V.Ships Leisure has a won technical management contract for a cruiseship being built in Chile.

The deal has been awarded by tour operator Antarctica21 for the 100-pax, 4,800-gt Magellan Explorer.

It is due from Asenav in September next year.

Antarctica21’s president and chairman Jaime Vasquez said that by partnering with V.Ships Leisure, "we can focus on our distinctive core business which, unlike most of our peers, avoids the Drake Passage by flying our guests to King George Island, thus allowing better comfort and more quality time in Antarctica."