AN ARREST WARRANT HAS BEEN issued for a Crystal Cruises ship
AN ARREST WARRANT HAS BEEN issued for a Crystal Cruises ship that was supposed to arrive in Miami Saturday, but reportedly is a fugitive ship heading for the Bahamas Sunday.
The warrant signed Thursday by U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles in the Miami office of Fort Lauderdale federal court orders the U.S. Marshal to “arrest the Defendant vessel, her boats, tackle, apparel and furniture, engines and appurtenances and to detain the same in your custody pending further order of the Court.”
Some passengers were taken to Port Everglades by ferry Sunday.
Court documents say Crystal Cruises’ couldn’t pay for its fuel.
Wednesday, Crystal Cruises parent company Genting Hong Kong announced it had drowned in rising debt waters and would be liquidating the company.
Thursday, Crystal Cruises announced a suspension of ocean cruises until at least late April.
Between those announcements, Peninsula Petroleum Far East filed a civil suit in federal court saying Crystal Cruises and Star Cruises owed $2,104,169 and $1,295,469 for maritime fuel already delivered. And, that filing said, $1,200,908 was for fuel to power the Crystal Symphony.
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