MARCO POLO
Owner/Operator : Global Maritime / Cruise & Maritime Voyages
Flag : Bahamas
Homeport : Nassau
Buildt : 1965 at Mathias Thesen Werft Wismar,Germany
Length : 176,2 m
Width : 23,5 m
Depth : 8,2 m
Brt : 20502
Passengers : 850
Ex names :
ALEXANDR PUSHKIN ( 1965-1991 ) Baltic Shipping
MARCO POLO ( 1991-2008 ) Orient Lines
MARCO POLO ( 2008-2009 ) Transocean Tours
MARCO POLO ( 2009 - 2020 ) Cruise & Maritime Voyages
MARCO POLO ( 2020 - 2021 ) Unknow buyer - Alang,India
Sister ships :
IVAN FRANKO ( Scraped 1997 )
SHOTA RUSTAVELI ( Scraped 2003 )
TARAS SHEVCHENKO ( Scraped 2005 )
MIKHAIL LERMONTOV ( Went down 1986 )
11.2009 : Currently laid up in Cuxhaven after all cruises scheduled by Transocean Tours was cancelled.
12.2009 : Get a new Cruise & Maritime Voyages logo on funnel.
??.2010 : Maiden voyage for the new company Cruise & Maritime Voyages.
03.2013 : MARCO POLO touched bottom ouside of Sortland,Norway,the ship return to port. A ballast tank was leaking.
02.2014 : One passenger died and another airlifted to hospital after a big wave hit Marco Polo under a storm in the English Channel.
11.2014 : Run agrund in Gravdal,Lofoten when she was on the way to dock. No damage was reported.
07.2020 : Cruise and Maritime Voyages declares bankruptcy.
10.2020 :Sold on auction for $ 2,770,000 Projected to be scrapped.
01.2021 : Start on her final voyage to Alang,India
13.01.2021 : Beached in Alang,India for scraping.