Engineering:SuperStar Libra
![]() SuperStar Libra
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Name: |
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Owner: | Genting Group |
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Port of registry: |
Nassau, ![]() |
Builder: | Wärtsilä Marine Perno Shipyard |
Yard number: | 1294 |
Launched: | 14 November 1987 |
Completed: | 16 May 1988 |
Maiden voyage: | 1988 |
Out of service: | June 2018 |
Homeport: | Penang, Malaysia |
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Status: | Accommodation vessel for workers at MV Werften Wismar |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Libra Class |
Type: | Cruise Ship |
Length: | 709 ft (216 m) |
Beam: | 93 ft (28 m) |
Decks: | 10 |
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Crew: | 740 |
SuperStar Libra is a cruise ship owned and last operated by Star Cruises. She was built in 1988 at Wärtsilä Marine Perno Shipyard in Turku, Finland as Seaward for Norwegian Cruise Line. In 1997 she was renamed Norwegian Sea, remaining in NCL fleet. In 2005 she was transferred to the fleet of Star Cruises.
History
The vessel entered operation with Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) in 1988 as Seaward. The vessel was renamed Norwegian Sea in 1997. In 2005, the vessel was transferred to the Star Cruises fleet and renamed SuperStar Libra.
With Star Cruises, SuperStar Libra sailed a variety of cruises in the Mediterranean, Adriatic, Aegean and Guatemalan seas in the summer of 2006. The vessel deployed back to Mumbai in late September 2006. SuperStar Libra has subsequently been based at various ports in Asia including Singapore, Penang, Hong Kong, Xiamen and Haiku.[1][2][3][4][5]
Conversion to a Hotel Ship
In March 2018, Star Cruises announced that SuperStar Libra would end her public cruise operations for the company in June 2018.[6]
As of July 2018 onwards, SuperStar Libra is now used as a hotel ship for workers at the shipyard MV Werften of the Genting-Hong-Kong-group in Wismar, Germany to help aid in Genting's new ships being built from this shipyard, for Dream Cruises and Crystal Cruises. She will remain a hotel ship under a 5 year lease. When the lease expires, it's expected that the vessel may be sold for scrap due to her old age.[7]
References
- ↑ "Archived copy". http://www.starcruises.com/newweb/ebrochures/PDF/jun09/ssr_itin_may-oct10_en.pdf.
- ↑ "STAR CRUISES' SUPERSTAR LIBRA BEGINS HOMEPORT IN XIAMEN Longest homeport of any industry cruise ship in the city, from 24 July to 1 November". http://www.starcruises.com/media/1424996/20150727%20SSR%20Xiamen%20ENG_final.pdf.
- ↑ "SuperStar Libra's New Homeport at Haikou | Press Release | Star Cruises". http://www.starcruises.com/media/1458126/20151013-ssr-ex-haikou-en.html. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ↑ "TravelDailyNews Asia & Pacific | Traveldailynews.Asia". http://www.traveldailynews.asia/news/article/62515.
- ↑ "SuperStar Libra's Penang itinerary from September 2016 to December 2017". http://www.starcruises.com/media/1768611/2016-ssr-ex-penang-itin-en.pdf.
- ↑ Staff, CIN (2 March 2018). "SuperStar Libra to End Public Cruise Operations" (in en-GB). https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/18630-superstar-libra-to-end-public-cruise-operations.html.
- ↑ "Kreuzfahrtschiff als Wohnschiff – "SuperStar Libra" kommt nach Wismar und macht bei MV WERFTEN fest" (in German). 18 July 2018. https://www.schiffsjournal.de/kreuzfahrtschiff-als-wohnschiff-superstar-libra-kommt-nach-wismar/.
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