Greek shipowner Marios Iliopoulos has placed a much bigger gamble on the cruiseship market than previously thought.
TradeWinds has already reported that Seajets, Iliopoulos’s ferry company, has bought the 77,500-gt Oceana (built 2000) — one of several ships sold in early July by troubled Carnival Corp’s P&O Cruises.
Market sources speaking to TradeWinds this week said the Greek company acquired another two vessels from the same stable: the 57,100-gt Veendam (built 1996) and the 55,600-gt Maasdam (built 1993), which were operated by Holland America Line, a separate Carnival unit.
