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In the wake of the abrupt end to Happy Cruises, current vacationers and crew members are left in limbo. Some were left at random ports, crew were told to stay onboard for no pay. The whole situation is a mess.…
What a crazy 3 days its been. Here’s a recap of what we’ve seen so far: TUI’s Newbuild which was the Buzz of the Conference MSC Negotiating 2-ship Order Plus Former Lybian Ship Seatrade Europe Day 1 Recap: TUI, MSC…
Label this one “Problems facing the River Industry” Officials from several River Cruising organizations all throughout Europe assembled for their panel. Here are some of the highlights: On most rivers, the infrastructure close to its capacity limits. Experts cited the…
Buzz on the floor today is after leaders from major European shipyards heavily criticized the Mitsubishi deal with AIDA. They claimed that that the pricing model of the AIDA ship is “unstable”. Corrado Antonini, Fincantieri chairman Mitsubishi has come up…
Cruise Europe celebrated its 20th anniversary last night. The commemorative event was held at the Fours Seasons Hotel in Hamburg. Officials present included the Chairman, President and founder members of Cruise Europe, an association promoting cruise travel throughout Europe. The…
Conferences for today include Cruise Port Development and Cruise Ship Operations. I don’t plan on hearing any breaking news come from them, but if there are, I’ll post. As the title says, this is the last day of the conference.…
International Shipping Partners of Miami, vessel owners, issued the below statement: On Monday, September 26, ISP was unexpectedly informed that Happy Cruises, charterers of the cruise vessels M/V GEMINI and the M/V OCEAN PEARL, would cease operation and cancel all…
Here are some highlights from the Seatrade Ricer Cruise Panel in Hamburg: Central Europe saw an increase of 51%. 228 total vessels, with a dozen more on the books. Russia’s fleet decreased to 150 from 160. They also noted that…
So far nothing new breaking here. I’ll let you know when something does.
I say Quasi since they still are pursuing operations to stay afloat (pun intended). Happy Cruises operates 3 ships on time charter from ship owners ISP of Miami. The Spanish line apparently is looking for a large, fast, cash infusion…