On June 5th, the ship left Penang en route to Colombo Sri Lanka, arriving and anchoring off the coast on June 17th. In June, the vessel was renamed GEM and reflagged to St Kitts & Nevis (MMSI 341492000/registered in Basseterre). According to online media sources, the liners' last crew signed off on May 17th, as new/skeleton crew were hired to take them to the scrapyard for dismantling and recycling. In late-April 2022, was announced that the docked in Malaysia ships Star Pisces and SuperStar Gemini (both in George Town Penang) and SuperStar Aquarius (in Port Klang) are listed for scrapping and soon to be beached at Alang India. The vessel (IMO number 9008419) was last Bahamas- flagged (MMSI 308272000) and registered in Nassau. The drydock refurbishment in 2013 cost USD 50 million. The liner's building cost was USD 240 million. Fleetmates were Star Pisces, SuperStar Aquarius (sistership), SuperStar Libra. The 1992-built/2022- scrapped SuperStar Gemini cruise ship is owned by GHK (Genting Hong Kong, part of Genting Group Malaysia) and managed by GHK's subsidiary Genting Cruise Lines via the Star Cruises brand.
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