Carnival Corp has offloaded the second ship in its fleet to carry the "Love Boat"-famed Pacific Princess name to an undisclosed buyer.

The Arnold Donald-led cruise major has sold the 670-berth ship (built 1999) as part of its "plan to accelerate the removal of less efficient ships from its fleet", it said on Thursday.

New York-listed Carnival on 11 January said it planned to shed four more vessels after offloading 15 others in an effort to survive a pandemic that last year took billions of dollars from the cruise sector.