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Old 09-03-2008, 08:11 AM   #1
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Lightbulb MSC Rhapsody - sale of ship being negotiated with Mano Cruises of Israel

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MSC Cruises negotiating sale of Rhapsody
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If the Israeli company Mano do go ahead with the purchase of this ship lets hope they have more luck with her than their ship ' Dream ' which is now the Japanese Peace Boat.

She was more or less beached at Rhodes due to a stability problem and over flowing sewage tanks !

The Rhapsody was built in 1977 for Cunard and was named Cunard Princess.

She was sold by Cunard in about 1995 to the Italian company Star Lauro and later transfered to MSC cruises.

She is expected to leave MSC at the end of 2009.

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<mumbles> If the sale to Mano falls through, they could always see if VoD requires a new ship
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A photo with an advert have appeared for the Israeli company Mano Cruises new ship 'Golden Iris ' although no dates have appeared for any of her cruises.

The write up said that the cruising business in Israeli is booming so they may keep all the present ships they operate.

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