# Sale of US P&O Ports = Princess Ships, too?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-of-us-p-o-ports-princess-ships-too/345913>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 24, 2006, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-of-us-p-o-ports-princess-ships-too/345913 "2006-02-24T12:31:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-of-us-p-o-ports-princess-ships-too/345913/1 "2006-02-24T12:31:18Z")

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Does P&O still own the Princess Cruise Line? If so, apparently it is P&O-owned in ports the US being sold to Dubia of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). So, assuming P&O still owns Princess, is Princess being sold/operated by the UAE, too? Hmm…

Cite about P&O ownership (as many news stories failed to mention this):  
[http://wjz.com/topstories/local\_story\_055065223.html](http://wjz.com/topstories/local_story_055065223.html)

- Jinx

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**Author:** ![Gringo\_Miami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@Gringo\_Miami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gringo_Miami)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-of-us-p-o-ports-princess-ships-too/345913/2 "2006-02-24T12:52:50Z")

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P & O Princess Cruises was bought by Carnival Cruise lines a while back. [CITE](http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCP/is_1_25/ai_104609902)