Cruise news (Star Cruises-tagged)
- Accidents
Crystal Cruises Serenity and Symphony ships arrested in Freeport (Bahamas)
A couple of Crystal Cruises' ships were seized on Friday, February 4, by authorities in the Bahamas over unpaid fuel bills. Crystal Symphony and...
February 6, 2022 - Accidents
Bookings for GHK Dream Cruises' World Dream suspended until further notice
New bookings for Dream Cruises' World Dream operating in Singapore remain suspended until further notice, the cruise operator announced on Friday...
February 5, 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 - Cruise Industry
Star Cruises' ship Star Pisces sets sail on first voyage from Penang Island (Georgetown, Malaysia)
Genting Cruise Lines on Wednesday, December 22, achieved a new milestone with the Star Cruises brand as the Star Pisces ship set sail on her first...
December 23, 2021 - Cruise Industry
GHK's Star Cruises is the first line to restart in Malaysia with Star Pisces ship from Penang
Genting Cruise Lines, along with PPC-Penang Port Commission and PPSB-Penang Port Sdn Bhd announced that the Malaysian government had granted approval...
December 6, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Crystal Cruises sold superyacht Crystal Esprit to Lindblad Expeditions
Crystal Cruises sold its Crystal Esprit ship, saying that the small-yacht concept didn't fit into the brand's future plans. In a statement...
September 8, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Genting Hong Kong gets EUR 193 million from Germany's government
GHK-Genting Hong Kong, the biggest cruise operator in Asia, is to get EUR 193 million (USD 227 million) from the government of Germany for its German...
October 8, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Genting Cruise Lines announces strategic partnership with Sanya CBD Administration
GCL-Genting Cruise Lines (parent of Dream Cruises and Star Cruises) is forging a strategic partnership with Sanya CBD Administration and a national...
September 2, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Private investors interested in a GHK-Genting Hong Kong cruise brand
GHK-Genting Hong Kong Ltd (Hong Kong China-based holding company that operates cruise, shipbuilding and resort businesses) had received indicative...
August 31, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines retiring Boudicca and Black Watch ships
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is expected to retire two of its ships, Boudicca and Black Watch, when the company brings on the pair of former Holland...
August 26, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Genting Hong Kong Ltd. suspends all payments to creditors
Hong Kong-based Genting Cruise Lines (controlled by the Malaysian-Chinese billionaire Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay) on August 20 suspended all payments to...
August 25, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Crystal Endeavor cruise ship's delivery delayed 'by about a year'
The Asia-based Crystal Cruises' owner GHK is delaying the launch of new cruise ships while issuing a profit warning because of the Coronavirus (COVID...
August 11, 2020 - Cruise Industry
The world's first cruise ship to resume operations sets sail from Keelung Taiwan
A cruise liner carrying 1200 passengers departed from Port Keelung (Taipei City, Taiwan) on Sunday, July 26, on the first commercial sea tour since...
July 26, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Star Cruises provide cruise ship accommodations for foreign workers recovered from Coronavirus
The Genting Hong Kong (GHK)-owned company Star Cruises signed a charter deal with the government of Singapore for the cruise liners SuperStar...
May 1, 2020 - Accidents
Singapore to charter GHK-owned cruise liners as hotels for uninfected foreign workers
The government of Singapore is studying the feasibility of using two mid-sized cruise liners as hotel ships to temporarily house foreign workers who...
April 17, 2020