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OverviewSilversea Cruises occupies a distinct position in the global cruise industry as one of the pioneers of modern ultra luxury cruising. Founded in 1994 by the Lefebvre family of Monaco, Silversea entered the market with a clear objective: to offer…
Ultra-luxary operator Silversea Cruises just took delivery of it’s very first destination-specific newbuild. VIEW SILVER ORIGIN DECK PLANS The Silver Origin was designed exclusively to sail year-round in the Galapagos islands. The all-suite, 100pax ship has just five passenger decks…
The 1989-built 5,218gt luxary expedition vessel, Silver Discoverer has been sold to CroisiEurope. France’s CroisiEurope specialize in river cruises throughout Europe. They currently operate only one other bluewater vessel, the La Belle de l’Adriatique, but that vessel is basically a…
Today Silversea and their parent company, Royal Caribbean, announced that they will build three new ships for Silversea Cruises. Silversea has signed a memorandum of understanding with German shipbuilder Meyer Werft to build two vessels in the new “Evolution Class.”…
Royal Caribbean has just announced that they have purchased 66.7% of ultra-luxury brand Silversea Cruises. Prior to today, Silversea has been family owned by the Italian Manfredi Lefebvre D’Ovidio. Royal Caribbean will pay $1 billion USD in cash as well…
I know it’s only a silhouette but it’s all we have to go on other than this basic render: At the steel cutting ceremony, which is taking place right now at Italy’s Fincantieri shipyard, Silversea Cruises’ chairman Manfredi Lefebvre d’Ovidio…
Silversea Cruises announced the construction of their new flagship, the Silver Muse. She will be built at Fincantieri and delivered in the spring of 2017. The new ultra-luxury ship will be 40,000 grt and accommodate 596 guests. via Silversea: The addition of the Silver…
UPDATE Wednesday: The four that were injured were all crew members. They were treated in the ships medical facility so it looks like they weren’t severe. No passengers were injured at all. The same could not be said of the…
UPDATE TUESDAY: Here’s the damage to the Silver Shadow CNN iReports has the following: We’re on Silversea silver shadow cruise ship and we just collided with a Vietnamese container ship near Halong bay, Vietnam. We slammed into the…