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How much is a 2016-built megaship worth? The world is about to find out as the World Dream is heading to auction via the Singapore Sheriff following the demise of Genting Cruise Lines earlier this year. (more…)
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After spending several months in lay up, the ex-SuperStar Aquarius and the ex-SuperStar Gemini recently completed their final journeys to the scrapyard. (more…)
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Two cruise ships, MV Arius (SuperStar Aquarius) and MV Gem (SuperStar Gemini), with a passenger capacity of 800 each have been berthed for a month-long layup in the China-backed Hambantota International Port (HIP). (more…)
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An unnamed cruise vessel of nearly record proportions that has been under construction in Germany for an Asia-focused cruise line will be scrapped before sailing a single voyage, according to German shipping magazine anBord. (more…)
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According to news reports, the unfinished hull of Genting Cruise Lines’ second Global Class newbuild will be sold for scrap. The 208,000-ton vessel was in early stages of construction at one of MV Werften’s facilities in Warnemunde, Germany, when the shipbuilding complex declared bankruptcy earlier this year. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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The Taipan has found a new home in OM Ships, a Germany-based religious organization famous for its floating bookshops. According to a statement on its website, the Christian charity is in the process of acquiring the vessel, which was previously operated by Genting’s Star Cruises brand. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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A new cruise line owned by Malaysian tycoon Lim Kok Thay will set sail from its home port Singapore on June 15. (more…)
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Resorts World Cruises, a new Asian luxury and dynamic lifestyle cruise brand will have its global debut in Singapore on 15 June 2022 with the Genting Dream. (more…)
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V.Ships Leisure is now managing the full Dream Cruises fleet, having assumed full management responsibilities of the 1999-built “Explorer Dream” on Friday. The company had already taken over management of the “Genting Dream” and “World Dream”, in addition to the “Crystal Serenity”, “Crystal Symphony” and “Crystal Endeavor”. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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A trio of Star Cruises ships are said to be getting scrapped in the near future, according to industry sources. The SuperStar Aquarius, SuperStar Gemini and the Star Pisces have appeared this week on scrap reports as heading to the beach to the be recycled. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Genting Hong Kong had to make a quick exit from the cruise ship business earlier this year over financial troubles. Now, Genting Group, its parent company and the operator of casinos around the world, apparently isn’t ready to give up its dreams. (more…)
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Waiting for their fates, the Genting Cruise Lines fleet is laid up in North America, Europe and Assia. Cruise Industry News has tracked down the location and status of every oceangoing ship of Genting’s three cruise brands. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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The sale of Genting Hong Kong’s unfinished mega-liner Global Dream has already lured plenty of potential buyers, including billionaire ex-Genting boss Lim Kook Thay. (more…)
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The slow demise of Genting Hong Kong became more ignominious this week when KfW IPEX-Bank arrested the returning World Dream in Singapore. (hongkongmaritimehub.com)
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Genting Singapore—controlled by Malaysian billionaire Lim Kok Thay—is investing S$400 million ($298 million) this year to revamp its casino resort and theme park in the lion city, preparing the property for a post-pandemic tourism recovery. (forbes.com)
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The unfinished “Global Dream” rests quietly in a dock as the Covid-19 pandemic has turned the cruise ship into a nightmare for the shipyard in Wismar along Germany’s windswept Baltic coast. (thelocal.de)
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Genting Hong Kong continues to sail into troubled waters with the company announcing that its Dream Cruises subsidiary has filed a petition for the winding up of the company. (asgam.com)
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Genting Hong Kong currently has three ships in its Crystal Cruises ocean-going fleet, three ships (and two on order) in the Dream Cruises fleet, and four ships in the Star Cruises fleet. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Lim Kok Thay started a cruiseferry and gambling boat business in 1990s Hong Kong and turned it into one of Asia’s biggest cruise operators. (gcaptain.com)
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Dream Cruises appeared to have taken its booking engine offline as of Saturday morning as no future sailings were listed or bookable. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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