Cruise news (MSC Cruises-tagged)
MSC Group launches new luxury cruise brand: Explora Journeys
MSC Group announced the company's entry into the exclusive cruise market via the launch of a new brand created for the new generation of luxury...
June 10, 2021- Accidents
2 COVID-positive passengers aboard MSC Seaside ship: Malta refuses entry
Malta's authorities on Monday, June 7, prohibited the MSC Cruises' ship MSC Seaside from entering Port Valletta because 2 passengers tested COVID...
June 9, 2021 
MSC Meraviglia kicks off MSC Cruises’ restart on August 2
MSC Cruises announced restart plans for sailing from U.S. ports beginning in August 2021. The announcement follows the CDC approval of the line...
June 9, 2021- Cruise Industry
Cruise ships are back in Venice, bringing environmental protests
Saturday, June 5, saw the first cruise ship depart Venice Italy after nearly one and a half years' suspension because of the pandemic, reinflaming...
June 6, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises receives final approval to build and operate a new Barcelona terminal
MSC Cruises obtained final approval from the Board of Directors of Port Barcelona Spain to build and operate an exclusive (for MSC ships only) cruise...
June 5, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises restarts in Spain with MSC Grandiosa from Barcelona on June 26
MSC Cruises announced it will restart its cruise operations in Spain with the deployment of the MSC Grandiosa ship to Barcelona from June 26 for a...
June 4, 2021 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Bookings open for MSC’s largest cruise ship MSC World Europa
The first in a new class of ships, the MSC World Class, the next-generation MSC Cruises' ship MSC Europa introduces to the market a new platform that...
June 1, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Port Kiel Germany opens cruise season with AIDA's ship AIDAsol and TUI's Mein Schiff 1
Port Kiel Germany started cruise season 2021 on the Whitsun weekend (May 22-23). AIDA Cruises' ship AIDAsol was already berthed at Ostseekai Terminal...
May 23, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC restarts Baltic cruises from Germany on July 3 with MSC Seaview ship
MSC Cruises announced it would restart its operations in Germany on July 3 with its first-ever deployment of a Seaside class ship to operate in the...
May 22, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises’ flagship MSC Virtuosa becomes the first ocean liner to sail in British waters
Cruising from the UK resumed on Thursday, May 20, following a 14-month halt when MSC Virtuosa departed from Southampton England for a 4-night...
May 21, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises’ flagship MSC Virtuosa arrives in Southampton to restart cruising in the UK
MSC Cruises’ latest flagship, MSC Virtuosa, arrived in Southampton England on Thursday, May 13, ready to welcome passengers as cruising...
May 14, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises officially starts crew vaccination program in the USA
MSC Cruises officially started its crew vaccination program in the U.S. On May 7, crew from the MSC Meraviglia ship received their first COVID...
May 11, 2021 - Cruise Industry
PortMiami FL wins $2M EPA grant for CCL-Carnival Cruise Line’s Shore Power Pilot Program
Environmental Protection Agency’s DERA (USA's Diesel Emissions Reduction Act) announced a US$2 million allocation for PortMiami Florida's Shore...
May 9, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises' MSC Seaside joins MSC Grandiosa back at sea in the Mediterranean
MSC Cruises' MSC Seaside ship joined MSC Grandiosa back at sea on May 1, welcoming passengers onboard for weekly 7-night voyages in the Western...
May 4, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Southampton's 5th cruise ship terminal named 'Horizon'
Port Southampton’s 5th cruise ship terminal is to be named "Horizon Cruise Terminal". The new facility is still under construction, being...
May 4, 2021