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Topic: Empress of the North rumer?

wah1957
First Class Passenger
Member # 5694

posted 03-18-2011 11:28 PM

Just saw this post on Steamboats.org...Has any one heard if the Empress of the North may have been sold to Asian group as a Gambling boat?....... If this is true it would seem MARAD could be doing its part to help out with Asia's unemployment problems as its doutful even 1 Amerian job will be created......And meanwhile MARAD guaranteed the 55 million in loans it took to build the Empress of the North back in 2003......Since both companies that owned her returened her to MARAD due to loan default....The US taxpayer may have just got wacked again .....Thank you President Obama (he appointed the MARAD Admistator)..........I hope this is all not true and the Empress of the North will sail again with an American crew to American ports like Alaska & the Columbia river.
Can any one shed light on the Empess of the North sale?

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jetwet1
First Class Passenger
Member # 6361

posted 03-19-2011 04:08 AM

Please, don't start with the political stuff, this is a site for discussing ships, not which party has the most crooked politicians.

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wah1957
First Class Passenger
Member # 5694

posted 03-19-2011 05:31 AM

For get the politics....whats going to happen to the Empriss of the North......She offered some nice cruises in Alaska

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jetwet1
First Class Passenger
Member # 6361

posted 03-19-2011 03:29 PM

I haven't heard anything, though honestly, she is not a ship I followed closely, with all the groundings she is a ship that just held no interest to me.

Let me do some digging and see what I can come up with.

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wah1957
First Class Passenger
Member # 5694

posted 03-19-2011 09:00 PM

Just hope she stays here in America and most importantly she stays safe......lots of years of life left in her..........let us know anything you can.

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jetwet1
First Class Passenger
Member # 6361

posted 03-20-2011 05:28 AM

I haven't been able to find out anything and as I said on the other board, this is probably the best place to find out any info.

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desirod7
First Class Passenger
Member # 1626

posted 05-20-2013 07:57 AM

An AMERICAN EMPRESS
Posted on Sunday, May 19, 2013 by Peter Knego

quote:
Memphis-based American Queen Steamboat Company is on the verge of announcing its acquisition of the laid up EMPRESS OF THE NORTH for Columbia River and Alaskan cruise service. The 2002-built, 223-passenger EMPRESS OF THE NORTH was withdrawn from service in 2008 following the collapse of her last owners, Majestic America Line and remains under the stewardship of the U.S. Maritime Administration at Portland, Oregon.

EMPRESS OF THE NORTH on Columbia River. Photo by Tom Madracki, October 25, 2005, released via creative commons.
A 2014 sailing schedule for the vessel, which will be renamed AMERICAN EMPRESS, is slated for release on Tuesday, May 21. Meanwhile, American Queen officials are still working to secure the complete financing and acquisition of the AMERICAN EMPRESS.
American Queen currently operates the 436-passenger AMERICAN QUEEN, the largest, most lavish steamboat ever built, on the Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee Rivers.

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Tim in Fort Lauderdale
First Class Passenger
Member # 953

posted 05-20-2013 09:16 PM

definitely not a rumor as plans were well along when I departed Memphis to head back home to Fort Lauderdale. I believe the principals are in NY and will make the announcement at a press lunch. Glad to see the project name I gave her has stuck.

Tim

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Kevin Griffin, London
First Class Passenger
Member # 6010

posted 05-21-2013 09:12 AM

Ahh, we find out it is Tim who is responsible for the name AMERICAN EXPRESS - honestly, that's the way I keep reading it!

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Tim in Fort Lauderdale
First Class Passenger
Member # 953

posted 05-21-2013 11:18 AM

Kevin,

I started my career at AMERICAN EXPRESS - so is it any wonder?

Tim

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Frank X. Prudent
First Class Passenger
Member # 1723

posted 05-27-2013 01:33 AM

Well, I guess if we can have an American queen we can also have an American empress.

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