PONY Branch members and guests are invited to join the Steamship Historical Society of America on a four-night voyage out of Long Beach, CA to Catalina Island, CA and Ensenada, Mexico aboard Carnival Cruise Lines’ CARNIVAL RADIANCE. Special pre-cruise hotel rates and

The Kingdom of the Netherlands included colonies in the Far East from the 17th century onwards until 1948 when they became the Republic of Indonesia.  With the advent of steam, the Dutch VOC (United (East) Indies Company) morphed into several companies such as the Netherland Line, Rotterdam Lloyd, and Royal Packet.  In the same

While the origins of Royal Viking Line can be traced back to 1967, its true origins go back much further. Bergen Line, the initial company behind what would become Royal Viking Line, had made a name for itself by operating cruises during the inter-war years with the luxurious yacht-like vessels STELLA POLARIS and METEOR.