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Cruise & Maritime Voyages

From: European Cruise Guide

ABOVE: The Marco Polo, formerly the Soviet liner Aleksandr Pushkin, at sea.

• Update: Cruise & Maritime Voyages went out of business in 2020, but we're keeping this page for archival purposes.

Cruise & Maritime Voyages is a privately-owned British cruise line. The company's original oceangoing ship in Europe is Marco Polo, a former transatlantic liner of Baltic Shipping Lines that entered service in 1965 and was rebuilt as a cruise ship in the 1990s. Other CMV ships include Astor, Astoria, Columbus, Magellan, and Vasco da Gama.

• Nostalgia note: We crossed from Bremerhaven to Montreal on the Marco Polo, then named Aleksandr Pushkin, in 1978. We were accompanied by our Old English Sheepdog, Muffin, and our Wire-Haired Fox Terrier, Yodel, who stayed in a large doghouse when they weren't enjoying the Sun Deck with the passengers and Soviet crew.

In 2020, Cruise & Maritime Voyages has an extensive calendar of cruises from London Tilbury and other British ports, Rotterdam, Dublin, Cobh, and Ringaskiddy (Ireland). European destinations include the British Isles, Scandinavia, the Baltic, and Southern Europe.

Cruise line's Web site:

Cruise & Maritime Voyages

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