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Agreements of Silverseas Cruises with Meyer Werft and De Hoop for the construction of three cruise ships
Two oceanic units are ordered to the German yard and an unit for shipments to the Dutch yard
October 8, 2018
Silverseas Cruises, company that recently is passed under the control of the American crocieristico group Royal Caribbean Cruises(on 14 June 2018), German Meyer Werft for the construction of two cruise ships of the new class "Evolution" has signed a memorandum of understanding with the shipbuilding group, with the first in delivery in 2022, and has signed another memorandum of understanding with the shipbuilding society Dutch Shipyard De Hoop for the construction of a cruise ship for shipments that will be taken in delivery in March 2020. The unit constructed from the Dutch ship yard will be christened with the name of Silver Origin and will be employed in cruises to the Galapagos Islands that currently are operated by the ship Silver Galapagos.
According to the forecasts, the orders for the three ships will be formalized in the course of the first trimester of the next year.
Currently the fleet of Silversea Cruises is constituted by the cruise ships Silver Wind, Silver Shadow, Silver Whisper, Silver Spirit and Silver Muse to which the units from cruise for shipments Silver Explorer, Silver Galapagos, Silver Discoverer and Silver Cloud come abreast.
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