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Top-of-the-line
company, all-suite, elegant small cruise ships sailing
worldwide. The cruise line is targeting the ultra luxury
segment of the market. Passengers are very similar to
those on Seabourn Cruise Line, Radisson Seven Seas Cruises
and Crystal Cruises - very high income, refined and
sophisticated travelers, they know and understand very
well quality, they have very high expectations and rough
judgment. Most of them are North Americans, plus a solid
European presence, particularly British and Germans. Owned
by the Lefebvre family of Rome (former owners of Sitmar
Cruises) Silversea Cruises has shown clearly that it
belongs with the best of them in the ultra-luxury cruise
market. Although it is not an inexpensive travel product
Silversea's all-inclusive pricing offers guests value for
money. Gratuities, port charges and alcoholic beverages
(including wine at lunch and dinner) are folded into the
cost of the cruise. The company even provides one
complimentary shore excursion on many of its voyages. That
outing is called the Silversea Experience and it
invariably features something other than the
run-of-the-mill tour ashore. In 2005 the Fort
Lauderdale-based cruise line introduced a new option for
its passengers called Personalized Voyages. In essence the
plan allows cruisers to choose their own
embarkation/disembarkation ports, regardless of the cruise
lengths and itineraries shown in the brochure. Each of the
four cruise ships is the result of the work of two
different Italian shipyards. The hulls were laid in the
Francesco Visentini yard near Trieste after which they
were floated and towed to their final outfitting in the T.
Mariotti yard in Genoa. All were designed by the Oslo,
Norway-based marine architect team of Petter Yran and
Bjorn Storbraaten. The ships' officers are Italian and the
service staff international. Silversea Cruises is owned by
the Lefebvre Family of Rome, Italy.
On the employment side - the same
story as Seabourn Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises and
Crystal Cruises. Requirements
are very high when it comes to selecting new employees.
Whoever has the qualities and experience needed though,
will enjoy the highest salaries, the most prestigious
working conditions and the most interesting itineraries in
the cruise industry. As the other lieder in the
ultra-luxury cruise market (Crystal Cruises, Radisson
Seven Seas Cruises and Seabourn Cruise Line), Silversea
Cruises is one of the most highly recommended for
employment.
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Cruise
ships and itineraries:
Silver Spirit:
Bahamas registered, built 2009, 36,000 gross tons,
540 passengers, 376 crew members.
Itineraries: Far East/Southeast Asia out of Hong
Kong, China and Singapore; Australia/New Zealand out
of Papeete (Tahiti), Sydney, Australia and Auckland,
New Zealand; Europe/Mediterranean out of Barcelona,
Spain, Southampton (London), UK, Piraeus (Athens),
Greece, Civitivecchia (Rome), Italy, Monte Carlo,
Monaco, Istanbul, Turkey, Lisbon, Portugal; Black Sea
out of Istanbul, Turkey; Mexican Riviera out of
Acapulco, Mexico; Panama Canal out of Los
Angleles, CA and Ft. Lauderdale, FL;
Trans-Atlantic out of Civitivecchia (Rome), Italy
and Lisbon, Portugal; Caribbean out of Bridgetown,
Barbados and Ft. Lauderdale, FL; South America out
of Bridgetown, Barbados, Buenos Aires, Argentina,
Valparaiso (Santiago), Chile; South Pacific out of
Los Angeles, CA; World Cruise out of Ft. Lauderdale,
FL and Los Angeles, CA. |
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Silver Whisper:
Bahamas registered, built 2001, 28,258 gross tons,
382
passengers, 295 crew members.
