Cruise & Maritime Voyages
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Cruise & Maritime Voyages is a passenger shipping company headquartered in Dartford
, United Kingdom.
(for whom they were the UK representative) filed for bankruptcy.
Cruise & Maritime Voyages has positioned itself as "Providing ex-UK 'no fly' cruising holidays aboard smaller and medium sized classic and more traditional style ships". Cruise & Maritime Voyages serves an adult market, with an on board style of traditional entertainment, dining and rooms using a fleet of older tonnage.
In 2009 the veteran liner MS Marco Polo
was chartered for cruising as the line's first ship.
The ship is operated as an adults only (16 and above) vessel, and is marketed at cash short consumers, with multiple departure points in the UK along with exotic itineraries. She is under a five-year charter with the line, and was transferred in 2009 after previous operator, Transocean Tours filed for bankruptcy.
) was chartered as the second ship of the fleet. Ocean Countess had been chartered as Ruby for Louis Cruise Lines prior to her current charter.
Marco Polo was in Tilbury
and Ocean Countess in Kingston upon Hull
, UK, during the Royal Wedding in 2011.
Dartford
Dartford is the principal town in the borough of Dartford. It is situated in the northwest corner of Kent, England, east south-east of central London....
, United Kingdom.
History
Cruise & Maritime Voyages was formed in 2009, by parent organisation Cruise & Maritime Services International, after German based Transocean ToursTransocean Tours
Transocean Tours is a Germany-based cruise line that operates three ocean-going cruise ships on the German and British markets, as well as five river cruise ships on the German market...
(for whom they were the UK representative) filed for bankruptcy.
Cruise & Maritime Voyages has positioned itself as "Providing ex-UK 'no fly' cruising holidays aboard smaller and medium sized classic and more traditional style ships". Cruise & Maritime Voyages serves an adult market, with an on board style of traditional entertainment, dining and rooms using a fleet of older tonnage.
MS Marco Polo
MS Marco Polo
MS Marco Polo is a cruise ship owned by Global Maritime, under charter to UK-based Cruise & Maritime Voyages, having been previously operated by Transocean Tours, Germany. She was built in 1965 by Mathias-Thesen Werft, East Germany as MS Alexandr Pushkin for the Soviet Union's Baltic Shipping Company...
was chartered for cruising as the line's first ship.
The ship is operated as an adults only (16 and above) vessel, and is marketed at cash short consumers, with multiple departure points in the UK along with exotic itineraries. She is under a five-year charter with the line, and was transferred in 2009 after previous operator, Transocean Tours filed for bankruptcy.
MS Ocean Countess
In 2010 MS Ocean Countess (ex. Cunard CountessCunard Countess
Ocean Countess is a cruise ship owned by Majestic International Cruises of Greece, on long-term charter to the UK-based Cruise & Maritime Voyages. She was completed in 1976 as the '4-star - Premium' style Cunard Countess for Cunard Line. Cunard Countess had an almost identical sister ship Cunard...
) was chartered as the second ship of the fleet. Ocean Countess had been chartered as Ruby for Louis Cruise Lines prior to her current charter.
Marco Polo was in Tilbury
Tilbury
Tilbury is a town in the borough of Thurrock, Essex, England. As a settlement it is of relatively recent existence, although it has important historical connections, being the location of a 16th century fort and an ancient cross-river ferry...
and Ocean Countess in Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
, UK, during the Royal Wedding in 2011.
External links
- MS Ocean Countess on Chris' Cunard Page http://chriscunard.com/cunard_countess.php