Abandoned Cruise Ship Thailand

Local news reports the vessel had been abandoned by the owners.

Abandoned cruise ship thailand. Ocean Dream capsized on Saturday while anchored around 2 miles off Laem Chabang port located in Sri Racha on Thailands east coast. A cruise ship abandoned by its Chinese owner for over a year has capsized and is leaking oil off the port of Laem Chabang in Thailand. Abandoned cruise ship Ocean Dream lying in waters near the Laem Chabang port in Thailands Chonburi province raising concerns about possible oil leaks.

Youll find the abandoned Galaxy Cruise ship at the very southern tip of Koh Chang past Bang Bao Bay towards Bang Bai Beach. I believe there are still hotels and other areas ships converted into hotels functioning so we avoided the front desk area. The former Sun Princess built in 1972 and best known as a guest star on the TV series Love Boat has capsized and partially sunk off Thailand resulting in an oil.

The ship capsized and sank off Laem Chabang Sri Racha Thailand in shallow water on 27 February 2016 after having been abandoned without crew or maintenance for about a year. It looked as if the abandoned ship had been turned into a floating hotel of horrors. The afternoon storm clouds rolled in bringing out the black slime that blanketed its drab white walls like leprosy.

Abandoned Cruise Ship Hotel - Koh Chang. Abandoned Cruise Ship Capsizes. A 1972-built cruise ship abandoned for over a year in Thailand waters sank over the weekend leading to an oil spill at sea reports said.

I missed this news story on February 27 2016 the abandoned Ocean Dream sank off the coast of the Port of Laem Chabang in Thailand. Due to the world financial crisis and its lingering effects on business in Dubai virtually no work has been carried out on the ship and rumors have persisted the virtually abandoned QE2 would either be sent to Asia either to be scrapped in China or converted into a floating luxury hotel shopping mall and museum and so it goes. The ship was left in a delinquent state unmanned and allowed to deteriorate under the hot southeast Asian sun.

Shortly after arriving in Koh Chang an island in Thailand we dug deep online to find some unique locations. The ship was reportedly abandoned by her Chinese owners for over a year. Marine Department and Royal Thai Navy officials were struggling to contain oil leaking from an abandoned cruise ship that capsized off Sriracha but winds were carrying the slick away from local.