MV Queen Elizabeth makes maiden Colombo call

Cunard Line's latest luxury cruise vessel MV Queen Elizabeth made her inaugural call to Colombo, marking the third inaugural vessel call to Colombo made by the cruise liners operated by the parent company Carnival UK within the first quarter of 2012.

The vessel left Southampton on the January 10 and is scheduled to return to Southampton on April 27 . Incidentally, Queen Elizabeth followed the inaugural calls by the cruise liners MV Arcadia and MV Aurora. The agency services for these cruise liners were provided by Messrs Shipping Agency Services (Pvt) Ltd., a highly reputed Sri Lankan Shipping Company.

Cunard line is jointly owned by British-American company based at Carnival House in Southampton, England, and operated by Carnival UK. It has been a leading operator of passenger ships on the North Atlantic for over a century.