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At least 7 old cruise ships face uncertain future due to SOLAS 2010
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- Category: Latest News
- Published on Saturday, 28 February 2009 19:30
- Written by Kari Reinikainen
The fate of a number of vintage cruise liners remains in doubt in addition to that of SS United States: according to Peter Knego, the US based maritime writer and shipping historian, at least 7 cruise ships will have to be taken out of service next year due to SOLAS 2010 rules.
“Forced 2010 SOLAS retirements include: Blue Monarch, Saga Rose, Regal Empress, Black Prince, Ivory, Ancona, Mona Lisa, and, I believe, Kristina Regina. Others like Oceanic and Pacific may go because they are wearing out and/or costly to operate but not necessarily because of 2010 SOLAS,” Knego told Cruise Business Online.
In addition, the collapse of plans to reintroduce the Orient Lines’ brand by US investors by Maxim Gorkiy, the 1969 built steam turbine driven vessel that was meant to be renamed Marco Polo II, means that this ship too is heading for breaking up, media reports say. The future of Queen Elizabeth 2 appears to be in some doubt as well following reports that its Dubai based owners may be facing financial difficulties.
Several converted former ocean liners that had been built mainly in the 1950s and the early 1960s served as cruise ships still at the turn of the millennium. Many have been since been sold for demolition, the most notable example being the 1962 built Norway that had started life as France. A boiler explosion in Miami in 2003 sealed the fate of the ship, then owned by Norwegian Cruise Line.Viking Star
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