India has joined the global cruise line club with the country’s first cruise ship, AMET Majesty, registered in Chennai with an Indian flag. The Hindu said the ship would make her maiden visit to the Indian shores on 8 June in Chennai and sail off to high seas the next day. The Chennai-based AMET Shipping Pvt Ltd of the AMET Group has invested INR 100 crore in procuring the 35-year-old cruise vessel Arberia from a Greek owner, the paper said. AMET Majesty would operate regular service covering India such as Mumbai, Goa, Lashdweep, Kochi as well as Sri Lanka, Phuket and Maldives.The report said it would start with short trips to high seas in Chennai and long triples covering international destinations such as Triconamalleee in Sri Lanka, he said. The company is hoping to get support for its cruise service from the large number of Indian tourists who otherwise travel to Singapore to go on a cruise there. It was quoted saying that nearly 80,000 Indian went on cruises annually.The report quoting P. Bharathi, CEO and Managing Director of AMET Cruises, said the company was in talks with the ports of Chennai, Kochi, Mormugao and Mumbai for berthing the ship in these places. Three cruise terminals are being planned at Mormugao, Mumbai and Kochi at a cost of INR 480 crores. The Mumbai Port Trust has reportedly planned to spend INR 150 crore to create a new cruise terminal near the Gateway of India and the Kochi Port Trust would spend INR 150 crore in an international cruise terminal. The Chennai Port Trust has already in place a cruise terminal.
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