Crystal Serenity, St. Lucia
Repossessing a cruise ship is something I've never thought about before!
In January 2022, a warrant was issued for the arrest of the ship should she reenter US waters. On 4 February 2022, both Crystal Serenity and her sister, Crystal Symphony were arrested while in Bahamian waters. The total amount owed for fuel was reported to be about 4.6 million dollars.
In June 2022 she was sold at auction to CSE Ltd., reported to be a shell corporation for the actual buyer, for $103M USD.
In July 2022, the ship underwent refurbishment in Trieste, Italy. After completion, the ship re-entered service on 31 July 2023.
They say she's back in service and if you look at the website:
www.crystalcruises.com/ship/serenity
you'll see that she's got sailings set for 2024,
She was tied up across from us in St. Lucia and we didn't see any passengers on board but if you zoom in you can spot what appear to be a couple of the crew folks. Looking at MarineTraffic.com:
www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:375062/... she's currently moored in Miami so maybe her owners are just moving her around every now and then, just to keep the machinery oiled up. Don't know and probably won't ever find out, the prices quoted on the website are a bit more than we'd prefer to pay.
PS:
For those in the Show Your EXIF group you should note that the actual lens used is a Tamron AF 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 Di-II VC All-in-One Zoom for Canon APS-C Digital SLR. For some crazy reason it always shows up as a Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8, a lens I've never owned or used!
Crystal Serenity, St. Lucia
Repossessing a cruise ship is something I've never thought about before!
In January 2022, a warrant was issued for the arrest of the ship should she reenter US waters. On 4 February 2022, both Crystal Serenity and her sister, Crystal Symphony were arrested while in Bahamian waters. The total amount owed for fuel was reported to be about 4.6 million dollars.
In June 2022 she was sold at auction to CSE Ltd., reported to be a shell corporation for the actual buyer, for $103M USD.
In July 2022, the ship underwent refurbishment in Trieste, Italy. After completion, the ship re-entered service on 31 July 2023.
They say she's back in service and if you look at the website:
www.crystalcruises.com/ship/serenity
you'll see that she's got sailings set for 2024,
She was tied up across from us in St. Lucia and we didn't see any passengers on board but if you zoom in you can spot what appear to be a couple of the crew folks. Looking at MarineTraffic.com:
www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:375062/... she's currently moored in Miami so maybe her owners are just moving her around every now and then, just to keep the machinery oiled up. Don't know and probably won't ever find out, the prices quoted on the website are a bit more than we'd prefer to pay.
PS:
For those in the Show Your EXIF group you should note that the actual lens used is a Tamron AF 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 Di-II VC All-in-One Zoom for Canon APS-C Digital SLR. For some crazy reason it always shows up as a Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8, a lens I've never owned or used!