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He took his family to New York in 1952 and moved to Miami, Florida, in 1966, [1] where he co-founded Norwegian Cruise Lines in 1966 with Knut Kloster. [2] In 1971 the partnership broke up on bad terms and Arison formed Carnival Cruise Lines in 1972 with the help of Meshulam Riklis, [2] in which he would make his fortune. [citation needed]
Knut Utstein Kloster (2 April 1929 – 20 September 2020) was a Norwegian shipping magnate. His grandfather, Lauritz Kloster, founded Kloster Rederi in 1924. In 1959, Kloster joined the family business and transformed it into a leading cruise line. Together with Ted Arison, he founded Norwegian Caribbean Line in 1966. [1]
Norwegian Caribbean Line's first ship Sunward. The cruise line was founded in 1966 by Norwegian Knut Kloster and Israeli Ted Arison, with the 8,666-ton, 140 m long cruise ship/car ferry, Sunward, [4] which in 1966 operated as a car ferry between Southampton UK and Gibraltar, for that one short season only.
In 1976, he became CEO of Bergen Steamship Company (Bergenske Dampskibsselskab) and then became CEO of Royal Viking Line from 1980 to 1984. [1] [5] After a failed take-over bid, he had to resign in 1984. [6] He joined the board of Holland America Line in 1985, and later was on the board of Kloster Cruise. [5]
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) is a holding company that is domiciled in Bermuda and based in the United States. [4] [5] It operates three cruise lines as wholly owned subsidiaries: Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises. With its subsidiaries combined, it is the third-largest cruise operator in the world.
Arne Wilhelmsen (15 June 1929 – 11 April 2020) was a Norwegian billionaire businessman, the co-founder of Royal Caribbean Cruises. [1] [2] Wilhelmsen was born in June 1929, [3] and earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University. [4] When he died, his net worth was estimated at US$1.5 billion. [4]
The Sunward operated as a cruise ship under the newly established Norwegian Caribbean Line. The ship proved to be such a success that Norwegian Caribbean Line commissioned newer, larger ships for its fleet, ultimately replacing the Sunward. She was sold to Compangnie Generale Transméditerranéenne in 1973, and later on with several companies.
MS Starward was a cruise ship built in 1968 at the AG Weser shipyard in Bremerhaven, West Germany. [6] Originally commissioned for Norwegian Caribbean Line after the success of its first ship, Sunward, Starward was the first purpose-built ship for the newly-established cruise line.