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EXPEDITION
Market

SunStone

The Sylvia Earle is on
charter to Aurora
Expeditions.

pacity, while still being small enough to
explore hard-to-reach destinations in the The piano bar concept on
polar regions, as well as fitting through the Boundless ships,
the locks for the Great Lakes,” Lund said. designed by Tomas Tillberg
He said the ship design was concen-
trated around safety, comfort and effi-
cient operations.
“We will continue to build ‘authentic’
expedition vessels taking ordinary pas-
sengers to extraordinary destinations.”
The Boundless ships will join not
only the seven Infinity-class vessels, but
a legacy fleet of ships which SunStone
also owns and charters out. Operations
are contracted out with most clients us-
ing Anglo-Eastern for deck/engine and
hotel.
“SunStone is a one-stop-shop that are being built; some with a price level vessels without safe return to port and
allows charterers to focus on their key of more than $4,000,000 per suite, and with no polar class. The trend is much
priority: their passengers,” Lund added. some with helipads and submarines. At broader now, covering different types
“We see an expedition market that is ex- the same time, we also see larger expedi- of products, for different passenger de-
panding, and the range of options are tion vessels entering the segment with mographics, and different ticket price
widening. More ultra-luxurious vessels capacities of 300 to 500 passengers and levels.” 

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