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30-575: MS Marella Dream was a cruise ship built in 1986 at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg , West Germany as Homeric for Home Lines , and their last newbuild to remain in active service. In 1988 she was sold to Holland America Line , renamed Westerdam , and in 1990 lengthened by 36.9 m (121 ft 1 in) at Meyer Werft. In 2002 she was transferred to the fleet of Costa Cruises and renamed Costa Europa . In April 2010 she

60-619: A dock at Sharm al-Sheikh in Egypt, after attempting to dock in bad weather. The collision killed three crew members and injured at least four other people, three of them passengers. The incident tore a 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) wide hole in the hull, and the ship was listed to port to lift the damaged area clear of the water. The report into the incident, to be handled by the Italian maritime authorities based in Genoa, had still not been handed to

90-412: A lower deck. She was also built with a sizeable promenade deck and a one-deck-high theatre. She was built with two swimming pools, one to the rear of the ship and another amidship which was covered with a magrodome . During the 1989–90 refit, two lounges in the forward section of the ship were combined to create a large two-level theatre, with the original theatre retained as a cinema. In HAL service, she

120-410: A skipper or crew, but typically, bareboating refers to sailing yachts, including monohulls and catamarans . Bareboat hire has become increasingly common since the mid-1990s, particularly since the early 2000s. There has been increasing demand for yacht vacations, and many experienced and semi-experienced yachties now consider it easier and cheaper to hire a bareboat than own their own yacht. While both

150-459: A voyage or time charter, the charterer charters the ship or part of it for a particular voyage or for a set period of time. The charterer then can direct where the ship will go but the owner of the ship retains possession of the ship by its employment of the master and crew. In a bare-boat or demise charter, on the other hand, the owner gives possession of the ship to the charterer, and the charterer hires its own master and crew. The bare-boat charterer

180-514: Is in effect a financing arrangement. It is generally considered a lease contract, specifically a finance lease , for accounting purposes, under both international financial reporting standards ( IFRS 16 ) and US accounting standards . In yachting , a bareboat charter is usually for a short period. There are hundreds of bareboat yacht charter brokers or agent companies, which offer yacht finding and travel organisation services that are similar to travel agents but only more specialized. Their purpose

210-526: Is sometimes called a "disponent owner". The giving up of possession of the ship by the owner is the defining characteristic of a bareboat or demise charter. In a bareboat charter, no administration or technical maintenance is included as part of the agreement. The charterer obtains possession and full control of the vessel, along with the legal and financial responsibility for it. The charterer pays for all operating expenses, including fuel, crew, port expenses and P&I and hull insurance . A bareboat charter

240-402: Is to use their experience and networks to locate a client's ideal bareboat in terms of price and location. Much like online travel agencies that sell unsold inventory of airline tickets and hotel rooms at a fraction of the price, there are now also last-minute bareboat charter brokers, where travellers can find excellent rates. Bareboat technically refers to any boat that can be chartered without

270-543: The Homeric in service with the historic company has been questioned. One author described her in summation as the "giant swan song " of the company. Certainly, times were changing and the end of the company reflected trends in the quickly evolving cruise market. Home Lines was finally purchased by the Holland America Line in 1988. In November 1988 the Homeric joined the fleet of Holland America Line and

300-531: The HAL days, resulting in the Costa Europa having somewhat different interior decorations from her "Italian-style" fleetmates. MS Westerdam was featured in the 1997 comedy film Out to Sea with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau . The ship appeared on BBC One's Watchdog during an investigation into customer complaints. The report found broken air conditioning units and sewage and plumbing problems during

330-505: The IMO in January 2012. On 2020.03.27, a 48-year-old Indonesian crew member of MS Marella Dream died on board the ship with symptoms consistent with COVID-19 while the ship was anchored near Gibraltar . A spokesperson for owner TUI Group stated that "[t]he crew member had underlying health issues and had not tested positive for Covid-19 and there are no positive cases of Covid-19 on board

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360-531: The Russian Vandal (the first equipped with diesel-electric transmission) and French Petite-Pierre . There is disagreement over which of the two was the first. This article about a type of ship or boat is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bareboat charter A bareboat charter , or demise charter , is an arrangement for the chartering or hiring of a ship or boat for which no crew or provisions are included as part of

390-420: The agreement. Instead, the people who rent the vessel from the owner are responsible for taking care of such things and (for commercial shipping) obtaining insurance, usually for a minimum term of one year. The act is commonly known as bareboating or bareboat charter. There are legal differences between a bareboat charter and other types of charter arrangements, commonly called time or voyage charters. In

420-518: The cranes on her forward deck were painted yellow. The ship's name was painted in tall letters on the side of the superstructure below the radar mast. On entering service with Holland America Line , the Westerdam received HAL's dark blue hull colours, with her funnel and radar mast painted white. The 1989–90 lengthening altered her exterior appearance somewhat. The windows of the added section are larger than those forward and aft. As Costa Europa ,

450-436: The deceased crew member. The Homeric was built with a terraced forward and rear superstructure , with lifeboats placed fairly high. She had a relatively large funnel, with a large arch behind it to deflect some soot away from the rear decks. In original Home Lines livery she had a white hull and superstructure, with a blue decorative riband separating them. Her funnel and radar mast, the structures immediately below them and

480-413: The first few voyages with Thomson. The company were also criticised for broadcasting "misleading" advertisements, claiming the ship was "luxury, brand new and 5*" when in fact it was over 24 years old. Motor ship Engines for motorships were developed during the 1890s, and by the early 20th century, motorships began to cross the waters. The first diesel-powered motorships were launched in 1903:

