Without a flag or classification society, the last ship used in Hong Kong’s once bustling overnight casino cruise trade looks set to meet its end on a breaker's beach.
On Thursday, the admiralty division Hong Kong’s Court of First Instance will accept final tender offers for the 15,800-gt cruiseship Starry Metropolis (built 1976).
Owned by brass-plate entity Income China International, the ship was last operated by Metropolis Cruise, which was the dominant player in the Asian city’s casino cruise trade with three ships less than a decade ago.
