Silversea Luxury Cruise Ship Cut In Half
Cruise ship cut in half in lengthening project.
Silversea luxury cruise ship cut in half. The ship was cut in half in 2018 with a 15-metre extension slotted in the middle. Lengthening a Luxury Cruise. That seems to be the thinking at cruise company Silversea which has begun an eye-popping.
Cut it in half of course. The project which is taking place at Fincantieri shipyard in Palermo Sicily began with cutting the 642-foot ship in half and then began construction on. Thats what Silversea Cruises is doing to its Silver Spirit ship which has been sailing since 2009.
In a huge feat of engineering the Silver Spirit luxury cruise ship has been cut in half to add a new expanded midsection. 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. More than 500 workers at the Fincantieri-run shipyard in Palermo are expected to spend approximately.
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. Why build a bigger cruise ship when you can just cut one in half and add an extra 15 meters to the middle. 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.
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. 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. As can be seen in the video above the 642-foot-long Silver Spirit was cut in half earlier this month in a dry dock in Palermo Sicily to make way for a massive new segment measuring 49 feet long.
Find out how its done. The multi-million dollar project to refresh the Silver Spirit is less expensive than. 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.
