Christian Verhounig, formerly CEO of Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) that entered administration earlier in the summer, has acquired certain assets of the company, with an aim to launch a new cruise operator, media reports in the UK said.

“Paul Williams, Phil Dakin and Edward Bines of Duff & Phelps, Joint Administrators of Cruise & Maritime Voyages Ltd (CMV), together with sister companies South Quay Travel & Leisure Ltd, Independent Coach Travel (Wholesaling) Ltd and Viceroy Ltd (together the Companies), are pleased to announce that a sale of certain assets of the Companies to CVI Group Limited (CVI),” Travel Weekly cited the administrators as saying.

CMV operated a fleet of six vessels that were all on time charter, mostly from Global Maritime Group (GMG) in Greece. The Athens based company owned Columbus, Magellan, Vasco da Gama, Astor and Marco Polo, while Astoria was on charter from Portuguese principals.

GMG was also due to take delivery of Pacific Aria and Pacific Dawn from P&O Cruises Australia, which is part of the Carnival group. Both ships were die to be chartered out to CMV.

The future of the GMG ships that had been operated by CMV remains uncertain as does that of the two ships that were due to join the GMG-CMV operation.