Louis Cruise Lines reached an agreement last week to purchase two of Star Cruises' NCL ships, Norwegian Dream and Norwegian Majesty for a total of $380 million USD. You may not think you've ever heard of Louis, but if you remember Sea Diamond, the ship that sunk off the coast of Santorini last April, that was a Louis ship. The line, more widely recognized by Europeans than Americans, sails a diverse fleet of 13 cruise ships that operate from the ports of Genoa, Italy and Marseilles, France on Western Mediterranean, North Africa, and Eastern Mediterranean itineraries, and from Piraeus, Greece to the Greek Islands and Eastern and Western Mediterranean.
Don't panic if you have a cruise booked on one of those NCL ships--they won't be leaving the fleet just yet. Under terms of the purchase agreement, the ships will be chartered back to Star Cruises. Norwegian Dream will remain in the NCL fleet until Nov 2008 and Norwegian Majesty will remain until Dec 2009.
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