Construction has formally begun on the second Nova-class vessel for luxurious line Silversea Cruises, as the primary metal has been lower for Silver Ray on the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, in northwestern Germany.
At the identical time, Silversea Cruises additionally introduced the brand new inaugural date for Silver Nova, the primary ship of the category, which is already beneath development however has been impacted by world provide chain and financial points.
Steel Cut for Silver Ray
The conventional metal chopping for Silver Ray passed off on Wednesday, November 23, 2022, with cruise line and shipyard executives readily available for the momentous step that begins the ship’s bodily development.
“We are proud to have started constructing Silver Ray in collaboration with Meyer Werft, as we continue to push boundaries in sustainable cruise travel,” mentioned Roberto Martinoli, President and CEO of Silversea Cruises.
The ship might be one of the environmentally aware ships ever constructed, with hybrid engine expertise and different improvements to reduce the vessel’s affect on the distinctive locations she is going to go to.
The ship, and her sister ship already beneath development on the identical shipyard, Silver Nova, are the world’s first low-emissions cruise ships and make the most of gasoline cells, batteries, and dual-fuel liquefied pure fuel (LNG) engines, with zero emissions whereas in port.
“As part of Royal Caribbean Group, Silversea has long stood at the forefront of innovation when it comes to environmentally conscious cruising,” mentioned Martinoli. “The launch of the Nova class represents a giant leap forward in this regard and we are introducing pioneering technologies.”
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The ships may also have ice-strengthened, hydrodynamic hull designs to advertise even higher gasoline effectivity, and extra of their environmentally-friendly improvements are positive to be introduced as each ships close to completion.
Each ship may also have a brand new format to convey visitors extra in contact with every vacation spot they go to, together with extra open areas and broad views. The horizontal format might be asymmetrical, with each public areas and suites spanning all the size of the vessels.
Silver Ray is scheduled to affix the Silversea Cruises fleet in the summertime of 2024, although particulars of her maiden voyage and preliminary itineraries haven’t but been set.
Both ships are projected to weigh in at 54,700 gross tons, by far the most important vessels within the Silversea Cruises fleet, and can have the flexibility to accommodate as much as 728 visitors per crusing.
Silver Nova Delayed
The completion of Silver Nova won’t be on the schedule initially introduced, nevertheless. The ship was to have welcomed her first visitors with a 10-day maiden voyage from Southampton to Lisbon on July 15, 2023.
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Now, nevertheless, world situations have delayed that inaugural crusing barely.
“Given the worldwide issues that have affected the construction of Silver Nova, it has been decided to amend her launch date by approximately one month,” mentioned Martinoli, “in order to uphold the signature level of experience that our discerning guests have come to expect when travelling with Silversea.”
Silver Nova‘s new inaugural crusing might be a 7-night roundtrip crusing from Venice, Italy, departing on August 14, 2023, and visiting ports of name in Slovenia, Croatia, and Montenegro.
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The cruise line is reaching out to impacted visitors and journey companions with Silver Nova‘s revised launch date, and visitors have three choices.
If visitors favor an alternate reserving, they will save 10% if making a brand new reservation earlier than November 30, 2022.
After her inaugural crusing, Silver Nova will provide a number of extra cruises from Venice and Rome, in addition to voyages departing from Monte Carlo, Barcelona, and Lisbon earlier than she makers her first transatlantic crossing in early November 2023.
If visitors select to not prepare an alternate crusing they could select a future cruise credit score for 100% of the overall fare already paid, or go for a full refund processed again to their authentic type of cost.
