By Adrian Wong (Bloomberg) –Tickets for a voyage on board Walt Disney Co.’s first Asia-based cruise ship go on sale next week, as the entertainment giant takes advantage of a tourism…
https://gcaptain.com/disneys-largest-cruise-ship-targets-asia-with-marvel-superheroes/
By Scott C. Clarkson, United States Bankruptcy Judge, Central District of California, Santa Ana, Calif.
Over the past decade, several international shipyards, boat builders, and marine shipping companies have encountered financial difficulties due to various external challenges. Notable examples include Harland & Wolff, the historic Belfast shipyard, renowned for building the Titanic, which faced insolvency in 2019 and again in 2024. In September 2016, South Korea’s Hanjin Shipping, then the...
https://www.marinelog.com/views/op-ed-a-decade-of-financial-restructuring-in-maritime/
Fincantieri and Crystal have recently announced a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for the construction of two high-end cruise ships, with the potential for a third. The agreement, which ranges in…
https://gcaptain.com/crystal-turns-to-fincantieri-for-two-luxury-cruise-ships/
GBA Ships, a charitable organisation headquartered in Germany, has acquired a luxury private charter vessel formerly operated by Genting Hong Kong through its Star Cruise ..
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By Fran Golden (Bloomberg) — When Genting Hong Kong’s American luxury line Crystal Cruises shutdown suddenly in February last year it left consumers and travel agents out to dry on more than $100 million in bookings….
By Rainer Buergin Jun 19, 2022 (Bloomberg) –An unfinished mega-liner that was to be one of the world’s biggest cruise ships by capacity is sitting in a German shipyard, waiting to…
https://gcaptain.com/giant-cruise-ships-maiden-voyage-may-be-to-a-scrapyard/
GBA Ships, a charitable organisation headquartered in Germany, has acquired a luxury private charter vessel formerly operated by Genting Hong Kong through its Star Cruise ..
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By K. Oanh Ha and Arne Delfs (Bloomberg) A number of potential buyers are lining up for Genting Hong Kong Ltd.’s Global Dream — the unfinished mega-liner set to be the…
By Fran Golden (Bloomberg) — Last week, the most-awarded luxury cruise line in the industry, Crystal Cruises, unceremoniously shuttered its doors, with not a word to consumers nor travel agents. Abandoned by…
https://gcaptain.com/demise-of-crystal-cruises-leaves-customers-out-100-million-or-more/
By Arne Delfs (Bloomberg) Billionaire Lim Kok Thay is among several investors interested in purchasing the Global Dream mega luxury liner that was under construction at Genting Hong Kong Ltd.’s…