Princess Cruises, part of the Carnival Corp & plc group, has no plans to sell Pacific Princess, although its sister ship Ocean Princess has been put up for sale.

“While the announcement was made that Ocean Princess is for sale, there is nothing to report at this time. There are no current plans for Pacific Princess to leave our fleet,” Julie Benson, Vice President, Public Relations at Princess, told Cruise Business Online.

A report on Cruise Critic said last week: “For many months the rumours have around that the three smaller ships in the fleet (one over at P & O) were going to be sold. Today Carnival Corporation confirmed that Ocean Princess is listed for sale, and that she would be available at almost any time for the buyer.”

“ It would appear that Pacific is the next, as much major refit work has been deferred on her too. It would appear than once the new Panama Canal locks are opened, the vessel deployments will see Coral and Island take over the globe roaming voyages and the larger vessels take on the Canal trips,” the report said.

A spokesperson for P&O Cruises, another Carnival Corp & plc group unit that operates Adonia that is a sister ship of Ocean Princess and Pacific Princess, said that vessel is an :”integral part” of the P&O Cruises’ fleet.

Adonia, Pacific Princess and Ocean Princess were originally built in France at the turn of the millennium as part of an eight ship fleet of Renaissance Cruises, which is no longer in business. Oceania Cruises employs three of these ships and Azamara, which is part of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, has two.