Pacific Eden/ Vasco De Gama lives on.

[MicCanberra]

https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/23675-ferreira-acquiring-vasco-da-gama-an-opportunity-to-grow.html?fbclid=IwAR3R8p4VTYU32F9i3k5LNVrRi30M2mUQe2xaVlnF8XnFxGi012Rv4qRHym0

 

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Interesting, I wish them all the luck in the world...they will certainly need it.

I note they use the word  “acquire”  ....which could mean anything. 

[MicCanberra]

yeah, sounds like it was a steal.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

26 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

yeah, sounds like it was a steal.

get it for nothing ,but take over the lease payments and the ongoing ,never ending maintenance costs.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

On 10/15/2020 at 11:23 AM, MicCanberra said:

yeah, sounds like it was a steal.

 

from the article posted by  Ondine - Pacific Aria farewell....

 

Pacific Aria’s identical sister ship, the year older Pacific Eden, went under the hammer late last week as Vasco da Gama and was acquired by Portuguese cruise company Mystic Invest for a reported €9.5m ($11.1m).

[NSWP]

On 10/16/2020 at 12:17 PM, Kiwi Kruzer said:

 

from the article posted by  Ondine - Pacific Aria farewell....

 

Pacific Aria’s identical sister ship, the year older Pacific Eden, went under the hammer late last week as Vasco da Gama and was acquired by Portuguese cruise company Mystic Invest for a reported €9.5m ($11.1m).

Cheap as chips, we could have had a whip round and bought it as our CC private cruise ship.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Just read this snippet on Wikipedia re the ex Pacific Pearl.  Sold .For only 5 million

We could have passed around the hat ....🤪

 

 Pacific Pearl. She served in the P&O Cruises Australia fleet up until 2017 when she was sold to Cruise & Maritime Voyages and renamed MV Columbus. CMV entered administration in 2020. Ship was auctioned by CW Kellock & Co. in London on 12 October 2020, for US$ 5,321,000.00 millions to an undisclosed Turkey Owner, who resold to Seajets.^[4][5][6]

[MMDown Under]

13 minutes ago, Kiwi Kruzer said:

Just read this snippet on Wikipedia re the ex Pacific Pearl.  Sold .For only 5 million

We could have passed around the hat ....🤪

 

 Pacific Pearl. She served in the P&O Cruises Australia fleet up until 2017 when she was sold to Cruise & Maritime Voyages and renamed MV Columbus. CMV entered administration in 2020. Ship was auctioned by CW Kellock & Co. in London on 12 October 2020, for US$ 5,321,000.00 millions to an undisclosed Turkey Owner, who resold to Seajets.^[4][5][6]

Cruising doesn't look like good business in current climate, at those prices.  Reminds me of the Gold Coast, so many people want to retire here, with a small business, a business no sooner closes down than someone takes their place.  

[Docker123]

14 hours ago, Kiwi Kruzer said:

Just read this snippet on Wikipedia re the ex Pacific Pearl.  Sold .For only 5 million

We could have passed around the hat ....🤪

 

 Pacific Pearl. She served in the P&O Cruises Australia fleet up until 2017 when she was sold to Cruise & Maritime Voyages and renamed MV Columbus. CMV entered administration in 2020. Ship was auctioned by CW Kellock & Co. in London on 12 October 2020, for US$ 5,321,000.00 millions to an undisclosed Turkey Owner, who resold to Seajets.^[4][5][6]

Following that link through, it shows Seajets has bought 6 cruise ships this year.

 

CMV Columbus and Magellan amongst the.

 

[Kiwi Kruzer]

So who is Sea Jets ? Are they are ferry company?

[Kiwi_cruiser]

4 hours ago, Kiwi Kruzer said:

So who is Sea Jets ? Are they are ferry company?

 

Yes, apparently they are a ferry company.