FleetPro Passenger Ship Management was founded in 2012 as a merger of two existing passenger ship management companies and is based in Switzerland. It combined International Shipping Partners (ISP), a passenger ship management services company headquartered in
Miami, Florida, United States, and River Advice of
Basel, Switzerland. The majority owners became a Netherlands-based
private equity fund
A private equity fund (abbreviated as PE fund) is a collective investment scheme used for making investments in various equity (and to a lesser extent debt) securities according to one of the investment strategies associated with private equity ...
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In January 2014 the two operations were renamed FleetPro Ocean and FleetPro River respectively.
Management and administrative services provided include deck and engine manning, maintenance, drydockings, inspections, conversions, upgradings and volume purchasing.
Former sea-going fleet
* ''Akademik Ioffe''
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Akademik Sergey Vavilov
The ''Akademik Sergey Vavilov'' (russian: Академик Сергей Вавилов) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) research vessel, named after physicist Sergey Vavilov. She was completed on 12 February 1988, at the Hollming Yard in Rauma, ...
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* ''Ambassador II''
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Batanga Queen/Discovery Sun''
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Beauport''
* ''Caribbean Carrier'' (freight roro)
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Clipper Pearl/Clipper Pacific/Festival/Ocean Pearl''
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Dolphin IV''
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Enchanted Capri
MS ''Enchanted Capri'' is a wrecked cruise ship owned by Demar Instaladora y Constructora, Mexico and operated as an accommodation vessel for oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. She was built in 1975 at Wärtsilä Crichton-Vulcan, Turku Shipyard in Tu ...
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* ''Europa Jet/Club Royale''
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Island Breeze/The Big Red Boat III''
* ''Island Sky''
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Kapitan Khlebnikov
''Kapitan Khlebnikov'' (russian: Капита́н Хле́бников, ) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) icebreaker. The vessel now operates as a cruise ship offering excursions to the Arctic and Antarctic.
History
The ''Kapitan Khlebnikov'' wa ...
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* ''Manistal/St Tropez''
* ''Maya Express'' (freight roro)
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OceanBreeze''
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Ola Esmeralda''
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Palm Beach Princess
''MS Ilmatar'' was a cruise ship operated by Palm Beach Cruises on casino cruises out of the Port of Palm Beach in Riviera Beach, Florida. She was built in 1964 by Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard, Helsinki, Finland for Finland Steamship Company as ...
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MS Regal Empress''
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Regal Voyager''
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Rembrandt
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (, ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally consid ...
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* ''Royal Star''
* ''Scandinavian Dawn/Discovery Dawn/Island Dawn''
* ''Scandinavian Song/Santiago de Cuba/The Empress''
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Scandinavian Star
MS ''Scandinavian Star'', originally named MS ''Massalia'', was a car and passenger ferry built in France in 1971. The ship was set on fire on April 7, 1990, killing 159 people. The official investigation determined the fire had been caused by a ...
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* ''
Seabreeze I
SS ''Federico C.'' was a cruise ship that made headlines when its passengers were unloaded mid-way through their cruise and the vessel was put under arrest in Halifax Harbour. The ship then sank in international waters three months later. At the ...
'', which sank in suspicious conditions in 2000.
* ''Seawind Crown''
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Sonia''
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Sun Fiesta''
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The Big Red Boat II''
Current sea-going fleet
FleetPro's fleet consists of mid- to small-size passenger vessels:
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Bahamas Celebration''
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Clipper Odyssey/Silver Discoverer''
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Freewinds''
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Gemini''
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Oasia''
* ''Ocean Atlantic''
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Ocean Diamond
''Ocean Diamond'' is a cruise ship operated by Quark Expeditions
Quark Expeditions is an expedition travel company. The company offers Polar Region expeditions aboard purpose-built expedition ships and icebreakers.
History
Quark Expeditions ...
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Ocean Endeavour''
* ''Ocean Nova''
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Ocean Pearl
"Ocean Pearl" is a song by Canadian rock group 54-40. The song was released as the third single from the band's 1994 album, ''Smilin' Buddha Cabaret''. The song was very successful in the band's native Canada, peaking at No. 22 on the ''RPM'' To ...
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* ''Perla'' (general cargo ship)
* ''Quest''
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Scotia Prince/Prince''
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Sea Adventurer''
* ''Sea Discoverer''
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Sea Explorer''
* ''Sea Spirit''
* ''Sea Voyager''. ISP helped bring the vessel out of layup in 2010, to be used in providing accommodations for
World Food Programme staff engaged in relief efforts in
earthquake-stricken Haiti
* ''Warrior Spirit''
FleetPro also operate over forty inland waterways cruise vessels.
References
External links
Fleet info (company site)
Shipping companies of Switzerland
Shipping companies of the United States
Companies based in Miami
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