tours

The Transocean Cruises GmbH & Co KG (formerly Transocean Tours Touristik GmbH ) is a cruise company with headquarters in Bremen, which was abandoned in 2013 and transferred to the parent company Premicon to Munich.

  • 3.1 cruise ships
  • 3.2 riverboats

History

Transocean passenger service D. Oltmann & Co. was founded on January 19, 1954 and was in regular service in the passenger shipping operates. The company engaged in the field of emigrant passengers. Due to the emergence of competing air traffic Transocean developed one of the first cruises. Had she at first only partial quotas of ships chartered and sold, so the ships were soon taken under full charter. Furthermore, Transocean ran a travel agency with DER and IATA - representation and also conducted from 1965 to the catering on the cruise liner Roland of Bremen, which ran between Bremerhaven and Helgoland.

Early 1980s was Transocean Agent various shipping companies and operators of sea voyages. The company was called Transocean Tours now. For the first time winter cruises were offered. In addition, the Transocean 1981/82 began with the river navigation, through the acquisition of Moldavia and Odessa. With the river ship newbuildings Swiss Coral (1998), Swiss Crown (2000), Swiss Corona ( 2004) and the Bellevue (2006) has been extended to new target areas in this field, the charter fleet. With more ships were added deals on the rivers of Russia, China and France. In the cruise business is running at the Astor Transocean since April 1997. In the years 2002 to 2010, the Astoria was used in this area as well. Since 2006, Arielle was chartered in addition, which was replaced in 2008 by the Marco Polo.

Early September 2009, was forced to declare bankruptcy because of impending liquidity problems, the company. On 1 December 2009 the company was taken over by the Premicon AG, name and legal form changed on Transocean Cruises GmbH & Co KG. However Premicon sought in the aftermath of a strategic partner, as it is not in the long term would take on the dual role as organizer and ship owners. Early 20014 was announced that Transocean should be continued as a brand of the UK company Cruise & Maritime Voyages. CMV will take over the charter contracts of the Astor and the four Transocean riverboats in this context. Unlike the start-up of CMV CMV U.S. and Australia in the years 2011 and 2013, CMV can thus fall back on its entry into the German market to an established brand.

Ships at Transocean Tours

Cruise ships

  • Astor

Riverboats

  • Belle Fleur
  • Belle Jour
  • Belvedere
  • Sans Souci

Former ships

Cruise ships

  • Astoria, built in 1980 as the Astor for HADAG sold to the DSR 1985, 2002-2010 for Transocean as Astoria
  • Arielle, 2006-2008 for Transocean
  • Marco Polo, since 2008 for Transocean

Riverboats

  • Amalegro
  • Bellevue
  • Maribelle
  • Rachmaninov
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