Silversea Luxury Cruise Ship Cut In Half
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Silversea luxury cruise ship cut in half. That seems to be the thinking at cruise company Silversea which has begun an eye-popping project to stretch its luxury cruise ship Silver Spirit. In a world first for a luxury cruise ship Silverseas Silver Spirit has been sliced in half during an ambitious lengthening project. In a rare and unusual project luxury cruise liner Silversea Cruises is lengthening its former flagship Silver Spirit.
Silversea luxury cruise ship cut in half for massive 49-foot expansion Silversea began the lengthening process of its Silver Spirit ship this month as part of a 100 million renovation. The operation is currently underway at the Fincantieri Shipyard in Palermo Italy and will involve more than 500 skilled workers and almost half a million man hours. That seems to be the thinking at cruise company Silversea which has begun an eye-popping.
The arrival of Silver Spirit marked a switch to larger blue-water ships for Silversea. Gigantic cruise ship is cut IN HALF to make room for a 49ft extension The Silver Spirit has a new length of 691 feet after a pre-built midsection was inserted to offer more space. Silversea Cruises shared with Good Morning America video of the dry-docked Silver Spirit being taken apart at the midsection to add a prebuilt 49-foot segment to the ship.
Lengthening a Luxury Cruise Ship - YouTube. Thats what Silversea Cruises is doing to its Silver Spirit ship which has been sailing since 2009. Why build a bigger cruise ship when you can just cut one in half and add an extra 15 meters to the middleThat.
The elaborate engineering feat underway at the Fincantieri Shipyard in Palermo Italy requires over 500 skilled workers and will take up approximately 450000 man hours. The company called the lengthening of cruise ships a trend in small ship luxury cruising. The Silver Spirit part of Silversea Cruises was lengthened by cutting it in half and adding another section.
Cut it in half of course. Find out how its done. TW heads to Italy to watch Silversea ship cut in half.
