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Silversea Cruises buys the tour operator ecuadoregno Canodros and its ship Galapagos Explorer II
In September the 2013 unit will be subordinate to a radical restructure
June 19, 2012
The crocieristica company Silversea Cruises has bought the tour operator ecuadoregno Canodros and its cruise ship Galapagos Explorer II. Silversea has announced that it will place side by side the Galapagos Explorer II to the six ships of own fleet after the unit is subordinate to a radical restructure in September 2013 in order to conform it to the standards of the fleet of the group. Until then the Galapagos Explorer II, that it has one tonnage of 4.077 tons and an ability to 100 passengers, will continue to carry out the programmed cruises in the archipelago of the Galapagos and will continue to being operated from the Canodros. Successively the ship will be renamed.
Silversea Cruises has explained that the acquisition will allow to upgrade own brand Silversea Expeditions under which is operated the ship Silver Explorer that is employed in the polar regions.
Canodros is constituted in 1987 and is specialized in the tourist activities to the Galapagos lead according to indispensable modalities in order to preserve the ecosystem of the archipelago. The company has extended own range to the Amazonia with the objective to promote a sustainable tourism in the region.
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