Pullmantur has decided to withdrew their steam turbine passenger ship ATLANTIC STAR from cruise service. Her final cruise departs Lisbon on 24 May and after disembarkation of passengers on 31 May she sails empty to lay up in Marseilles pending future employment or sale.
She is being replaced by PACIFIC DREAM ex-ISLAND STAR ex HORIZON, a more modern and fuel efficient ship whose own program of Mexican cruises had to be cancelled at short notice due to the epidemic of Mexican flu.
So the ATLANTIC STAR falls victim of the negative economic environment with a flu. We wish she returns to service in Portuguese waters again as she is quite an interesting ship, but these days we do not know. She is 25 year old and expensive to run. She might be the first cruise ship victim of the current economic crisis, but as so many merchant ships are being sold for scrap now prices are also down for final calls at Alang Beach.
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She is being replaced by PACIFIC DREAM ex-ISLAND STAR ex HORIZON, a more modern and fuel efficient ship whose own program of Mexican cruises had to be cancelled at short notice due to the epidemic of Mexican flu.
So the ATLANTIC STAR falls victim of the negative economic environment with a flu. We wish she returns to service in Portuguese waters again as she is quite an interesting ship, but these days we do not know. She is 25 year old and expensive to run. She might be the first cruise ship victim of the current economic crisis, but as so many merchant ships are being sold for scrap now prices are also down for final calls at Alang Beach.
Texto e imagens /Text and images copyright L.M.Correia. For other posts and images, check our archive at the right column of the main page. Click on the photos to see them enlarged. Thanks for your visit and comments. Luís Miguel Correia
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