Stranded Ferry Marco Polo heads for breaker’s yard
According to a report from this morning’s Rijecki Novi List newspapers, there is a serious possibility that ferry Marko Polo, which is still stranded in Kornati Archipelago, will head for breaker’s yard.
Due to high costs of re-floating of the ferry and relativly low insurance sum that is eventually expected, the future of this ferry will be known on Monday, when decision by Jadrolinija Ferry Company, the owner of the ferry, is expected to follow.
Read the whole article (in Croatian) here
Posted on November 8th, 2009 and is filed under
Ferries Croatia.
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