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? eet is very old on average and should tions. But the small oceangoing luxury

Sunstone Rebuilds be scrapped within the next 10-12 years. expedition vessel sector has enjoyed a

Newbuildings are clearly needed as the strong growth. Why?

Expedition Fleet market is expanding. We are quite positive about the mar-

In May 2017 Sunstone Ships and

China Merchants Industry Holdings ket for small luxury expedition vessels, (CMIH) signed a Framework Agreement

We can read the description online, but as we see this segment continue to grow. for the construction of four expedition for the uninitiated, please give a concise There are a number of reasons. If you vessels with options for six more.

Money description SunStone. look at the existing cruise markets such as

CMIH entered into an agreement with SunStone Ships is a pure commercial the U.S. and Europe, more people are re-

Ulstein Design & Solutions, which management company, managing passen- tiring younger, with more available time will supply the vessel’s design and ger ships only, and mostly smaller ves- and money. Older people are more active well equipment package,and construction sels (100-250 passengers). SunStone’s than they were years ago.

supervision. Mäkinen, Finland, will associated companies have the technical Also, people who have done all the establish a cabin assembly plant and management of the ? eet as well as the ho- ‘normal’ cruising such as the Caribbean, interior workshop at the shipyard’s facili- tel management of most of the SunStone Mediterranean, Baltic and the Far East, spent ties. The hotel design of our new ? eet ships. Based on this SunStone can pro- now want to see the more remote areas of will be done by Tomas Tillberg Design vide the tonnage to the travel/cruise com- the world, which is where the small expe-

International. The project was brought panies with all operational aspects includ- dition ships come into play. People are

Investing in TM Master together by Tillberg & Reyes Group ed. For the expedition market SunStone very interested in the Polar Regions such

Co. Ltd., who acted as broker. will save you time is a one-stop-shop. With the existing ? eet as Far East Russia, Arctic Canada, Green- and money.

SunStone is the largest tonnage provider land, Iceland, Spitsbergen and Antarctica,

Main Particulars: to the expedition market. The Miami of- and we also see more travelers wanting

Passenger cabins .....................80 – 95 ? ce is a total of 55 employees, and there to go on warm water expeditions in ar-

Length ...........................................104m

Contact us, and we are more than 1000 of? cers and crew. eas such as Australia, Borneo, Polynesia,

Width ............................................18.2m will tell you how.

Philippines, Galapagos, Amazon River,

Draft ...............................................5.1m

Speed .......................................15 knots

A decade ago the ‘cruise’ story was etc.

Class ..............................Ice Classed 1A mammoth ships … one bigger than In addition to the older cruise de-

Polar Code ......................................PC 6 ® the other, packed with modern and in- mographics, there are completely new

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