Captain Nick Nash Appointed Commodore of the Princess Cruises Global Fleet

Captain Nick Nash Appointed Commodore of the Princess Cruises International Fleet

 

Commodore Nick Nash, recently appointed as the most senior captain – the maximum rank attainable to a Princess Cruises mariner.

 

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (October 1, 2020) – Captain Nick Nash, a 31-year veteran of Princess Cruises, has been promoted to the rank of commodore of the cruise line’s global fleet, the seventh in the cruise line’s historical past. The title of commodore is an honor that is bestowed on the most senior captain of a fleet of ships, and the position represents the maximum rank attainable to a Princess Cruises mariner.

Commodore Nash will become the senior grasp of the fleet, symbolizing the passions of all ships and its captains. He also was recently recognized at the supply of Enchanted Princess as captain of the most recent vessel and has the excellent privilege of navigating the ship out of the Fincantieri shipyard for the extremely to start with time.

“It’s an honor and a testament to his determination as a grasp seafarer to title Captain Nick Nash the future commodore of our global fleet,” mentioned Jan Swartz, Princess Cruises president. “With his profitable tenure and utmost concentrate on the superior priority of the security and safety of all visitors and crew, we know he will proceed to supply the cruise expertise our visitors cherish when we return to support.”

Commodore Nash to start with joined the organization in 1989 and was promoted to workers captain in 1997. In 2002, he grew to become captain and has been at the helm of many Princess vessels, most recently Royal Princess. In fact, Commodore Nash’s daughter, Victoria, served as the madrina of Royal Princess all through the ship’s float out ceremony in 2012. She has a exclusive relationship to the cruise line’s to start with Royal Princess – as a toddler, she was christened onboard.

Most recently, Commodore Nash served as President of the Nautical Institute and immediately after two several years now serves on the council. He was awarded the United Kingdom’s Service provider Navy Medal for meritorious support in 2018. He is a Chartered Master Mariner, a Fellow of The Nautical Institute, The Royal Institute of Navigation, The Royal Geographical Culture and a Younger Brother of Trinity Residence.

“As a young man, I ran away to sea at the age of seventeen to start out working on cargo ships and now listed here I am currently, incredibly happy to take on this new purpose as commodore of the Princess fleet,” mentioned Commodore Nash. “It’s been the highlight of my job to recently take Enchanted Princess out of the shipyard for the extremely to start with time to now overseeing all ships of the cruise line that has authorized me to always proceed to find out and mature skillfully and individually.”

Commodore Nash succeeds Commodore Giorgio Pomata, who recently retired immediately after serving Princess Cruises for forty two several years.

When not at sea with Princess, Commodore Nash resides in his hometown of Penzance, Cornwall, with his wife, Sue.

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About Princess Cruises:
Just one of the finest-recognized names in cruising, Princess Cruises is the fastest escalating international premium cruise line and tour organization running a fleet of seventeen modern cruise ships, carrying two million visitors each individual year to 380 destinations all-around the globe, which include the Caribbean, Alaska, Panama Canal, Mexican Riviera, Europe, South The usa, Australia/New Zealand, the South Pacific, Hawaii, Asia, Canada/New England, Antarctica and Planet Cruises. A crew of specialist destination specialists have curated 170 itineraries, ranging in length from 3 to 111 days and Princess Cruises is consistently recognized as “Best Cruise Line for Itineraries.” In 2017 Princess Cruises, with mum or dad organization Carnival Corporation, introduced MedallionClass Holidays enabled by the OceanMedallion, the holiday industry’s most innovative wearable system, offered no cost to each individual visitor sailing on a MedallionClass ship. The award-profitable innovation permits an easy, personalized holiday giving visitors a lot more time to link to the factors they love most. The organization is element of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL NYSE:CUK).

 

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