Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) the UK based cruise shipping company, says it will operate the 16,844 gross ton Azores on cruises from the ports of Bristol, London and Hull in a period from the start of 2015 to the end of August.

The ship, which will replace the slightly larger Discovery in the CMV fleet, will makes its first cruise for the British company from Bristol Avonmouth on 26 January, when it will sail on a 30 night cruise to the Caribbean and back.

In June, it will relocate its base to Hull on the east coast of the country and a month later, it will start operations from London Tilbury, which is also the base of the 22,080 gross ton Marco Polo.