HENNA
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April 2017 Ship sold to breakers in India and is now heading for the breakers under
the name HEN. May 2017 The old vessel recently completed the towing process and is now laid up upon the banks of the world famous Indian ship-breaking yard in Alang, India. The rusting ship will be broken apart slowly in the coming months and the steel will be sold to be used again.
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Registered Owner: Triton International Investment Co Ltd. since dec. 2011 Care of Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. - Operator: HNA Tourism - China
History: Nov. 2015 HNA has shut down its one-ship cruise operation with the Henna in China. Just three years after starting up with the 1986-built Henna, purchased from P&O Australia, HNA will cease operating cruises. Future of the ship is unknown Since the Henna's last cruise with HNA, she is currently laid up and is for sale for $35 million USD. Most probably one of the last photos of the 1985 launched ex PACIFIC SUN as she was spotted last Sunday Westbound in the Singapore Straits heading for Bhavnagar in India under the name HEN, The liner was delivered in 1986 by Kockums Varv, Malmö, Sweden, for Carnival Cruise Line as JUBILEE, along with near-sister ship CELEBRATION. The other near-sister ship of the class, HOLIDAY, was built earlier by Aalborg Værft in Aalborg, Denmark. In 2004, the vessel was transferred to P&O Cruises Australia and renamed Pacific Sun. Pacific Sun arrived in Australia in November 9, 2004, and began year-round cruises from Sydney to the South Pacific and Tropical North Queensland. From late 2007, she was based at Brisbane, and was then the largest year-round liner to be based in Queensland. After receiving a multimillion-dollar makeover, she sailed in all white colours, like P&O's other ships, along with new amenities. PACIFIC SUN was the only ship of three sisters (with GRAND CELEBRATION and GRAND HOLIDAY) whose funnel was changed upon leaving the Carnival Cruise Lines fleet; her sister's funnels were simply painted over and not changed, while Sun had both Carnival's iconic wings and a part of shelding removed. Carnival's first new build ship, the slightly older TROPICALE (Now MS OCEAN DREAM), also had her Carnival funnel removed, and replaced with Costa Cruises's round stove-pipe funnel which she still has today. On 18 December 2011, P&O announced that PACIFIC SUN would leave its fleet in July 2012. Her farewell cruise was an 8-day roundtrip from Portside Wharf in Brisbane, Australia, and stopping at Nouméa, Lifou in New Caledonia, and Port Vila in Vanuatu with three days at sea. PACIFIC SUN had completed between 314 and 332 cruises, with 2,707 nights at sea and an estimated 586,000 passengers carried On 13 September 2012, new owner HNA Cruises renamed the ship HENNA; she made her maiden voyage under Chinese ownership on 26 January 2013 from Sanya to Vietnam. From January to April, the ship operated between Sanya and Ha Long Bay and Da Nang in Vietnam. From May to September, her home port was shifted to Tianjin, with a new route launching between Tianjin and the South Korean ports ofIncheon and Jeju Island In September 2013 the ship was detained at a port on the South Korean island of Jeju after Chinese shipping service company Jiangsu Shagang International applied for a seizure. After several days stuck on board, the 1,659 passengers were flown home via the airlines company of HNA Group, leaving their cruise uncompleted but safe In November 2015, HNA shut down its cruise ship operation after three years of losing money due to newer vessels being deployed to the region. Since the HENNA 's last cruise with HNA, was laid up and was for sale for $35 million USD Her class was renewed and all statutory documents as well to make her fit for further trading. Lloyd's status report from 13.07.2016. |
Entered service: 1986 – Refits: 2004/08/12 - Gross tonnage: 47.678 - Pass. lower beds: 1540 - All berths: 1960 - Passenger decks: 9 - Length: 223,40 m. - Beam: 28,20 m. - Drive: diesel/electric: 2 diesel engines 7 cyl. make Sulzer Total installed power: 23.500 kW. - Service speed 19 knots - Max. speed 21 knots - Built: Kockums - Sweden - Yard no. 596 - Classification: Lloyds Register/ - Flag: Malta
Passenger Space Ratio at all berths 24,26 |
Internal sold in 2004 by Carnival Cruise Lines to P&O-Australia -After an intensive refit at Grand Bahamas Dockyards she got interior as well as exterior changes. The most exterior changes are the removal of the Carnival winglets on the funnel and the construction of so called ducktail on the stern. Due to this construction the ship will pitch and roll less and increase of fuel efficienty. Entered service for P&O-nov.2004. New name: Pacific Sun |
Dec. 2011 Carnival Australia has
announced that the Pacific Sun, ex Carnival Jubilee has been
sold to an undisclosed buyer. The ship was built in 1986 and was
transferred to Australia's P&O in 2004 and she will leave the fleet
in June 2012. July 9-2012 According to Chinese media, P&O’s 47,700-ton Pacific Sun has been sold to China-based HNA Tourism, a subsidiary of HNA Group, with interests in Grand China Logistics and Hainan Airlines. A sale price was not disclosed. HNA Tourism Group operates 12 subsidiary companies, including travel agencies, airlines, hotels, car rental agencies and more. Sept. 18 -2012 China’s HNA Tourism Group, which acquired Pacific Sun from P&O Cruises Australia in July, is renaming the ship Henna and launching a cruise programme to serve the home market at the start of 2013.Operated by HNA Tourism Cruises Yacht Management Co., Ltd, the first mainland company in China to own a cruise ship.The ship will begin her deployment in 2013 following a refurbishment, and Star Cruises has signed on to manage the vessel for HNA Henna, was inaugurated on Jan 26 - 2013 at
the Sanya Phoenix Island international port. This new luxury cruise
liner, owned by HNA Cruises, can accommodate 1,965 passengers in 739
cabins, including nine suites with balconies. Facilities aboard
include restaurants, designer shops, casinos, cinemas, spas and
pools, and more. |
Former name: Jubilee (1986- 2004) - Pacific Sun (2004-2012) - Henna ( 2012 until present
Sistership: Celebration now Grand Celebration in 2015 Costa Celebration.
July 31-2008 - 42 passengers have received medical attention after PACIFIC SUN was hit by severe weather, experienced 7 metre swells and 50 knot winds causing her to roll sharply just before 8 pm last night. The ship was en route to Auckland following an eight day cruise in the South Pacific, and is now holding its position about 540 kilometres north east of New Zealand. |
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