Artica Adventure & Cruise Shipping is denying reports circulating in the cruise industry that it has sold its 12,900-gt cruiseship Minerva (built 1996).
Some industry sources suggest Canadian expedition cruise operator G Adventures has bought the ship to relaunch Swan Hellenic, a cruise brand it bought from All Leisure Group’s liquidators earlier this year.
However, both parties firmly dismissed these suggestions when contacted by TradeWinds.
The Minerva has been in layup since a long-term charter to Swan Hellenic Cruises came to an abrupt end last December due to the bankruptcy of All Leisure.
Dr Klaus Dimigen, a Hamburg-based maritime lawyer who acts as a representative for Artica, stresses that while the ship is being marketed for sale, no deal to sell it has been concluded.
G Adventures press spokesperson Casey Mead also denies the company is involved with any deal to buy the ship. “I am afraid there is no truth to this rumour,” she said.
