maritime voyages industry travel and tourism founded 2010 headquarters essex united kingdom . area served british market australian market us market products cruises number of employees 200 500 website www.cruiseandmaritime.com cruise & maritime voyages cmv is a passenger shipping company headquartered in essex united kingdom . 1 2 3 contents 1 history 2 fleet 2.1 current fleet 2.2 future fleet 2.3 former fleet 3 references 4 external links history edit cruise & maritime voyages was formed in 2009 by parent organisation cruise & maritime services international after their german based transocean tours for whom they were the uk representative filed for bankruptcy . 4 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 . 5 cruise & maritime voyages serves an adult market with an onboard style of traditional entertainment dining and rooms using a fleet of older tonnage . 6 fleet edit current fleet edit ship class built in service for cruise & maritime voyages tonnage flag notes image marco polo ivan franko class 1965 2010 present 22 080 gt and 19 860 grt bahamas in 2009 the ship was chartered for cruising as the line s first ship and 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 . 7 she is under a five year charter 8 with the line and was transferred in 2009 after previous operator transocean tours filed for bankruptcy . 9 astor 1987 2013 present 20 704 gt bahamas joining in november 2013 the ship is sailing for cruise & maritime voyages on a three year charter and will sail both northbound and southbound voyages by way of south africa in addition to round australia 10 and asian itineraries . 11 astoria 1948 2015 2017 15 614 grt portugal it was announced on june 27 2014 that the ship would be chartered from portuscale cruises to replace the slightly bigger mv discovery sometime in 2015 . the first voyage sailed 30 nights from avonmouth to the caribbean departing jan. 26 . 12 in june 2016 it was announced that the ship would sail its final season with cmv in 2017 . 13 magellan holiday class 1985 2015 present 46 052 gt bahamas it was announced on 3 november 2014 that the ship will be transferred from ibero cruises in 2015 and renamed magellan . the ship received new livery and remains the flagship of the fleet until 2017 . 14 future fleet edit ship built builder enters service for p & o australia gross tonnage flag notes image columbus 1989 chantiers de l atlantique may 2017 63 500 gt united kingdom currently sailing as pacific pearl for p & o cruises australia . 15 she is set to replace the magellan as the new flagship in 2017 . former fleet edit ship class built in service for cruise & maritime voyages tonnage flag notes image ocean countess 1975 2010 2012 17 593 gt portugal in 2010 the ship was chartered as the second ship of the fleet . 16 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 . 17 it was also announced on september 7 2012 that the ocean countess will leave the fleet in late 2012 her final cruise was a 13 night canary islands & madeira farewell voyage concluding in barcelona instead of returning to liverpool . she was replaced by the discovery . 18 19 sold for scrap in 2012 after a fire destroyed the ship . discovery 1971 2013 2014 20 216 gt bermuda started in february 2013 the ship sailed for cruise & maritime voyages only in blocks of 249 days running from may to october following a joint agreement with all leisure group she replaced the semi smaller ocean countess . 20 21 due to old age she was sold for scrap in october 2014 . 22 references edit reinikainen kari 14 august 2009 . new cruise brand with two ships to launch in the uk in 2010 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http cruisecapital.co.uk astoria set to leave the cmv fleet in 2017 http www.cruiseindustrynews.com cruise news 11819 grand holiday to cmv.html http www.cruisecritic.com news news.cfm id 6860 ocean countess . retrieved 2010 01 02 . http www.cruisecritic.co.uk news news.cfm id 4248 u.k. cruise lines announce royal wedding plans http www.cruiseindustrynews.com cruise news 7821 discovery to join cruise and maritime after drydock.html cunard countess . chriscunard.com . retrieved 2011 01 24 . http www.cruiseindustrynews.com cruise news 7774 all leisure group enters agreement to jointly market discovery with cmv.html http www.cruiseindustrynews.com cruise news 7821 discovery to join cruise and maritime after drydock.html http www.cruisecritic.com news news.cfm id 6029 external links edit official website ms ocean countess on chris cunard page http chriscunard.com cunard countess.php v t e ships of the cruise & maritime voyages fleet current ships marco polo astor azores magellan future 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