Cruise news (Scrapped Cruise Ships-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Costa Magica cruise ship sold to SeaJets Ferries (Greece) and renamed Mykonos Magic
The Costa Magica ship was sold to the ferry company (Greece's biggest cruise shipowner) SeaJets, owned by Marios Iliopoulos. The ship was renamed...
February 9, 2023 - Cruise Industry
75-year-old CMV Astoria cruise ship sold for recycling?
The owner of the oldest oceangoing cruise ship in the world denies it is ending a 75-year career. According to a spokesman for Puerto Rico-based The...
February 2, 2023 - Accidents
Data Bankruptcy to sell the last asset of the former operator Pullmantur Cruises
Pullmantur Cruises' bankruptcy administrator Data Bankruptcy intends to sell the last asset of the former operator. The administrator is expected to...
January 31, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Carnival Corporation to sell off 3 more cruise ships
Carnival Corporation released its 2022-Q4 business update, including the news that the world's largest cruise shipowner will soon remove 3 more...
December 22, 2022 - Cruise Industry
31-year-old Carnival Ecstasy ship heading to the scrapyard in Aliaga (Turkey)
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line’s oldest ship - Carnival Ecstasy, sailed her final voyage after 31+ years in service. It was a 5-night trip from...
October 24, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Pullmantur's ship Zenith arrives at Alang shipyard (India) for scrapping
On September 24th, the former Celebrity Cruises/Pullmantur cruise ship The Zenith (last renamed SINGA) arrived at Alang Shipyard (India) for...
September 30, 2022 - Accidents
Pullmantur Horizon cruise ship to be scrapped at Turkey's Aliaga Shipbreaking Yard
After ~2 years in Greece (moored at Port Elefsina/Eleusis), the last Pullmantur ship set sail on her final voyage: Pullmantur Horizon is heading to...
August 29, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Older cruise ships disappear from expedition itineraries due to tightened safety regulations
As maritime regulations tightened around safety, maintenance, and environmental concerns, the cruise ships of the past are disappearing from...
August 16, 2022 - Accidents
Saga cruise ship Pearl II sold for scrapping in Turkey
3 years after disembarking its last Saga Cruises guests, the 1981-built ship Saga Pearl II was sold for dismantling and recycling at Aliaga Turkey...
July 25, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Golden Iris cruise ship (former Cunard Princess) beached at Aliaga (Turkey) for scrapping
The cruise ship Golden Iris, formerly known as Cunard Princess, after 45+ years in service, was beached at the Aliaga Ship Breaking Yard (Turkey) to...
July 23, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Hambantota (Sri Lanka) welcomes MV Arius and MV Gem for month-long layups
Two cruise ships - MV Arius (fka SuperStar Aquarius) and MV Gem (fka SuperStar Gemini), each with a capacity to carry 800+ passengers, are currently...
July 5, 2022 - Accidents
MV Werften's unfinished Global Dream 2 cruise ship to be scrapped
There is no future for the second Global class newbuild cruise ship which keel was laid at MV Werften's Warnemunde yard in December 2019. While the...
June 20, 2022 - Accidents
Fred Olsen's cruise ship MS Black Watch soon to be scrapped at Alang India
The 1972-built (as "Royal Viking Star") cruise ship MS Black Watch was the oldest vessel in the Fred Olsen Cruise Line's fleet, with fleetmates...
May 21, 2022 - Accidents
Carnival Fascination to be scrapped at Gadani Pakistan
The 1994-built Carnival Fascination - the fourth of CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's eight Fantasy-class vessels - is soon to be beached for scrapping at...
February 16, 2022 - Accidents
GHK-Genting Hong Kong appoints provisional liquidators
GHK-Genting Hong Kong Ltd filed a winding-up petition in Bermuda following the bankruptcy of its German subsidiary MV Werften triggered USD 2,78...
January 19, 2022