SeaEscape
SeaEscape | |
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legal form | |
founding | 1980 |
resolution | 2008 |
Reason for dissolution | insolvency |
Seat | Bahamas |
Branch | shipping |
SeaEscape (until 1985 Scandinavian World Cruises ) was a Bahamas- based shipping company that was founded in 1980 and operated several cruise ships . After SeaEscape filed for bankruptcy in 1991 , the brand was revived in 1997 before being completely dissolved in 2008.
history
SeaEscape was founded in 1980 as Scandinavian World Cruises in the Bahamas. The shipping company, which belongs to Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab (DFDS), operated several cruise ships that could also be used as ferries , but was not particularly successful. In 1985 the shipping company was restructured and renamed SeaEscape.
DFDS remained a co-owner of the shipping company until 1987 before it became independent. After four more years, SeaEscape ran into financial difficulties again and had to file for bankruptcy. The name of the shipping company disappeared for the next six years.
In 1997 the SeaEscape brand was revived. The only ship of the shipping company was the 1976 Ukraina , which from then on was in service on the same routes as the earlier SeaEscape ships. In 1998 it was named Island Adventure . After eleven years in service, the Island Adventure was retired in 2008 due to financial difficulties. SeaEscape was finally dissolved that year.
Ships
year | Surname | tonnage | shipyard | Status / fate |
1980 (1970) | Scandinavian Sea | 10,419 GRT | Upper Clyde Shipsbuilder Ltd., Clydebank | formerly Blenheim ; Sold in 1984, scrapped in 1997 after a fire in Alang |
1984 (1971) | Scandinavian Star | 12,547 GRT | Dubigeon Normandy, Nantes | formerly Massalia ; Sold in 1990, scrapped in Alang in 2004 |
1985 (1972) | Scandinavian Sky | 10,341 GRT | Dubigeon Normandy, Nantes | formerly Svea Regina ; Sold in 1989, scrapped in Alang in 2005 |
1985 (1968) | Scandinavian Sun | 11,979 GRT | Lübeck mechanical engineering company , Lübeck | formerly Freeport ; Sold in 1992, scrapped in Chittagong in 2012 |
1988 (1974) | Scandinavian saga | 8,500 GRT | Kynossoura Dock Yard Ltd, Salamis | formerly Castalia ; Sold in 1991, scrapped in Alang in 2010 |
1990 (1966) | Tropicana | 4,548 GRT | Cockerill-Sambre , Antwerp | formerly Prinses Paola ; Chartered by SeaEscape in 1990, scrapped in Alang in 2006 |
1990 (1966) | Scandinavian song | 8,666 GRT | Bergens Mekaniske Verksted, Bergen | formerly Sunward ; Sold in 1991, scrapped in Chittagong in 2004 |
1990 (1968) | Scandinavian Dawn | 7,359 GRT | Swan Hunter , Tyneside | formerly St. George ; Sold in 1992, scrapped in Alang in 2008 |
1997 (1976) | Ukraine | 15,409 GRT | Wärtsilä , Turku | formerly Kazakhstan ; 1998 Island Adventure , launched in 2008, scrapped in Alang in 2012 |
Web links
- the shipping company on faktaomfartyg.se (Swedish)
- the shipping company on simplonpc.co.uk (English)