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One of the cruise industry’s most-respected figures, Herrod is the founder of Ocean Cruise Line, Orient Lines and Discovery World Cruises, which he sold to Paquet Cruises, NCL and Voyages of Discovery, respectively. Ocean Cruise Line and Orient Lines no longer exist, while Discovery World Cruises was merged with Voyages of Discovery.
Aegean I started life as the ZIM ro-ro ferry NARCIS in 1973. She was bought in 1985 by Dolphin Hellas Shipping, a company controlled by the Greek shipowner Anargyros Angelopoulos, and in 1988 emerged from a massive refit as the cruise ship AEGEAN DOLPHIN. She was renamed Aegean I in 1996 and later marketed under the Golden Sun Cruises and Golden Star Cruises brand names. She has been laid up at Piraeus since 2006 because of a dispute between Dolphin Hellas Shipping, Louis Cruise Lines and Majestic International Cruises about the ship’s ownership. This dispute appears to have been resolved recently.
I look forward to further news about the ship and this reported new venture.
Reportedly, Mr Herrod was so exasperated with the spiralling costs of turning ALEKSANDR PUSHKIN into MARCO POLO that he declared it would have been cheaper to build a new ship!
I assume AEGEAN I's conversion won't cost anywhere near that of MARCO POLO.
Tony
If she is in good condition, she might need relatively little work, as she looks rather pleasant and modern on board.
Having now "done" 3 of them you would think he was getting fed up already - wonder who he might sell it to a year or 2 down the road. I assume she is 2010 complaint or easy to make so, is she ice classified ?
One, she is not ice strengthened
Two, she is slow, maximum 12 - 13 knots is what I remember
Every source I've checked lists her speed as 17 knots, though I have no idea if that is realistic or not.
quote:Originally posted by dougnewman:Every source I've checked lists her speed as 17 knots, though I have no idea if that is realistic or not.
quote:Originally posted by Waynaro:Some time ago I remember reading her max speed has dropped due to lack of proper maintainance.
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