Orient Lines emerges from the waves again

We knew that Heller had bought the line, but until this week he didn’t have a liner – now he does. The former Maxim Gorky, an elderly cruise vessel that has been in long and popular service will carry 650 passengers in 325 staterooms, two-thirds of which are outside. We’ve also been told that Marco Polo 2’s voyages will have longer days in port and more overnight stays in ports such Barcelona, Monte Carlo, Venice, Istanbul, Lisbon and Civitavecchia and that unusual port visits will include: Albania, Bilbao, Bordeaux, the Lake District (?), Murmansk, Norway's North Cape and Szczecin.