510-602: The international leisure travel industry (particularly outdoor activities based vacations) and the boating industry boomed in the 2000s , so too did the bareboat charter industry, which incorporates both of pursuits. Bareboat chartering is extremely common in the Caribbean such as the British Virgin Islands , but also in Croatia with around 4000 charter boats which makes probably the largest charter fleet in

540-569: The sale of the ship to Holland America Line (and the sale of HAL itself to the Carnival Corporation ), the ship was renamed Westerdam , and returned to Meyer Werft on 30 October 1989 for a $ 84 million refit. The ship was lengthened by 36.9 m (121 ft 1 in) and many of her interiors were rebuilt. The refit, one of the most extensive ever performed on a passenger ship, was completed on 12 March 1990. In 2002, prior to entering service as Costa Europa for Costa Cruises ,

570-553: The ship after five years. The ship was renamed Thomson Dream for her service with Thomson. Thomson Dream received a refurbishment at the end of 2012 and introduced into the Platinum collection of cruises. The ship served as Marella Dream for cruises with the newly rebranded Marella Cruises , previously known as Thomson Cruises, until 1 October 2020, when Marella announced that she would be retired and all her summer sailings would be transferred to Marella Discovery . Afterwards,

600-419: The ship received a £ 5 million refit, with some of the public rooms redecorated and six balcony suites added. During her service with Home Lines the Homeric was used for cruises from New York to Bermuda during the northern hemisphere summer season and cruises in the Caribbean during the rest of the year. While popular, especially with Home Lines' loyal base of repeat passengers, the ultimate success of

630-542: The ship was painted all-white, with a yellow funnel and a small flag of the EU painted on the side of the superstructure. As Thomson Dream the ship retains an all-white livery, but with a blue funnel bearing the TUI/Thomson group logo. Unusually for a cruise ship of her time, the Homeric was built with a somewhat ocean liner -like layout, with her dining room in particular reflecting liner-like design, being located on

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660-505: The ship was sold to Turkish shipbreakers and laid up at Perama , Greece, along with other cruise ships and drillships, awaiting capacity at the Turkish yard. In 2021 the ship was renamed Ella and on 18 June 2022 arrived in tow at Aliaga for demolition. In February 2009, Costa Europa had engine trouble on an Indian Ocean cruise and passengers mutinied after scheduled stops were cancelled. On 26 February 2010, Costa Europa collided with

690-501: The ship", leading sources to conclude that either he had not been tested, or that he had died of the virus. Gibraltar officials refused permission for the disembarkation of the body, asked the ship to leave British Gibraltar Territorial Waters , and stated that any inquiry into the death of the crew member was the responsibility of Malta , the ship's flag state . Marella Dream later docked in Málaga , Spain, on 28 March 2020, to disembark

720-487: The world before Greece with around 2500. In the United States , there is an additional legal distinction with regard to bareboat or for hire, or "skippered" charters. When persons pool their finances to bareboat so that the qualified master among them may skipper for the group, the master is not ostensibly a paid skipper but now takes on the legal responsibilities of one. That can have far-reaching consequences in

750-427: Was chosen as the shipyard to build her. The ship was named in honour of the company's earlier SS  Homeric , a popular ship that had been destroyed by a fire in 1973. The new Homeric was launched on 28 September 1985, and was the largest cruise liner to be launched sideways from a slipway. She performed her sea trials between 26 and 30 December 1985, but was not delivered to Home Lines until 6 May 1986. Following

780-505: Was decorated with artworks drawing on the history of the Dutch Empire . On entering service with Costa Cruises, the ship was refurbished, with some of the interior decorations changed to brighter and more southern / Pan-European style. The original theatre was built in with six balcony suites, and a new ballroom with a hardwood dance floor replaced an earlier lounge. Despite the refit, most of the ship's decorations have been retained from

810-578: Was extensively rebuilt and enlarged at Meyer Werft. When the Westerdam entered service for HAL, she was registered in The Bahamas , but in 1996 she was re-registered to the Netherlands. In 2002, following the delivery of several newbuilds for Holland America Line, the Westerdam was transferred to the fleet of Costa Cruises. Following the transfer to Costa Cruises in April 2002, the Westerdam

840-557: Was renamed Costa Europa and re-registered in Italy. On 27 April 2002 she started on her first cruise for her new owners from Genoa , subsequently being used for cruises around Europe. Costa Europa left the fleet of Costa Cruises in April 2010, being bareboat chartered to the United Kingdom-based Thomson Cruises for ten years. The charter agreement also included an option for Thomson Cruises to buy

870-527: Was renamed Westerdam (different sites state different dates for her transfer to the HAL fleet). In service with her new owners, the Westerdam cruised to Alaska during the summer season, returning to the Caribbean for the winter. Soon after Home Lines had been purchased by Holland America, HAL itself was purchased by the Carnival Corporation . HAL's new owners decided to invest heavily in the fairly new Westerdam , and between October 1989 and March 1990 she

900-533: Was taken on a ten-year charter by Thomson Cruises , under the name Thomson Dream . Following the 2017 renaming of Thomson Cruises to Marella Cruises , TUI Group also changed the ship's name to Marella Dream . She was retired from Marella Cruises in November 2020 and was sold, then broken up in 2022. Home Lines planned Homeric during the first half of the 1980s as a replacement for their aging SS  Oceanic . Meyer Werft in Papenburg , West Germany

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