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Transocean Cruises
Transocean Tours was a German cruise line that operated ocean-going cruise ships in the German and United Kingdom, British markets and river cruise, river cruise ships in Germany. The company was formed in 1954 and first began operating cruises in 1972, using ships chartered from the Soviet Union-based Baltic Shipping Company. The company, along with its United Kingdom based parent company Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV), went into administration on 20 July 2020. History Early years Transocean Tours Turistik was formed in West Germany in 1954. In 1967 the company became the West German agents of the Soviet Union-based Baltic Shipping Company, marketing cruises on the and ''MS Estonia''. In 1972 Transocean Tours chartered the ''Estonia'' for full-time German market cruising. She was subsequently followed by several ships, including river cruise ships, chartered from both the Baltic Shipping Company and the Black Sea Shipping Company. Until the 1990s the chartered ships retain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Transocean Ltd. is an American Oil well, drilling company. It is the world's largest offshore drilling contractor based on revenue and is based in Steinhausen, Switzerland. The company has offices in 20 countries, including Canada, the United States, Norway, United Kingdom, India, Brazil, Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia. In 2010, Transocean was found partially responsible (30% of total liability) for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill resulting from the explosion of one of its oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. The primary business of Transocean is contracts with other List of largest oil and gas companies by revenue, large companies in the oil and gas industry. In 2019, Royal Dutch Shell accounted for 26% of the company's revenues, while Equinor accounted for 21% of the company's revenues, and Chevron Corporation, Chevron accounted for 17% of the company's revenues. History Transocean was formed as a result of the merger of Southern Natural Gas Company, later Sonat, with many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
