Orion Cruises Australia inspects Seabourn sisters with view to purchase

[Jaffa]

This was released in the OZ cruise media today.

Seems to indicate sisters are def on the market.

 

Radio reports say one of the sisters is a front runner for an Orion purchase.

The sister in question was un-named.

 

Orion ship for sale?

AN inside source has whispered to Cruise

Weekly that Orion I has been placed on the

market.

While it was less of a surprise to see Orion

Expedition Cruises dump Orion II from its 2013

program (Cruise Weekly, 08 Mar), it seems the

owner of its original ship is now to seeking to

sell.

According to an advertisement on a marine

sales website, which includes a photo of Orion

in Sydney Harbour with the ship’s name

blacked out, the estimated price is US$50

million or “make offer”.

Directly underneath the ad, the old Orion II is

also listed for sale for $22 million, “available

from spring 2013”.

Rumours that representatives of Orion have

recently inspected Seabourn and Hapag-Lloyd

vessels suggest that Orion may be considering

a shift to a single, larger ship for future

operations.

Stay tuned to CW for updates.

 

CW is CruiseWeekly Australia.

[Love transatlantics]

Should the Heading for this Thread read THERE IS JUST A RUMOUR THAT Orion Cruises Australia inspected Seabourn sisters with view to purchase :confused:

[Jaffa]

No,

 

Because as l said in my comments it was also covered by radio today as well.

The radio confimed that Orion had acknowleded they had in fact done the inspections but refused to comment any further or about which vessel.

 

I posted the news print story because l cannot post radio waves.

 

I wish people would read the posts a bit more carefully.

 

Cheers,

 

Edited to add, Orion does not seem to happy that this news has broken. Well thats what the radio intimated anyway.

[Love transatlantics]

:) Silly me .I should have realized that,

''Radio reports say one of the sisters is a front runner for an Orion purchase''

really meant

''The radio confirmed that Orion had acknowledged they had in fact done the inspections but refused to comment any further or about which vessel ''

:confused:

[Jaffa]

No

 

Your wrong again sorry.

 

Both of those statements stand indepentley of each other.

 

The first was inregards to Orion having a Seabourn preference over Hapag-Lloyd according to the radio report. Mind you this was the radio editorial summation of the story in the intro.

 

The 2nd was an acknoledgement (spelling) in the same radio story that the inspections had actually happened, but not which ship or ships had been inspected.

 

I am unsure why you are having an issue with my posting this info.

You don't happen to have a connection with Seabourn, Orion, Hapag-Lloyd or there agents, representatives or brokerages do you??

 

You seem to be trying to talk down the storys for some reason. The fact you post from the UK Have just joined for this response and only 3 posts does stand out to me.

A bit of hoseing down maybe??

I know in Oz, Orion does not seem happy that this info has got out.

 

Regardless of any of that, the storys are real and both in black and white and broadcasted.

It sounds like you have a bit of an issue with it.

[cruising boy]

It doesn't seem that far fetched at all ... Sarina Bratton is the founder of Orion, and still maintains a significant shareholding.

 

He CV also includes a stint as Vice President and General Manager (Asia Pacific) for Cunard ... around the time that Cunard and Seabourn were merged by Carnival.

 

Ergo, she would have quite intimate knowledge of how Seabourn operates (and the Orion model is fairly similar).

 

Perhaps Seabourn will take notice and give the Pride a season in Australia (in the same way that Cunard gives QM2 a month long Australia / NZ season) ... that would be fantastic!