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British passenger shipping company

Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) was a British passenger shipping company headquartered in Purfleet, Essex, United Kingdom.^[1][2][3] The company ceased operations in 2020 and entered administration.

History

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 positioned itself as "Providing ex-UK 'no fly' cruising holidays aboard smaller and medium-sized classic and more traditional style ships."^[5] The company served an adult market, with an onboard style of traditional entertainment, dining and rooms using a fleet of older vessels.^[6]

In December 2019, it was announced that the company acquired two new ships, P&O Australia's Pacific