IT has yet to set sail, but Clive Palmer's second attempt to build his vanity project the Titanic II appears to be lost at sea.
The resurgent billionaire promised "major announcements" in 2020 regarding his long-promised replica of the famously doomed luxury liner.
But with just days left in the year there have been no announcements, contractors have gone silent, as has the company he set up to run the project Blue Star Line.
It followed a flurry of announcements in late 2018, including announcing new contractors to design and engineer the 270m vessel.
In this 2012 photo provided by Crook Publicity, Australian billionaire Clive Palmer poses in front of an artist impression of the Titanic ll at MGM Studios in Los Angeles. Picture: AP Photo/Crook Publicity