P&O Cruises has announced that Captain Robert Camby will lead the team responsible for on board operations for its newest LNG-powered ship Arvia, which will enter service in December 2022.
Captain Camby will bring out Arvia from the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany to the home port of Southampton where the ship will sail its inaugural winter cruises before re-positioning to Barbados for its first series of Caribbean fly/cruises.
Captain Camby said, “After 26 years with the company, I feel so privileged to command P&O Cruises Arvia and to be working alongside the most talented and experienced team. Arvia will underpin all the innovative and environmental credentials of Iona and will create even more aspirational and desirable guest experiences and itineraries specifically for British guests,”
In 1995, Camby was selected into the P&O Princess Cruises Cadet program. His first ship was SS Canberra, and in 2005 he was appointed as navigator on Cunard’s flagship Queen Mary 2, becoming Deputy Captain in June 2008.
In December 2011, he was promoted to Captain, taking his first command of Oriana in January 2012. Since then, he has commanded Azura, Arcadia, Aurora, Oceana, Ventura, Britannia, Queen Victoria, Queen Mary 2 and most recently Iona.
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