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the Finnish company Kristina Cruises stops own crocieristica activity
the only ship of the fleet is sold to a group of international investor and will be managed by the FleetPro Ocean
January 13, 2014
The Finnish company Kristina Cruises has stopped to carry out own crocieristica activity having yielded to a group of international investor Kristina Katarina, the only cruise ship of the fleet of the society of Kotka. The unit, that it has an ability to 350 passengers, is constructed in 1982 and in 2010 entirely it is restructured. Kristina Katarina will be renamed Ocean Endeavour and will be managed technically by the FleetPro Ocean, society of ship management of Miami that work a fleet of beyond 60 ships between ferries, oceanic cruise ships and fluvial cruise ships.
As a result of the cession of the ship, that it has happened within a plan of restructure of the debit of the company and that has determined the loss of job 147 places, Kristina Cruises has cancelled the cruises in program for 2014. The Finnish society, that it is founded in 1985 and that now has remained with about 20 dependent, has the intention of continue the activity as tour operator commercializing cruises carried out with ships of other companies.
FleetPro Ocean is the new corporate name assumed from the beginning of this year from the American International Shipping Partners (ISP), while FleetPro River is the new adopted corporate name from the Helvetian River Advice. At the end last year group ISP and River Advice have melted the respective activities creating to the FleetPro Passenger Ship Management AG, with center to Basel, in Switzerland.
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