Voyages to Antiquity, the UK based operator of destination focused cruises, has decided to cease trading after a major engine failure on its only vessel had forced it to cancel 10 cruises in the summer.

Aegean Odyssey, which was built as a cargo ferry in 1974 and later converted into a cruise ship in 1988, suffered an engine failure in April that forced the cancellation of the entire summer season of cruises up till the departure on 26 August. The ship has a gross tonnage of 11,653 and it can take 350 passnegers.

Voyages to Antiquity was founded in 2009 .