Silversea Cruises has announced that it has purchased the 175-berth, 6,075 GT World Discoverer from its owners, Sembawang Shipyard. Built in 1989 as Delfin Clipper and later in service as a cruise ship, gambling ship and corporate yacht as Sally Clipper, Baltic Clipper, Delfin Star and Dream 21, the ship was purchased by now-defunct Society [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Luxury Cruising’
Wednesday, 19 September 2007
Seabourn Triplets Receive Makeovers - UPDATED
Seabourn Cruise Line, which has maintained its position as one of the world’s top cruise lines despite the fact that all three of its ships are now between 15 and 20 years old, has announced that the three 208-berth sisters - Seabourn Pride (built 1988; 9,975 GT), Seabourn Spirit (1989; 9,975 GT) and Seabourn [...]
Wednesday, 29 August 2007
Refits, Expedition Ships for Silversea
Seatrade Insider reports that at a media event in Sydney, Silversea Cruises‘ Amerigo Perasso announced that the company’s two oldest ships, Silver Cloud and Silver Wind, will receive extensive refits. Silver Wind will be drydocked for a month in October 2008, and Cloud will be drydocked in April 2009.
According to the article, Perasso also said [...]
Tuesday, 24 July 2007
Crystal Adds Third Berths
In an unusual move for a luxury cruise line, Crystal Cruises has added 20 third berths to deluxe (standard) cabins on Crystal Serenity. This is a 15% increase in third berth capacity and gives the ship 157 third berths in every category and every deck. With a total of 520 cabins and suites, this means [...]
Tuesday, 26 June 2007
A New Odyssey for Seabourn
Seabourn Cruise Line has announced the name of the first of its upcoming newbuilds: Seabourn Odyssey.
According to Seabourn President Pamela Conover:
“There were literally hundreds of names that we considered, and we pursued dozens of different directions. But in the end, we wanted her name to reflect her primary purpose, which is to wander the globe, [...]
