Orient Express

V.Ships Leisure to manage new Orient Express sailing yachts

A partnership for excellence, sustainability, and a reimagined luxury experience

Monaco; 18 March 2025: V.Ships Leisure, part of V.Group, announces its partnership with Orient Express Sailing Yachts for the management of two groundbreaking sailing yachts. This collaboration covers crew, technical and hotel management to ensure a seamless, sustainable and luxurious onboard experience for passengers.
 
Managed from Monaco by V.Ships Leisure, the first vessel, Orient Express Corinthian, will be the...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/18/v-ships-leisure-to-manage-new-orient-express-sailing-yachts/

World’s largest wind assisted cruise ship will have Thordon propeller shaft bearings

Thordon Bearings has secured an order to supply its COMPAC seawater-lubricated propeller shaft bearings for installation on the two large wind assisted cruise ships that Frances Chantiers de l’Atlantique is building for hospitality giant Accor S.A., which will operate them under its iconic Orient Express branding.

Chantiers de l’Atlantique set to build world’s largest sailing vessels

Orient Express Corinthian (which, when we first reported on the story, was to be named Orient Express Silenseas)...

https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/cruiseships/worlds-largest-wind-assisted-cruise-ship-will-have-thordon-propeller-shaft-bearings/