Genting Group seen to use Superfast ropax ferry in Miami-Bimini service

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Published: 07 April 2013 07 April 2013

Genting Grop appears to be poised to use the 30,000 gross ton fast ropax ferry it recently acquired from a Greek company on a service between Miami and Bimini in the Bahamas, where the Malaysian company is involved in a casino project.

Bimini Bay Resort & Marina will partner with Genting and construction has already begun on the casino. Genting Group’s efforts to bring a casino to Miami may be uncertain, but the Malaysian company has found a way to plant its flag just a stone’s throw away from South Florida, Miami Herald reports on its website.

“This will be the only casino on the island of Bimini and the closest offshore casino to South Florida, only 48 nautical miles off the coast and accessible by a half-hour plane flight or a 2 1/2-hour boat trip. Before the casino opens, the owners of Bimini Bay will partner in the launch of a high-speed ferry service that will make the trip from South Florida in 90 minutes,” the report said.

Meanwhile, the Board of Directors of Attica Holdings in Athens said it has concluded the sale and delivery of ropax ferry Superfast VI to Genting Group. “The delivery of Superfast VI to her new owners took place  today in Patras, Greece,” the company said in a statement. The vessel has reportedly been renamed Bimini Superfast.

Genting Group is the parent company of Star Cruises and it also owns a stake in Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings.

One person missing after Carnival Triumph breaks from moorings

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Published: 04 April 2013 04 April 2013

One person is reported missing after Carnival Triumph, which is undergoing repairs after an suffered an engine room fire in the Caribbean, broke from its moorings in Mobile in a storm, media reports say.

“The Coast Guard is searching for a man knocked into the Mobile River after high winds hit the area Wednesday, blowing the man's security guard hut into the water and causing the Carnival Triumph cruise ship to break loose from its repair dock,” a CNN report says.

The ship suffered some damage in the incident that took place in near hurricane force storm. “A 20-foot gash about 2 to 3 feet wide was visible about halfway up the hull from the water and it wrapped partway around the stern,” Huffington Post reports.

Underneath the, two levels of railing were dangling and broken. electric cables that had been plugged in on shore were dangling from the port side of the ship, it continued.