The residential cruise ship Odyssey suspended its voyage due to a sharp rise in fuel costs. It remained in port in Cambodia as of the 28th, and its 203 passengers were instructed to disembark.
The residential cruise ship Odyssey, which was scheduled to spend 3.5 years travelling around the world, suspended its voyage after fuel costs surged. The operator said it could not pass the full increase in fuel costs on to passengers and indicated that it would pursue a business restructuring.
Odyssey is operated by Florida-based Villa Vie Residences. Monthly fuel costs per cabin had previously been about $1,800, but recently surged 4.4-fold to around $6,000–$8,000 in the Asian region. The company said that even reducing the ship's cruising speed did not allow it to absorb the increase in costs.
The ship was scheduled to call at Sihanoukville Port in Cambodia for 5 days from 23 October, but remained there as of 28 October, leaving passengers who had been ordered to disembark with no choice but to do so. The ship had 156 crew members, 203 passengers and capacity for 650 people.
The voyage plan had been fixed through November 2027, and a plan had been announced to launch a second residential cruise ship in early 2029. However, the second ship was not mentioned in connection with the current suspension.