Orient Lines

ORIENT LINES

Orient Lines was founded in 1993 with a single ship, Marco Polo. It was famous for its itineraries that include many exotic destinations, as shown in the slogan "the destination cruise specialists". In 1998 it became a brand of Norwegian Cruise Line, and then Star Cruises in 1999. The second ship, Crown Odyssey, joined the fleet in 2000 but returned to Norwegian Cruise Line in 2003. Due to financial difficulties, Orient Lines ceased operation in March 2008.

Former Ship(s)


Ship	Marco Polo	Crown Odyssey
Entered Service	1965 August	1988 June
Builder	V.E.B. Mathias Thesen Werft, Wismar (Germany)	Meyer Werft, Papenburg (Germany)
Original Cost	unknown	US$178 million
Registry	Nassau, The Bahamas	Nassau, The Bahamas
Gross Tonnage	22080 tons	34242 tons
Length x Beam x Draft	176.5 x 23.6 x 8.2 (m), 578.9 x 77.4 x 26.9 (ft)	187.8 x 28.2 x 7.3 (m), 616.0 x 92.5 x 23.9 (ft)
Speed	19.5 knots	22.5 knots
Passenger Decks	8	10
Number of Cabins (Inside/Oceanview/Balcony)	425 (127, 298, 0)	533 (123, 394, 16)
Passengers (Standard Occupancy / Full Occupancy)	826 / 890	1066 / 1466
Passenger Space Ratio (Standard Occupancy / Full Occupancy)	26.73 / 24.81	32.12 / 23.36
Total Crew	350, International	552, International
Crew to Passenger Ratio (Standard Occupancy / Full Occupancy)	2.36 / 2.54	1.93 / 2.66
Navigation Officers	Scandinavian	Norwegian
IMO Number, Call Sign	6417097, C6JZ7	8506294, C6II4
Sister Ships	(ex-) Ivan Franko (Black Sea Shipping) (ex-) Taras Shevchenko (Black Sea Shipping) (ex-) Shota Rustaveli (Black Sea Shipping) (ex-) Mikhail Lermontov (Baltic Shipping)	/
History	1965-1985: Aleksandr Pushkin (Baltic Shipping) 1985-1990: Aleksandr Pushkin (CTC Cruises) 1990-1991: [laid up] 1991-2008: Marco Polo (Orient Lines) 2008-2009: Marco Polo (Transocean Tours) 2009-2010: [laid up] 2010- : Marco Polo (Cruise & Maritime Voyages)	1988-1996: Crown Odyssey (Royal Cruise Line) 1996-2000: Norwegian Crown (Norwegian Cruise Line) 2000-2003: Crown Odyssey (Orient Lines) 2003-2007: Norwegian Crown (Norwegian Cruise Line) 2007- : Balmoral (Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines)


Ship	Marco Polo II	Ocean Voyager
Entered Service	1969 March	1982 January
Builder	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Hamburg (Germany)	Bremer Vulkan, Bremen (Germany)
Original Cost	UK£5.6 million	US$120 million
Registry	Nassau, The Bahamas	Nassau, The Bahamas
Gross Tonnage	24981 tons	37301 tons
Length x Beam x Draft	194.7 x 26.6 x 8.3 (m), 638.6 x 87.2 x 27.2 (ft)	199.6 x 28.5 x 8.3 (m), 654.7 x 93.5 x 27.2 (ft)
Speed	18 knots	19 knots
Passenger Decks	8	10
Number of Cabins (Inside/Oceanview/Balcony)	325 (116, 209, 0)	339 (52, 281, 6)
Passengers (Standard Occupancy / Full Occupancy)	650 / 780	660 / 700
Passenger Space Ratio (Standard Occupancy / Full Occupancy)	38.43 / 31.91	56.52 / 53.29
Total Crew	340, Filipino	350
Crew to Passenger Ratio (Standard Occupancy / Full Occupancy)	1.91 / 2.29	1.89 / 2.00
Navigation Officers	European	Norwegian
IMO Number, Call Sign	6810627, /	7822457, /
Sister Ships	/	/
History	1969-1973: Hamburg (Deutsche Atlantik Linie) 1973-1973: Hanseatic <III> (Hanseatic Tours) 1973-1974: [laid up] 1974-1988: Maksim Gorkiy (Black Sea Shipping) 1988-1991: Maksim Gorkiy (Phoenix Reisen) 1991-2009: Maxim Gorkiy (Phoenix Reisen) 2009-2009: Marco Polo II (Orient Lines) [planned but never operated] 2009: sold for scrap in Alang, India	1982-1999: Europa <V> (Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten) 1999-2000: SuperStar Europe (Star Cruises) 2000-2002: SuperStar Aries (Star Cruises) 2002-2002: Ocean Voyager (Orient Lines) [planned but never operated] 2002-2004: SuperStar Aries (Star Cruises) 2004-2008: Holiday Dream (Pullmantur Cruceros) 2008-2012: Bleu de France (CDF Croisières de France) 2012- : Saga Sapphire (Saga Cruises)