Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Israeli owner buys Rhapsody

Israel’s Mano Maritime has bought the 788 passenger capacity cruise ship Rhapsody from MSC Cruises. Following a winter season in South Africa the 1977-built vessel will re-deploy to Genoa from Durban on 25 March and will be handed over to Mano Maritime and renamed Golden Iris. Following a major refit, Golden Iris will join Mano’s two other vessels, Royal Iris ( ex Eagle, The Azur) and The Iris (ex Konstantin Simonov), in June. All three ships will operate a series of short Eastern Mediterranean cruises out of Haifa.

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