Celebrity Apex sails into UK ahead of transatlantic debut

The ship was originally due to be make its debut here at the end of March, with a naming ceremony, sailings for the trade and a series of short cruises, but plans were cancelled as the pandemic took hold.

Celebrity Cruises then took a landmark industry-first "virtual delivery" of the ship, with company executives accepting command of the vessel via video conference with officials from Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard.

Celebrity Apex was welcomed into Southampton this week by Jo Rzymowska (pictured below), the line’s vice president and managing director, EMEA, and the crew will now prepare for the ship’s first transatlantic sailing to Miami.