Silversea Cruises has announced that its new ship under construction will be named Silver Spirit. Being built at Fincantieri’s Ancona shipyard, the 36,000 GT, 540-berth will enter service in autumn 2009.
The ship’s interiors are being designed by Italian architect Giacomo Mortola, unlike previous Silversea ships, which have been designed by Yran & Storbraaten. Silver Spirit [...]
Silversea Cruises has announced details of its new expedition ship, Prince Albert II. Built in 1989 as Delfin Clipper and most recently in service as World Discoverer, the 6,072 GT ship will emerge from a major refit at Fincantieri’s Trieste shipyard with 132 berths. The ship was previously laid up in Singapore following the bankruptcy [...]
Seatrade Insider reports that the 6,072 GT, 1989-built World Discoverer, recently bought by Silversea Cruises, will be renamed Silver Dawn. The ship is expected to enter service in May 2008 after a major refurbishment at Fincantieri in Trieste, where the ship was recently brought after years of lay-up in Singapore.
According to the report, the ship’s [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
