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Newly delivered Scenic Eclipse II heads to maiden cruise

Scenic Group founder and Chairman Glen Moroney showcased Scenic Eclipse II to the Croatian prime minister and other dignitaries before she sailed to Lisbon for her maiden 11-day ‘Iberian Discovery’ voyage to Barcelona this Thursday.

Helen Hutcheon, Australasia correspondent

April 11, 2023

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As reported here, the near identical sister of Scenic Eclipse was built at the 3 Maj Shipyard in Rijeka.

‘This project once again confirmed for us an important lesson that we have learned through the years of working in Croatia, namely that Croatia has a valuable, extremely high-quality engineering staff, as well as hardworking and skilled shipbuilders,’ Moroney said. 

‘When you combine that with the great project management by the MKM Yachts team, you get an outstanding result like this,’ he said.

Moroney’s vision

‘The entrepreneurial spirit and vision that Mr Moroney brought first to the Uljanik shipyard in Pula and now here are Maj 3, created another pearl of Croatian shipbuilding which made a huge contribution to Croatian industry, as well as to numerous workers and subcontractors,’ Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said.

Before the 228-passenger Scenic Eclipse II sailed from Rijeka, Moroney presented Plenkovic with a commemorative model of the ship.

See also 'Ken Muskat sees a big year of opportunity for fast-growing Scenic Group'

About the Author

Helen Hutcheon

Australasia correspondent

Helen Hutcheon did her cadetship on a shipping magazine and worked in P&O’s Sydney office for seven years as a public relations journalist.

For 19 years she was deputy editor of Travel Week, which was Australia’s leading trade newspaper that covered major local and international industry events.

In 2008 the late legendary Rama Rebbapragada presented her with an award from Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd ‘in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the cruising industry.’

In 2010 she won the Neil Frazer Award for ‘outstanding contribution to the cruise industry,’ elevating her to CLIA Australasia’s hall of fame.

She has been the Australasia correspondent for Seatrade Cruise Review since 1997 and for Seatrade Insider (now Seatrade Cruise News) since its launch in 2000.

 

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