Itineraries: Far East/Southeast Asia out of Sydney,
Australia, Auckland, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong
Kong, China; Australia/New Zealand out of Singapore,
Sydney, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand;
Canada/New England out of New York, NY and Montreal,
QC; Northern/Western Europe out of Southampton
(London), UK, Stockholm, Sweden, Copenhagen,
Denmark, Hamburg, Germany and Civitivecchia (Rome),
Italy; Mediterranean out of Civitivecchia (Rome),
Italy, Dubai, UAE and Safaga Egypt; Middle East out
of Dubai, UAE and Singapore; , Trans-Atlantic out of
Southampton (London), UK, New York, NY and
Stockholm, Sweden; Southern Caribbean out of New
York, NY, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Bridgetown,
Barbados and Ft. Lauderdale, FL; South America out
of Bridgetown, Barbados, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Valparaiso (Santiago),
Chile and Ft. Lauderdale, FL. |
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Silver Shadow: Bahamas
registered, built 2000, 28,258 gross tons, 382
passengers, 295 crew members.
Itineraries: Alaska out of Anchorage and Seward, AK,
Vancouver, BC; Far East out of Shanghai and Hong
Kong, China, Tokyo, Japan; Southeast Asia out of
Hong Kong, Klong Toey (Bangkok), Thailand and
Singapore; Australia/New Zealand out of Auckland,
New Zealand, Sydney, Australia and Singapore; Panama
Canal out of Los Angleles, CA and Ft. Lauderdale,
FL; Caribbean out of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, San Juan,
Puerto Rico and Bridgetown, Barbados; South Pacific
out of Los Angeles, CA and Papeete (Thaiti), French
Polynesia; Transpacific out of Vancouver, BC and
Tokyo, Japan. |
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Silver Wind:
Italian registered, built 1995, 16,800 gross tons,
296 passengers, 212 crew members.
Itineraries: Africa/Indian Ocean/India/Arabia out of
Port Louis, Mauritius, Cape Town, RSA, Mahe,
Seychelle Islands, Dubai, UAE and Mumbai (Bombay),
India;
Europe/Mediterranean/Canary Islands/North Africa out
of Las Palmas (Grand Canaria), Piraeus (Athens),
Istanbul, Turkey, Greece Civitivecchia (Rome) and
Venice, Italy, Barcelona, Spain, Monte Carlo,
Monaco, Lisbon, Portugal; Middle East out of Dubai,
UAE; Transatlantic out of Cape Town, RSA. |
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Silver Cloud:
Bahamas registered, built 1994, 16,800 gross tons,
296 passengers, 212 crew members.
Itineraries: Arctic out of Reykjavik, Iceland;
Eastern Caribbean out of San Juan, Puerto Rico and
Bridgetown, Barbados; Southern Caribbean out of
Bridgetown, Barbados and Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Mediterranean
out of Nice, France, Istanbul, Turkey, Piraeus
(Athens), Greece Civitivecchia (Rome), Italy and
Lisbon, Portugal; , Black Sea, Western/Northern
Europe/Scandinavia out of London, UK, Barcelona,
Spain, Copenhagen, Denmark, Stockholm, Sweden and
Venice, Italy; Panama Canal out of Los Angeles, CA,
San Diego, CA, Bridgetown, Barbados and Ft.
Lauderdale, FL; South America out of Bridgetown,
Barbados, Manaus Brazil, Buenos Aires, Argentina,
Valparaiso (Santiago), Chile, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
and Punta Arenas, Chile; Transatlantic out of
Bridgetown, Barbados, Lisbon, Portugal, Barcelona,
Spain and San Juan, Puerto Rico. |
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Prince Albert II:
Bahamas registered, built 1989 (complete refit in
2007), 6,130 gross tons, 150 passengers, 120 crew members.
Itineraries: Antarctica out of Ushuaia,
Argentina; Arctic out of Longyearbyen (Spitzbergen),
Tromso, Norway; Greenland and the Canadian Arctic
out of Reykjavik, Iceland; Northern Europe out of
Tower Bridge (London), UK, Leith (Edinburgh),
Scotland and Portsmouth, UK; Panama Canal out of La
Romana, Dominican Republic; South America out of
Valparaiso (Santiago), Chile and Ushuaia,
Argentina. |
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