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Silversea holds first in-person ship delivery amid Covid-19

Luxury
Tom Parry
5 June 2020

Silversea has taken delivery of its new Galapagos vessel, Silver Origin, during the cruise sector’s first in-person handover since the Covid-19 global shutdown.

Silver Origin will begin sailing the Galapagos in August

The luxury line marked the occasion with an intimate ceremony at Dutch shipyard De Hoop on Wednesday (3 June).

The all-suite, all-balcony, 100-guest Silver Origin is Silversea’s first-destination-specific ship and will look to merge “state-of-the-art technology” with “the pillars of sustainability” and “expedition experience”. It will welcome guests from August.

The vessel was welcomed into the line’s fleet by its executive team – including chair Manfredi Lefebvre d’Ovidio.