MARCO POLO em Lisboa mais uma vez

É um dos últimos grandes navios de passageiros da década de 1960 ainda em actividade: o paquete MARCO POLO, antigo ALEKSANDR PUSHKIN, que fez uma curta escala em Lisboa na manhã de 15 de Outubro de 2017, conforme as imagens, registadas à chegada, com luz pouco amigável, mas a retratar bem a personalidade do navio, que continua popular, apesar da idade e de já ter sido anunciada a sua próxima retirada de serviço em 2018.

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MARCO POLO sailing from Funchal

The MARCO POLO ex ALEXANDR PUSHKIN leaving Funchal on 10 January 2013. 

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MARCO POLO sailing from Lisbon

MARCO POLO left Lisbon at 04.00 PM on 24 December after a full day visit berthed i Lisbon and the liht was quite good for another series of photographs.

A beautiful ship although I think she looked better in her original livery as the Soviet ALEXANDR PUSHKIN. Anyway, still a beautiful and interesting ship with classic lines. She would look much better with a colouful funnel, either painted in red or buff...

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MARCO POLO in Lisbon

The MARCO POLO leaving Lisbon on 29 January 2010 on her first cruise for new operator Cruise Maritime Voyages.

She is now the largest former Soviet cruise ship still in active service as she was built in 1965 for the Baltic Shipping Company as ALEXANDR PUSHKIN.

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MARCO POLO new funnel livery

The cruise ship MARCO POLO called in Lisbon on 29 January 2010 on her first cruise under new Cruise and Maritime Voyages funnel markings as can be seen in the photos.

With the sale of most of the remaining classic passenger ships of the 1950s and 1960s, MARCO POLO is now a very special survivor. She was built in 1965 as the Soviet liner ALEXANDR PUSHKIN, the second of the five IVAN FRANKO-class sisters, and with the recent demise of the ex-URSS flagship MAXIM GORKIY, she is now the largest former Russian liner still in active service. As such she would deserve a more imaginatively designed livery. Not another white funnel wirh another meaningless logo. Even the blue band on the hull from the previous German cherterer is still in use. Imagine how nice she would look with a more simple and colourful funnel colour, something in the same style as SAGA or P&O are using. What about a red funnel with black or dark blue top? She deserves a better image...

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IVAN FRANKO-class funnels

The cruise ship MARCO POLO had her funnel repainted in the livery of new charterers TRANSOCEAN, of Bremen, alongside Lisbon on 11th April 2008, as seen on the first photo.

The second photo shows the funnel of the ASSEDO ex-SHOTA RUSTAVELI as photographed in Lisbon on 2nd July 2003.
Neither funnel looks like it was as built, but there have been more changes on the MARCO POLO...

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