• Submitted by: manso
• Business and Economy
• 05 / 04 / 2011

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Mexico-based cruise operator Cruceros Ocean Star would like to include Cuba in a new Gulf of Mexico itinerary, Mexican Tourism Minister Gloria Guevara told her Cuban counterpart Manuel Marrero during the FITCuba tourism fair in Havana, according to Mexican daily La Jornada.

The startup cruise line began operating one 520-cabin ship along the Mexican Pacific Coast in April. The Ocean Star Pacific, home-ported in Acapulco, offers seven-day cruises from Acapulco to Cabo San Lucas and back.

The launch of the undertaking was disastrous. Two days into the inaugural cruise on April 16, a generator fire knocked out power on the ship, forcing the evacuation of 522 passengers and 226 crew members at the port of Huatulco.

The vessel was built in 1971 for Royal Caribbean Cruises as the Nordic Prince.

Source: www.cubastandard.com/2011/05/03/mexican-cruise-line-seeks-cuban-itinerary/