07-14-2008, 03:23 PM
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Well if there is any connection to Swan hellenic, Neil, the current behaviour by VoD is doing no favours to the newly 'reborn' company.
It is a mess and Swan Hellenic need to distance themselves from it as it could easily damage their future too.
As for m/v Discovery...well if she is beyond economic repair, I cannot help but wonder if VoD had taken her out of service sooner instead of effectively shortening her life by forcing the engines to work overtime, would she have cost so much now to repair? I somehow doubt it, tbh.
She is a lovely ship, that had at least 2 more years service...maybe this is VoD's way of taking her out of the picture before SOLAS 2010...if it is, its pretty shortsighted and very damaging to their reputation.
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