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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. The guests' profile is very similar to competitors' luxury brands, such as Seabourn Cruise Line, SeaDream Yacht Club and Crystal Cruises - high income, refined and sophisticated travelers who know and understand very well quality with high expectations regarding service standartds and rough judgment. Most of the passengers are North Americans, plus a solid European presence, particularly from the UK, Germany, Switzerland. Owned by the Lefebvre family of Rome (former owners of Sitmar Cruises) Silversea Cruises belongs to the high-end ultra-luxurious nich of the cruise market.

Although it obviously is not an inexpensive travel product, Silversea's all-inclusive pricing offers guests considerable value for money spent. 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.

Silversea was founded in 1993 by a joint venture made up of V-Ships (previously known as Vlasov Group) of Monaco and the Lefebvre family of Rome. Each of the five ships within the main fleet 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. With the acquisition of Prince Albert II (renamed to Silver Explorer), the company established it's own sub-brand - Silversea Expeditions. Later the expedition fleet was expanded with two more vessels - Silver Galapagos (ex-Galapagos Explorer II) and Silver Discoverer (ex-Clipper Odyssey).

On the employment side - the same story as with the direct competitors - Seabourn Cruises, SeaDream Yacht Club and Crystal Cruises. Requirements are very high when it comes to selecting new personnel. Candidates possessing the qualities and experience required, will enjoy some of the highest salaries, the most prestigious working conditions and the most interesting itineraries in the entire cruise industry. Silversea Cruises is one of the highly recommended companies for employment.

Silversea Cruises 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.
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.
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.
Silver Wind: Bahamas registered; built 1995; 16,800 gross tons; 294 passengers, 208 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.
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.
Silver Explorer: Bahamas registered; built 1989 (complete refit in 2007); 6,130 gross tons, 132 passengers, 112 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.
Silver Galapagos: Equador registered; built 1990 (refurbished in 2014); 4,077 gross tons; 100 passengers; 75 crew members. Itineraries: Galapagos Islands.
Silver Discoverer: Bahamas registered; built 1989 (refurbished in 2014); 5,218 gross tons; 120 passengers; 96 crew members. Itineraries: Alaska/British Columbia; Far East; South Pacific/Polynesia; Indonesia, Australia