Aegean Paradise

Aegean Paradise at Rhodes (Greece) on June 3, 2013
Career
Name: 1990–2005: Orient Venus
2005–2007: Cruise One
2007–2010: Delphin Voyager
2011–2011: Hainan Empress
2011–2012: Happy Dolphin
2012 onwards: Aegean Paradise
Owner: 1990–2005: Shin Nihonkai Ferry Co. Ltd.
2005–2011: First Cruise One Corp.
2011 onwards: Hainan Cruises Enterprises Ltd.
Operator: 1990–2005: Japan Cruise Line
2005–2007: First Cruise Line
2007–2011: Delphin Kreuzfahrten
2011–2011: Hainan Cruise Line
2011–2011: Quail Travel Group
2012 onwards: Etstur
Port of registry: 1990–2005: Osaka,  Japan
2005–onwards: Nassau,  Bahamas
Builder: Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Tokyo, Japan
Yard number: 2987
Launched: 26 January 1990[1]
Completed: 1990
Acquired: 8 July 1990[1]
Identification: Call sign: C6UU6
IMO number: 8902333
MMSI number: 309877000
Status: In service
General characteristics
Type:Cruise ship
Tonnage:23,287 GT[2]
Length:174 m (570 ft 10 in)[2]
Beam:24 m (78 ft 9 in)[2]
Draught:6.52 m (21 ft 5 in)[2]
Decks:8
Installed power:2 x 12 cyl.four stroke single acting Pielstick diesel engines type 12PC2-6V[2]
Propulsion:2 x Controllable pitch propellers[2]
Speed:22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)[2]
Capacity:650 passengers in 324 cabins

Aegean Paradise is a cruise ship operated by Turkish tour operator Etstur. She was built in 1990 in Japan as three-stars-plus ship[3] for Japan Cruise Line as Orient Venus which was used mainly on Japanese market.

The ship was sold to First Cruise Line and renamed Cruise One[4] in September 2005.[1] The ship was rebuilt around 2006 in Greece to a four-star ship. In April 2007, the ship was chartered to Delphin Kreuzfahrten and renamed Delphin Voyager.[4] During the renovation in Greece, she was significantly modified from original.[4]

Due to the insolvency of Delphin Kreuzfahrten in October 2010, ship was not returned. The owner of the ship, took First Cruise One Corp., the daughter of Greek company Restis Group, the ship returned to Greece, where it was at Perama on roadstead, before it was chartered for next few months in China in 2011. From January 2011 ship was chartered by Chinese investor group Hainan Cruises Enterprises under name Hainan Empress which was ended in May 2011. The ship was chartered to Quail/Happy Cruises under name Happy Dolphin. Since the bankruptcy of Quail in 2011, Happy Dolphin has been laid up in Piraeus. She has been chartered for the 2012 summer season to a Turkish tour operator Etstur and was renamed to Aegean Paradise. She cruised from İzmir and was cruised 2, 3 and 4 nights to the Greek Islands for the first time. At the end of August she will be deployed to Istanbul where she will do 3, 5, 6 and 7-night cruises to the Greek Islands and to the Black Sea. The season will end at the 28th September when the ship arrives to Istanbul.

Technical data and statistics

The ship is of two 4-Stroke-12 cylinder Diesel engines by Pielstick with a propulsion of 6.568 kW. These engines uses two controllable-pitch propellers. The ship reaches with a speed to 20 knots.[5]

For the current supply, three Diesel generators achieves 1.600 kW (Apparent power: 2.000 kVA) as well as emergency generator which achieves 210 kW (Apparent power: 263 kVA) for the order.

The ship has eight passenger decks.[5] Up to 650 passengers are accommodated in 326 cabins.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (Swedish) Fakta om Fartyg: M/S Orient Venus (1990), retrieved 10.11.2013
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Veristar, 09053S
  3. ↑ Japanese cruise ships
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Ship Profiles, Delphin Voyager
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Cruise anlayışını değiştirecek yepyeni bir seçenek (Turkish)

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