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  Empress of the Seas is One of the Royal Caribbean Ships At Risk Of Being Sold In a recent earnings call Royal Caribbean Group announced that they are indeed looking at possibly shedding older ships in addition to the Sovereign and Monarch (ex Monarch of the Seas and Sovereign of the Seas) which were recently beached in Alaiga, Turkey. Royal Caribbean has announced that the 3rd ship in the Pullmantur fleet - the Zenith - which sailed for many years from New York to Bermuda for Celebrity Cruises - will most likely be scrapped. The Zenith is laid up in Lavrio Greece.  Just as a side note the Zenith was supposed to be chartered/purchased by Peaceboat,org for world wide peace missions. She was supposed to sail along side the Ocean Dream (originally built as Carnival Cruises' Tropicale). Based on the announcement above it is unclear which ship(s) Peaceboat will operate in 2021. The Zenith's identical sister ship - the Horizon is also at risk. The Horizon was also a popular ship fo...

News about cruise ships sailing the world - including ship sales, scrapping, new companies, new ships, port of call and more. There is allot happening in the cruise industry beyond the New York and New Jersey cruises scene. There are cruise lines anxious to restart service; further Center For Disease Control (CDC) Restrictions, Cruise lines scrapping ships to raise cash and prepare for re-entry into the cruise industry and more. Check out some of these stories published on our sister blog at NicksCruiseCorner.Blogspot.com covering worldwide cruise events. Here is a sampling. Revealed: P&O Cruises Oceana Has Been Sold to Greece's Ferry Operator Seajets   Saga Cruises' New Spirit of Adventure Emerges From the Indoor Dry-Dock. TUI's Mein Schiff 2 - First Large Cruise Ship To Return to Service. Carnival Cruises' Carnival Fantasy Has Just Arrived Off of Aliaga Turkey For Scrapping Royal Caribbean's Sovereign - ex Sovereign Of The Seas - Beached i...