Tagged: Cruise & Maritime Voyages

Two UK cruise ships have been scrapped on an Indian beach despite assurances they would continue to be operated. Ships at the end of their lives are considered hazardous waste and it is illegal to send them to developing countries from the UK. (bbc.com)

The Magellan, built in 1985 for Carnival Cruise Lines, departed the anchorage near Oman in the Persian Gulf today under the names Mages heading east to India, where she is expected to arrive at the end of the week. (maritime-executive.com)

The classic Marco Polo is heading to the scrap yard in Alang, India, according to a source familiar with the ship. “The Marco Polo is headed for the beach,” they said. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

The Astor will be scrapped after being essentially beached in Turkey on Monday. The former Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) vessel sold at auction to a scrap broker in October for just $1.7 million. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

The Cruise & Maritime Voyages fleet auction is over, with five ships heading to new owners or to scrap, and the values have finally been revealed as buyers were able to get cruise ships for pennies on the dollar during the sealed bidding process. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Five ships from Cruise & Maritime Voyages will be auctioned off via CW Kellock & Co in October as five separate lots. All ships are in Tilbury and can be inspected by arrangement, with the exception of the Marco Polo, which is tied up in Avonmouth and can also be inspected. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Christian Verhounig, formerly CEO of Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) that entered administration earlier in the summer, has acquired certain assets of the company, with an aim to launch a new cruise operator, media reports in the UK said. (cruisebusiness.com)

Puerto Peñasco’s dream to have a cruise line regularly sailing out of its port has hit rough waters. The company that took the risk to launch that first cruise earlier this year has declared bankruptcy. Cruise and Maritime Voyages posted on its website that it has filed for administration —or bankruptcy — in the United Kingdom. (eu.azcentral.com)

Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) has been placed into administration in the UK, while TransOcean Tours (owned by CMV) is facing the same scenario in Germany. All departures have been cancelled for CMV and TransOcean. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

A British-based cruise operator which has been at the centre of a repatriation row involving hundreds of crew is in eleventh-hour talks with potential investors in a desperate bid to stay afloat. (news.sky.com)

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has been assisting hundreds of seafarers aboard the six Global Cruise Lines’ vessels currently in Tilbury and Bristol, in the United Kingdom. (more…)

Five cruised ships from the same company have been detained by British authorities over concerns for crew welfare. Britain’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) revealed that it inspected six ships from Global Cruise Lines Limited on Friday and that five have been detained. (euronews.com)

The British Maritime and Coast Guard Agency has detained a number of Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) ships that are currently laid up in London Tilbury and Bristol Avonmouth following an inspection earlier in the week. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Sky News has learnt that Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) is in emergency talks with lenders and potential investors following the eleventh-hour collapse of a potential rescue deal. (news.sky.com)

Cruise and Maritime Voyages are excited to have launched two new themed cruises for 2021; an “Easter” theme cruise and a ‘Back to the 80s’ theme cruise. Marco Polo sails on an Easter 10-night British Isles Discovery cruise from London Tilbury 1 April 2021. (more…)

With her Maiden Voyage set for 14th April 2021, the splendid Amy Johnson will become the proud new flagship of the CMV fleet. This impressive mid-sized cruise ship carries about 1400 passengers and will cruise year-round, alongside Columbus, from London Tilbury. (more…)

“We are delighted to today celebrate the launch of our largest ever ex-UK cruise programme totally dedicated to the British market, the Summer 2021 Cruise Collection.” (more…)

“We are delighted to today reveal details of more 2021 departures of the latest ship to join the CMV fleet, Amy Johnson. This announcement provides three opportunities to go on real pioneering style voyages to some remarkable and scenic destinations”. (more…)

“We are today delighted to announce the Maiden Voyage of our latest ship Amy Johnson. Following delivery and a refurbishment programme, Amy Johnson sails from Singapore Thursday 15 April 2021 on a 43-night cruise through Asia, the Middle East, transiting the Suez Canal, before visiting exciting ports in Europe on the way to London Tilbury”. (more…)

“We are delighted to reveal the names of our two new ships. On 28 November 2019, we announced that CMV will take delivery of two ships from P&O Australia in Singapore next year.” (more…)

“With two new larger ships joining the CMV fleet in 2021, we have taken the difficult decision not to renew the charter contract for Astoria. Sadly, Astoria will be leaving the CMV fleet and 2020 will be her Farewell Season,” announced CMV on its web site. (more…)

Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) is delighted to introduce Vasco da Gama to Fremantle for the first time as part of her inaugural Australasian season. Vasco da Gama will homeport in Fremantle from today (Jan.13), taking guests around Western Australia and up to Asia throughout January and into February. (asia.etbtravelnews.global)

After much anticipation and planning, the first cruise liner departed Thursday, Jan. 9, from Puerto Peñasco, Mexico, commonly known in the United States as Rocky Point. The Astoria Cruise Liner, owned and operated by Cruise and Maritime Voyages, is currently sailing around the Sea of Cortez and returning back to Rocky Point Jan. 20. (news.citysuntimes.com)

“We are introducing a number of revised itineraries in 2021 for our classic and elegant liner Marco Polo following passenger concerns over visiting Hong Kong. The current situation in Hong Kong has adversely affected sales of the 110 night Oriental Odyssey Cruise and two shorter Hong Kong fly cruise sectors where we had planned to fill half of the ship’s capacity”, CMV announced. (more…)

The abbreviated inaugural cruise season out of Rocky Point, a popular south-of-the-border destination for Arizona vacationers, embarks this week. The first Treasures of the Sea of Cortez cruise will set sail from Rocky Point, aka Puerto Penasco, on Thursday for an 11-night voyage. (ktar.com)

“We are ready to get everyone in the holiday mood for next year with a sale that starts on Boxing Day through until Monday 6 January 2020.” (more…)

A radio program in Sydney, Australia, the Alan Jones radio show, is reporting that Cruise and Maritime Voyages’ Vasco Da Gama (formerly the P&O Pacific Eden) lost power to its engines in the Gulf of St. Vincent off Adelaide, Australia earlier today. (cruiselawnews.com)

“As we enter our second decade of cruising, and with the CMV fleet continuing to grow, we decided that it was time to refresh our livery. Although each of our ships is iconic and special, the liveries do vary. Like all cruise lines, we want our ships to look like a fleet and be recognisable around the world as CMV ships.” (more…)

Cruise and Maritime Voyages announced the expansion of its sales team with appointment of travel industry sales specialist Roz Young to the post of business development manager for Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. “We are fortunate to have someone of Roz’s caliber in this key role,” said John Dennis, Vice President, Sale & Marketing for Cruise & Maritime Voyages USA. (cruiseindustrynews.com)