Most of us had long since written off Orient Lines after NCL announced the sale of its only ship, Marco Polo, in June 2007, with no replacement in sight. When Marco Polo ended her last Orient Lines voyage in April 2008 (she’s now owned by Global Cruise Lines and chartered to Transocean Tours), it seemed [...]
Last Sunday, Orient Lines completed its last cruise, ending nearly 15 years of operation. Marco Polo arrived in Lisbon after a 21-night cruise from Rio de Janiero.
The ship was handed over to her new owners, Global Maritime, and will enter service on a charter to Transocean Tours on 19 April with a cruise to the [...]
An article in Seatrade Insider today offers more details about Transocean Tours‘ 2008 UK program with Marco Polo.
According to the article, the program will commence on 10 April and run through 19 August with 14 cruises from Tilbury of six to 12 nights to the British Isles, Norway, Iceland and the Baltic. A later autumn [...]
So, for the past couple of weeks I have been saying “Marco Polo” every five minutes, but if you are not bored to death of this ship just yet, I am pleased to say that Cruise Critic has just posted my review of this fine vessel, probably the last professional review of her as an [...]
*Updated 19 June with revised press release*
As you can see, there is no longer a question mark in the headline of this post. At long last, we have definitive confirmation that Orient Lines‘ lovely Marco Polo will be joining the Transocean Tours fleet in 2008.
Here is a brief statement from Transocean:
“Cruise: »Marco Polo« with Transocean [...]
