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Viking River Cruises, the Basel based river cruise line, has placed an order for six Longship class river cruise vessels with Neptun Werft in Rostock, the shipyard said in a statement.

The now ordered ships will be delivered in the Spring of 2016 and they will carry 190 passengers in 95 outside cabins. The will be 135 m in length, 11.45 m in beam and have a draft of 1.60 m.

Viking River cruises has a fleet of 53 ships. Neptun Werft is part of the Meyer Werft group that has a major cruise ship building facility in Papenburg. It recently acquired controlling interest in the shipyard in Turku, Finland.

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