The M-V Orient Queen is a 16 000-ton cruise ship built in 1968 at the AG Weser shipyard in Bremerhaven West Germany. Currently she is the only Lebanese-owned cruise ship. It is operated by Abou Merhi Cruises of Beirut Lebanon and managed by Österreichischer Lloyd. The ship has twelve decks eight of which are accessible to passengers. As currently configured it can accommodate 876 passengers in 349 cabins of which 336 are staterooms and 56 are suites.