Cruise operator China Cruises has sold its only ship to a Chinese-backed and British Virgin Islands-registered entity called United Empire Investments for an undisclosed price.
The sale of the the 350-berth cruiseship China Star (built 1992) effectively brings to a close the cruise career of this unique SWATH-design vessel, which has been renamed Saipan Star and is being prepared for a future career as a dockside hotel in Saipan, which is the largest of the US-controlled Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific.
