The world’s oldest operational cruise ship ‘Astoria’ has been circulated for sale. She will be auctioned for a minimum of €10 mill, according to a report in Lloyd's List. The Administrator for Islands Cruises ‐ Transportes Marítimos Unipessoal, Lda - announced the sale on the [Read more...]
‘Costa Victoria’ was due to be towed to Aliaga, Turkey for recycling at the end of January but she is still believed to be berthed at Piombino, Italy, where she arrived some nine months ago. Elsewhere, the 1978-built former Harwich/Hook of Holland ferry ‘Prinses Beatrix’ [Read more...]
Viking Line’s new environmentally friendly ropax, ‘Viking Glory’ was launched at Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co Ltd (XSI)’s shipyard on 26th January. ‘Viking Glory’ will enter service early next year on the Turku/Mariehamn/Stockholm route. “’Viking Glory’ embodies Viking Line’s faith in a bright future for travel [Read more...]
Another cruise ship formerly operated by Cruise and Maritime Voyages (CMV) has been sold for scrap. The ’Magellan’, built in 1985 for Carnival Cruise Lines, left an anchorage near Oman under the name of ’Mages’ heading east to India. Last year, she was acquired at [Read more...]
Joint Finnish/Swedish shipowner Kvarken Link’s subsidiary Wasaline is to sell the 1981-built battery-powered ropax ‘Wasa Express’ to United Arab Emirates-based UME Shipping. ‘Wasa Express’ will be delivered to UME shipping following the delivery of the ‘Aurora Botnia’ to take her place on the Vaasa in Finland and Umeå [Read more...]
Ocean Builders has confirmed that its plan to moor a former P&O cruise ship off Panama have been scuppered. The 1991-built ‘Satoshi’, the former ‘Pacific Dawn’, was to become a stationary residential cruise vessel but has now been sold for scrap. In a letter sent [Read more...]
Vigo-based shipyard Metalships is currently fitting out the new sailing cruise vessel, ‘Sea Cloud Spirit’ out of the hull of the former construction project known as ‘Sea Cloud Hussar’. The vessel was originally due to be delivered in 2010, but owing to the bankruptcy of [Read more...]
Swedish ferry company Stena Line has officially taken over the ownership of its latest ferry, ’Stena Embla’, following a handover ceremony in Weihai, China. She is the third of five new E-Flexer ropaxes that are being built at the CMI Jinling Weihai Shipyard, as part [Read more...]
Croatia-based DIV Group has selected subsidiary company Brodosplit Ship Management (BSM) to manage deck, engine and hotel services for the world’s largest cruise sailing vessel - ‘Golden Horizon’. She was built at DIV’s Brodosplit shipyard and is due to operate for Tradewind Voyages next year [Read more...]
After nearly six decades operating on the Norwegian coast, Hurtigruten’s ‘Lofoten’ is to leave the fleet to become a training ship. Hurtigruten has signed a letter of intent with the Norway-based educational foundation Maritim videregående skole Sørlandet (Sørlandet’s Maritime High School) to sell ‘Lofoten’. The [Read more...]