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Cruise ship that had an embargo order in Miami is diverted to the Bahamas

2022-01-25T18:39:33.111Z


A cruise ship bound for Miami changed course for the Bahamas on Saturday after a US judge issued an embargo order against the ship due to unpaid fuel bills.


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A cruise ship bound for Miami changed course for the Bahamas on Saturday after a US judge issued an embargo order against the ship due to unpaid fuel bills.

If the Crystal Symphony cruise ship had continued to Miami, it would have been seized by authorities.

So she headed to Bimini, as USA Today first reported.

The ship is still docked in the Bahamas port, according to a cruise ship tracker.

The saga began on Wednesday, when Peninsula Petroleum Far East filed a lawsuit in federal court in South Florida against Crystal Cruises, alleging that it owed unpaid fuel bills totaling more than $4.6 million, of which the U.S. $1.2 million is specifically for Crystal Symphony.

On Thursday, a US judge issued a seizure order ahead of the ship's scheduled arrival in Miami this Saturday, meaning the ship would be seized by a US sheriff and a US court-appointed custodian. court.

Crystal Cruises said about 300 passengers were transferred by ferry Sunday from Bimini, Bahamas, to Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

In a statement sent to the Associated Press, a spokesman said the ferry ride to Fort Lauderdale was "uncomfortable due to inclement weather."

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"This end of the cruise was not the conclusion to our guests' vacations that we originally planned," the cruise line said in a statement.

The cruise ship can accommodate up to 848 guests, although the total number of passengers on the ship is unknown.

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Also on Wednesday, the day the lawsuit was filed, Crystal Cruises announced it would suspend operations of its ocean voyages through the end of April and its river cruises through May.

"The suspension of operations will provide Crystal's management team with an opportunity to assess the current state of the business and examine various options moving forward," the cruise line said in a statement.

The company's two cruise ships currently in operation, one bound for Aruba and the other bound for Argentina, will complete their voyages.

Guests who have booked future trips will receive a full refund.

"This was an extremely difficult but prudent decision given the current business environment and recent developments with our parent company, Genting Hong Kong," said Jack Anderson, President of Crystal.

Genting Hong Kong, which is one of the largest cruise operators in Asia, is about to go into liquidation as the pandemic decimated the cruise industry worldwide.

Source: cnnespanol

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