HX Expeditions
Cruise line · ships, cruises and homeports
HX Expeditions sails 5 ships from 14 homeports to 128 ports. Most cruises are 9–13 nights, mostly in the South America.
- ShipsShips in service
- 5
- CruisesCruises · 12 mo
- 189
- Homeports
- 14
- PortsPorts visited
- 128
- next 12 months
- Avg ship ageAverage ship age
- 15 yrs
The HX Expeditions fleet
5 ships in service
| Photo | Ship | Built | Gross tonnage | Decks | Cabins | Guests | Crew |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS Fridtjof Nansen ice-strengthened expedition ship class · 2019 · 20,890 GT | 2019 | 20,890 | 9 | 265 | 530 | 151 | |
| MS Roald Amundsen ice-strengthened expedition ship class · 2019 · 20,890 GT | 2019 | 20,890 | 11 | 265 | 530 | 150 | |
| MS Fram ice-strengthened expedition ship class · 2007 · 11,647 GT | 2007 | 11,647 | 8 | 137 | 200 | 75 | |
| MS Spitsbergen cruiseferry (Ro-Pax ship) class · 2009 · 7,344 GT | 2009 | 7,344 | 8 | 180 | 335 | 65 | |
| MV Santa Cruz II Galapagos Mega Yacht class · 2002 · 2,664 GT | 2002 | 2,664 | 5 | 50 | 90 | 50 |
Where HX Expeditions sails
Ships starting a cruise in each region, by month · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027
Most of the fleet sails in the South America: 2 ships at its busiest in Oct and 1 in Apr. HX Expeditions also sails in Galapagos Islands, Iceland, Greenland, Faroe Islands and Baltic, Norwegian Fjords, Russia, and 6 more regions.
| Region | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South America | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Galapagos Islands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Iceland, Greenland, Faroe Islands | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| Baltic, Norwegian Fjords, Russia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Arctic, Antarctica | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Alaska | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Ireland, UK, British Isles | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Western Europe, Azores, Canary Islands | 2 | |||||||||||
| West Coast USA and Canada | 1 | |||||||||||
| East Coast USA and Canada New England | 1 |
Ships in region:1–23–56–1516+
A ship counts in a region when a cruise starting that month has most of its port calls there.
How long HX Expeditions cruises are
Share of sailings by length, against other cruise lines in the same region and month · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027
Across all regions, 50% of HX Expeditions sailings are 9–13 nights, against 15% for other cruise lines.
HX Expeditions
189 sailings
Other cruise lines
15,815 sailings
Up to 5 nights6–8 nights9–13 nights14+ nights
| Length | HX Expeditions | Other lines | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up to 5 nights | 0% · 0 | 22% · 3,545 | −22 pts |
| 6–8 nights | 29% · 54 | 49% · 7,822 | −21 pts |
| 9–13 nights | 50% · 94 | 15% · 2,425 | +34 pts |
| 14+ nights | 22% · 41 | 13% · 2,023 | +9 pts |
Sailings starting in the period. A voyage sold from several embarkation ports is counted once. Region = where most of the sailing’s port calls are. Difference in percentage points.
HX Expeditions capacity
Available passenger cruise days (APCD): lower berths × nights · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027
- APCD · 12 months
- 0.55M
- Share of all capacity
- 0.2%
- of 326.9M APCD on 45 lines
- Rank by capacity
- 34th
- ahead of Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection 0.38M, Aroya Cruises Saudi 0.35M
- Berths at sea per day
- 1,614
- average
By month
APCD per month · share of all cruise capacity that month below · Oct counts from 23 Oct
Busiest monthOther months
By region
HX Expeditions APCD and its share of all cruise capacity in each region · top 8 regions
| Region | By month | APCD | Share of region |
|---|---|---|---|
| South America 1.9% of the region | 0.19M | 1.9% | |
| Iceland, Greenland, Faroe Islands 4.8% of the region | 0.10M | 4.8% | |
| Galapagos Islands 77.9% of the region | 0.10M | 77.9% | |
| Alaska 0.4% of the region | 0.05M | 0.4% | |
| Baltic, Norwegian Fjords, Russia 0.2% of the region | 0.04M | 0.2% | |
| Arctic, Antarctica 10.2% of the region | 0.04M | 10.2% | |
| Ireland, UK, British Isles 0.4% of the region | 0.02M | 0.4% | |
| West Coast USA and Canada 0.4% of the region | 0.01M | 0.4% |
Berths = guests at double occupancy. Each ship-night is counted once, even when the voyage is sold from several ports, in the month it falls in. A sailing’s nights count in the region where most of its port calls are. All capacity = the cruise lines CruiseDig tracks, not the whole industry.
Where HX Expeditions cruises start
Top 10 of 14 homeports by departures in the next 12 months
| Homeport | Departures | Ships | Plan your departure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quito Ecuador · 1 ship | 52 | 1 | |
| Callao (Lima) Peru · 1 ship | 46 | 1 | ParkingHotelsGetting there |
| Buenos Aires Argentina · 2 ships | 29 | 2 | ParkingHotelsGetting there |
| Tromsø Norway · 1 ship | 18 | 1 | ParkingHotelsGetting there |
| Oslo Norway · 1 ship | 11 | 1 | ParkingHotelsGetting there |
| New York City United States · 2 ships | 8 | 2 | ParkingHotelsGetting there |
| ReykjavÃk Iceland · 2 ships | 7 | 2 | ParkingHotelsGetting there |
| Greenock United Kingdom · 1 ship | 4 | 1 | ParkingHotelsGetting there |
| Vancouver Canada · 1 ship | 4 | 1 | ParkingHotelsGetting there |
| Whittier United States · 1 ship | 3 | 1 | ParkingHotelsGetting there |
Top ports of call
Calls in the next 12 months · 115 ports
- 1Santa Cruz Island328
- 2Baltra IslandEcuador272
- 3San Cristobal IslandEcuador144
- 4Callao (Lima)Peru138
- 5Floreana IslandEcuador90
- 6UshuaiaArgentina56
- 7Eden IslandEcuador48
- 8Espanola IslandEcuador48
- 9Mosquera IslandEcuador48
- 10North Seymour IslandEcuador48
- 11Santa Fe IslandEcuador48
- 12South Plaza IslandEcuador48