Tokyo-based Peace Boat has emerged as the buyer of a ship that led to the announcement last week from Pullmantur Cruises that it was dropping the Zenith.

The cruise operator — a non-governmental, non-profit organisation that works to promote peace, human rights, and sustainable development — confirmed to TradeWinds this week that Pullmantur's 47,400-gt Zenith (built 1992) will become its second ship at the beginning of next year.