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quote: Sea Diamond Still Not Resting in Peace Feb 13 - Last April Louis Cruises' Sea Diamond sank in the harbor at Santorini, and it's still resting precariously upside down about 400 feet below the water on a ledge on the side of the undersea volcanic crater. While Louis says they have done their part to clean up the fuel that has seeped out, the Greek government still wants the cruise line to raise the ship and get it away from Santorini - so much so, that the government is now threatening to arrest the cruise line's executives and freeze the company's assets.
A lot of the Greek shipping companies often have each ship registered and owned by a different company although they all sail under one company name.
In the case of the ' Sea Diamond ' she was owned by Elona Maritime Ltd.
They are shown as having offices in Malta and Greece which might be why the ship was first registered in Malta and then it was changed to Greece.
It could prove to be very interesting as I had also seen a report that the Greek government were talking of freezing the company assets !
Louis Cruises are still insisting that the charts were wrong and the company that Louis Cruises used to survey the sea bed at Santorani is one also used by the Greek authorities !
Neil ( Bob )
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