| Resolute sold to Heritage Expeditions

EXPEDITION cruise ship Resolute, formerly operated by Hapag-Lloyd Cruises and One Ocean Expeditions, will join Heritage Expeditions’ fleet next May, when it will be rechristened Heritage Adventurer (render pictured).

The ship will become the cruise line’s new flagship, and will commence operations in the Russian Far East, including Wrangel Island, before venturing southward through the South Pacific to New Zealand, the Subantarctic Islands and down into the Ross Sea.

Over the coming months, Heritage will work closely with Resolute’s current owners to coordinate an overhaul and refurbishment for the ship in preparation of her joining the fleet.

Originally designed to accommodate 184 guests, Heritage intends to operate Adventurer with a maximum of 140 expeditioners.

Heritage said the addition will allow it to forge new ground, while taking its experiential cruises to “stylish new levels”.

“Adventurer, with its legendary history of polar exploration firsts and superior ice capabilities, will take centre stage as our new flagship effortlessly adding new levels of comfort and sophistication to the authentic, intimate small group expeditions Heritage Expeditions was founded on,” said Aaron Russ.

One Ocean most recently operated Resolute, under a charter agreement which saw the ship wind up impounded in Buenos Aires due to money owed (CW 19 Dec 2019).

The beleaguered ship was then sold at an auction in Curacao in Jun (CW 17 Jun 2020).