Palumbo Malta Shipyard has given a new lease of life to Silversea Cruises' first vessel.

It has converted the 16,900-gt Silver Cloud (built 1994) into an ice-class expedition ship, it said

The yard says the work for the Monaco-based company has turned the veteran into "the most spacious and comfortable ice-class vessel in expedition cruising."

Silver Cloud arrived on 26 August.