15/03/2023
What happened to the fleet? 📉
In January 2022 suspended its operations following the impacts of COVID-19 🦠 on the tourism sector, the conglomerate was based in Hong Kong 🇭🇰 and owned the brands Star Cruises, Dream Cruises and Crystal Cruises.
Star Cruises was one of Asia's traditional Mai's cruise brands and had been founded in 1993 in Malaysia 🇲🇾, the company quickly conquered the region's audience and became very popular, in its heyday, the company owned and had a fleet very modern, however the brand disbanded from NCL in 2008 after the global crisis.
The company's fleet in 2022 consisted of five vessels, SuperStar Gemini, SuperStar Aquarius, The Taipan, SuperStar Libra and the Star Pisces, all over 20 years old, the gigantic would initially be destined for Star, but during its construction the hull was transferred for Dream Cruises.
🚢FLEET:
SuperStar Aquarius
Year Built: 1993
Capacity: 1,529 guests
Location: Alang, India
Fate: Scrapped
SuperStar Gemini
Year Built: 1992
Capacity: 1,472 guests
Location: Alang, India
Fate: Scrapped
Star Pisces
Year Built: 1991
Capacity: 1,384 guests
Location: Alang, India
Fate: Scrapped
The Taipan
Year Built: 1989
Capacity: 64 guests
Location: Singapore
Fate: Sold for OM Ships and renamed to Doulos Hope
SuperStar Libra
Year Built: 1988
Capacity: 1,494 guests
Location: Aliaga, Turkey
Fate: Scrapped
Libra had been out of commercial operations since 2018 and was being used as an accommodation vessel at the MV Werften shipyard, another Genting property, the vessel was sold for scrap a few weeks before Genting's bankruptcy.
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