Two vessels of SunStone Ships, the Miami based expedition cruise ship tonnage provider, have been laid up at the request of the charterer.

“Vantage Travel has cancelled the next cruises and requested that we lay-up the vessels. The vessel has been positioned to Caen, France and has been laid up. At this time SunStone has no further comments,” said Niels- Erik Lund, founder and chairman of SunStone Ships told CruiseBusiness.com

The two ships in questions are the 8,500 gross ton Ocean Explorer and Ocean Odyssey, both of which are members of the Infinity class.

Media reports in the US say that the Boston based Vantage Travel is facing financial problems.

Image: Ocean Explorer in Poole in the UK in August 2021.