A ship offering a continuous round-the-world cruise has been seized in Singapore after forcing all passengers to disembark in Cambodia.
Villa Vie Residences, owner of the Odyssey, suddenly suspended its operations late last month, blaming increases in fuel costs.
After leaving Cambodia, with only crew onboard, it arrived in Singapore, where it has been ‘placed under arrest pursuant to a court order’, as reported by the BBC.
Singapore law firm Helmsman LLC has been named the ‘arresting solicitor’, but it is not clear who it is representing.
Odyssey was meant to go on a three-and-a-half-year voyage covering 150 countries, but it has been sailing for only two years, having left Belfast in October 2024.
Passengers were given the options of buying their cabin outright, with prices starting at $120,000, paying for a five-year residency, or renting a cabin.
