On June 15th, Bahamian sources announced that both vessels are sold in the auction - Serenity to CSE Ltd for USD 103 million (EUR 99M / GBP 84,6M) and Symphony to CSY Ltd for USD 25 million (EUR 24M / GBP 20,5M). Both vessels (being under arrest in Freeport Bahamas since February 5th) were sold via a sealed tender auction, with bids submitted to The Bahamas' Supreme Court and a 10% deposit. In June 2022, both Crystal Cruises' ocean ships (Serenity and Symphony) were auctioned in The Bahamas. The company currently groups the ultra-luxury travel brands Crystal Cruises (ocean-going ships), Crystal River Cruises (European riverboats), Crystal Yacht Cruises (mega-yachts), Crystal Luxury Air (aircraft) and Crystal AirCruises (fly-cruise deals).įollowing the bankruptcy of the parent company GHK-Genting Hong Kong Ltd in January 2022, GHK's subsidiary Crystal Cruises Inc (USA) went bankrupt in February. In June 2022, the brand Crystal Cruises was acquired by A&K Travel Group Ltd (Abercrombie & Kent). In January 2022, GHK filed for bankruptcy and all its assets were put to sale.

Following the acquisition, the company was renamed to Crystal Ltd. In 2015, NYK Line sold Crystal Cruises to Genting Hong Kong (GHK).

History - construction and ownershipĬrystal Cruises was founded in 1988 as a subsidiary of the Japanese NYK Line (Nippon Yusen Kaisha) - one of the world's largest container shipping companies. The vessel (IMO number 9243667) is currently Bahamas- flagged (MMSI 311536000) and registered in Nassau.įollowing extensive drydock refits and refurbishments in 2023, for the new (relaunched by A&K) Crystal Cruises, the Serenity ship was scheduled to restart operations on July 31st (from Marseille Fos) while the Symphony ship was scheduled to restart on September 1st (from Piraeus-Athens). The 2003-built Crystal Serenity cruise ship is the second/bigger of the two Crystal Ocean Cruises ships - with fleetmate Crystal Symphony (1995).

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