Orient Categorical has ordered two 108-guest cruise ships from Chantiers de l’Atlantique, with the primary being the Orient Categorical Silenseas and set to debut in 2026.
“With Orient Categorical Silenseas, we’re starting a brand new chapter in our historical past, taking the expertise and excellence of luxurious journey and transposing it onto the world’s most lovely seas. This distinctive crusing yacht, with roots in Orient Categorical’ historical past, will supply unparalleled service and refined design areas, paying homage to the golden age of legendary cruises. Innovation is on the coronary heart of this ultra-modern ship that may revolutionize the maritime world with new know-how to fulfill right this moment’s sustainability challenges. It’s a boat designed to make desires a actuality, a showcase for the perfect of French savoir-faire,” stated Sébastien Bazin, chairman and CEO, Accor, dad or mum to Orient Categorical.
“With a signed letter of intent to order two ships, Chantiers de l’Atlantique is proud to herald a brand new period within the shipbuilding business with Silenseas. This idea, born in our design places of work in 2018, is the quintessence of our savoir-faire within the fields of naval structure, the development of refined hulls, in addition to the design of luxurious areas. As well as, the set up of three SolidSail rigs, a revolutionary 1,500-square-meter unit wind propulsion system, for which we’ve developed and examined a primary prototype, will contribute considerably to the propulsion of the ship. Mixed with a hybrid propulsion system operating on liquefied pure gasoline (LNG), Silenseas will thus turn out to be the ship of reference when it comes to environmentally-friendly operation and design,” added Laurent Castaing, managing director, Chantiers de l’Atlantique.
The corporate stated the ships might be impressed by the Golden Age of the French Riviera, and that Orient Categorical Silenseas will echo the fantastic period when writers, artists, painters, princesses and film stars hung out between Monte-Carlo, the seashores of Saint-Tropez, Cap d’Antibes, Cannes and its well-known Croisette and found a refinement tinged with beautiful insouciance and joie de vivre, inviting them to excessive escapades.
A 220-meter-long ocean ship at 22,300 tons, the Orient Categorical Silenseas will characteristic 54 suites measuring on common 70-square-meters, together with a 1,415-square-meter Presidential Suite, two swimming swimming pools together with a lap pool, two eating places and a speakeasy bar.
Orient Categorical Silenseas will sail with a revolutionary technological design generally known as SolidSail: three inflexible sails with a floor space of 1,500 meters every might be hoisted on a balestron rig, with three tilting masts reaching greater than 100 meters excessive, ready to make sure as much as 100% of the propulsion in appropriate climate circumstances. This hybrid propulsion formulation will mix wind energy with a state-of-the-art engine operating on liquefied pure gasoline (LNG) and plans to make use of inexperienced hydrogen as soon as the know-how is authorized for ocean passenger ships, launching a brand new, extra environmentally pleasant imaginative and prescient of sea journey.
