RCI gets rid of older, smaller vessels

The past few weeks or so have seen Royal Caribbean International (RCI) prune its fleet of some of the older, smaller vessels. A deal has already been done to sell the 1984-built, steam turbine powered Atlantic Star (ex Fairsky, Sky Wonder), to undisclosed owners, with the sale expected to close by the end of this year. The vessel is currently in the fleet of Spain’s Pullmantur and at one point was being earmarked for a new cruise product for Mexicans, homeported in Acapulco.  Instead the vessel was redeployed on cruises from Lisbon in April this year

on cruises aimed at the Portuguese market, but was replaced by a new vessel at the end of May.  The vessel was then scheduled to start a new programme of cruises in South America, but was laid-up instead.

Meanwhile, RCI is believed to be close to selling its 1982-built Bleu de France (ex Holiday Dream, SuperStar Aries, SuperStar Europe and Europa).  The 752 passenger capacity vessel is currently operating for RCI’s French brand CDF Croisieres de France. Some reports suggest that the UK’s saga is the interested party. Sphere: Related Content