Luxury expedition cruise company Scenic Cruises has been forced to scrap it a five-month program of cruises scheduled for its 17,100-gt, 228-passenger polar cruiseship Scenic Eclipse because Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik is unable to deliver it on time.

Ordered in 2016, the Scenic Eclipse was supposed to have been delivered in August of this year. It was scheduled to set off on an inaugural series of cruises covering the Mediterranean, Atlantic, South America and Antarctica.