Huge £900m cruise ship that holds 9,000 may be scrapped before ever setting sail

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£900million, 9,000-person, fully-built cruise ship remains in doubt before it has even set sail, with another seven cruise ships now stranded alongside it.Earlier this year, we reported how the Global Dream ship had been sitting inside a German shipyard alongside its sister ship Global Dream II.The latter was waiting to have some of its fixtures as well as its engines ripped out and sold – as it had already been decided that it would not be worth selling whole.READ MORE: Charles' 'secret son' wants to force King to do DNA test by filming Netflix showBut the Global Dream ship was still clinging on for dear life, with bosses welcoming bids over the next few months.It was built by MV Wefrten and accommodates more passengers than any other cruise ship.The ship was owned by Genting Hong Kong, but they filled for bankruptcy at the start of this year.The first Global Dream ship is also unfinished in the same dock, but time is running out to find a buyer for the pair as the shipyard is going to make only submarines from 2024.Now it has emerged that a further seven ships are also awaiting their fate.Alongside the Global Dream and its sister ship, the stranded vessels appear to be the World Dream, Genting Dream, Explorer Dream, SuperStar Aquarius.

SuperStar Gemini, Star Pisces and The Taipan.While these other seven ships are not brand spanking new, they are currently moored in several different places around the world, and are all owned by the same now-defunct company.The biggest of the lot, the World Dream, was built in 2017, and currently sits in the Port of Singapore unable to move.It can hold around 3,400 guests and around 400 crew members,and had its maiden voyage in November, 2017.It made headlines during the pandemic when.