Rungholt will certainly be updated as well as partially rebuilt for brand-new function
A 27-year old German seaside ferryboat is to handle a brand-new life as a day cruise ship vessel. Germany’s Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Föhr-Amrum GmbH (WDR) reports that it has actually marketed its M/V Rungholt to Greek purchasers in Kissamos (Crete) that will certainly release her on day cruise ships from Cretan ports to neighboring islands.
Delivered by the Husumer shipyard back in May 1992, Rungholt functioned for WDR up until her substitute by the newbuilt double-end ferryboat M/V Norderaue in May 2018
Sales records were checked in Hamburg on October 17 as well as the ship– which is presently injured at Husum– was moved to her brand-new proprietors with instant result. The 67.40 m long vessel is to be signed up under the Greek flag as well as will soon be moved to the Mediterranean under a brand-new name. In the Piraeus area, the vessel will certainly be planned for her future function as a day cruise ship vessel. This will certainly consist of a comprehensive innovation as well as a partial restoring. The ship has actually been marketed to a family-controlled consortium that has actually been energetic in day travelling because 1995, running day cruise ships from a number of Cretan ports to neighboring islands under the brand name of Cretan Daily Cruises.
Prior to her sale for a brand-new occupation in Greece, the Rungholt was released in WDR’s Wadden Sea solution. Carrying 53 automobiles together with 1,190 guests in summer season or 655 in winter months, the ship was customized to cruise in incredibly superficial, tidal waters– her draft totals up to simply 1.95 m.
