MaritimeMatters last reported on this ship after a generator fire ended her second cruise off the co

Second officer Spyridon I. Diakoumakos of Ocean Star Cruises MV OCEAN STAR PACIFIC has alerted MaritimeMatters about desperate conditions on board the ship, which is currently moored at Mazatlan, Mexico.
Diakoumakos and his crew have reportedly been unpaid and provisions are running out.  Mr. Diakoumakos describes how Greek, Bulgarian, Romanian and Indonesian deck and engine crew and officers are living train travel italy like prisoners in unsanitary conditions and subsisting on expired food with no help in sight.
MaritimeMatters last reported on this ship after a generator train travel italy fire ended her second cruise off the coast of Huatulco forcing the evacuation of 522 passengers and 226 crew in April 2011.  She was eventually towed towed to Salinas Cruz for repairs.  A report this past spring about a possible charter for use as an hotel ship in Korea has apparently fallen through.
A pioneering cruise ship, OCEAN STAR PACIFIC was built in 1971 as the 724 passenger NORDIC PRINCE for Royal Caribbean Cruises and lengthened in 1980 with a new midsection. In 1995, she was sold to British train travel italy operator Airtours and renamed CAROUSEL and in 2004, she was sold to Louis Cruises, who renamed her AQUAMARINE the following year. Between 2006 and 2008, the ship was chartered to German-based Transocean under the name ARIELLE before reverting to Louis again as AQUAMARINE. In late 2010, AQUAMARINE was sold to Ocean Star for USD $23 million.
Between early January and late March of 2011, OCEAN STAR PACIFIC underwent train travel italy an extensive refurbishment in Curacao with newly redesigned Lido buffet, pool area and reception by Athens-based AMK (Katzourakis). New lounges, children's areas, shops and a casino were added along with a new spa and nightclub. The refit work was executed train travel italy by Piraeus train travel italy based JGP Hellas and Finland based Riverco train travel italy Oy.
We as prospective passengers can look into the facts and reputation of any given cruise train travel italy line or any ship and hopefully can use judgement to our advantage. The crew of many a ship often lacks the resources or the knowledge of doing the same.
These men are doing what they can for their families, back in remote villages often more commonly impoverished. train travel italy For decades the lure of the sea and a job has often been their only salvation, and to care for their families while they toil at sea. Here is yet another classic example of what can and did go wrong, while these men performed the simplest of lifes taask, providing for family, putting food on their table.