On March 5, 2025, the Attica Holdings S.A. announced the sale of the"Kriti II", owned by a subsidiary of the company, with the aim of recycling it in accordance with European and Greek standards for safe and environmentally sound ship dismantling. The vessel will be sent to an authorized recycling facility included in the European list of ship dismantling yards, which ensures compliance with all required environmental and safety standards. The purchase price for the transaction amounted to €3.6 million, which strengthened the group's liquidity, while the sale resulted in a profit of €0.2 million. EUR.
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CHRISTINA O
Aristotle Onassis’ historic ‘Christina O’ is going up for sale, with a price tag of 90 million euros ($93.6 million), having joined the open market with Morley Yachts. The vessel was available for private charter after the 2022 refit. It secures annual revenues of 10 million euros through its leasing and net profits of about 5 million euros. It is actually berthed in Nice, France, awaiting a new owner. The vessel became the stage for The Crown 5, which was released on Netflix in 2022. During its history it hosted guests like Winston Churchill, Marilyn Monroe, Maria Callas, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, John F. Kennedy, Frank Sinatra, Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco an Onassis’ wife and former First Lady of the US, Jackie Kennedy Onassis. Starting life in World War Two as a Canadian frigate, the Christina O was purchased in 1954 by Onassis. Originally built as an anti-submarine frigate for the Royal Canadian Navy, the 'Christina O' was bought for scrap value by Onassis in 1954, who spent four million dollars refurbishing it into a luxury superyacht at the HDW Shipyard in Kiel. Following his death in 1975 the yacht fell into disrepair until a meticulous restoration project led by a family friend of Onassis.
VOLCAN DE TAUCE
Tuvalu is the new flag and naval registration of the “Volcán de Tauce”. which for the moment maintains the same name, after the change of ownership was carried out on Feb 19 in the port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The ferry is now owned by the company Emirates International Air Cargo, from the United Arab Emirates. Since Jan 14, it has been moored in the port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, after repairs at ASTICAN and has changed berths several times, until returning to the Santa Catalina dock on Feb 18.