Phoenix buys P&O’s Artemis

Germany’s Phoenix Reisen has bought the smallest vessel in the P&O cruises fleet, the 1,200 passenger capacity Artemis. The 1984-built vessel has been bought by Phoenix set-up Aratania Shipping with delivery taking place in late October. However, Artemis has been chartered back to P&O Cruises for a further 18 months, and will not join the Phoenix fleet until April 2011.

Phoenix Reisen is also believed to be interested in purchasing the 1996-built Alexander von Humboldt, which it currently has on charter. Owned by the now defunct Club Cruises, Alexander von Humboldt was recently towed from Bremerhaven, Germany, to the UK port of Tilbury for auction in November. Owning to the problems with this vessel Phoenix has had to charter in the 1948-built, 556 passenger capacity Athena from Portugal’s Classic International Cruises as a temporary replacement. Sphere: Related Content