Cruise news (MSC Cruises-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises signs 5-year deal with Saudi Arabia for preferential berthing at Port Jeddah
MSC Group (via its subsidiary MSC Cruises) recently signed a 5-year agreement with Cruise Saudi for preferential berthing rights at Port Jeddah...
August 8, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises' newest ship Seashore sets sail on maiden voyage from Barcelona
On Friday, August 6, MSC Cruises' newest ship MSC Seashore is due to set sail on her maiden voyage from the port of Barcelona, Spain. The...
August 6, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises' ship MSC Meraviglia welcomes passengers back in PortMiami Florida
MSC Meraviglia on August 3, 2021, became the latest MSC ship to return to service and welcome guests in PortMiami Florida. This is a key milestone...
August 5, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC, Fincantieri & Snam to build the world’s first oceangoing hydrogen-powered cruise ship
MSC Cruises, Fincantieri and Snam revealed the signing of an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) to jointly determine the conditions for the design and...
July 27, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises takes delivery of its new flagship MSC Seashore
The world's largest family-owned (and the world's 3rd largest by fleet) cruise company MSC took delivery of its newest ship (current flagship) MSC...
July 26, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Scrubbers installed on 3rd MSC Cruises’ ship, MSC Musica in Brindisi, Italy
Chantiers de l'Atlantique (St-Nazaire /fka STX France) completed the installation of an EGCS (exhaust gas cleaning system/aka scrubbers) on the MSC...
July 23, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Meraviglia completes 3-day "Test Cruise" from PortMiami Florida
MSC Cruises' ship MSC Meraviglia completed a 3-day "test cruise" from PortMiami Florida visiting Nassau and MSC's private island Ocean Cay. The...
July 22, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises' newest flagship MSC Virtuosa to be named in Dubai on November 27
MSC Cruises plans a glamorous event in Dubai UAE (Port Rashid) for the naming ceremony of the fleet's newest vessel - the flagship MSC Virtuosa...
July 18, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises' ship MSC Bellissima to sail 21 Red Sea voyages from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
MSC announced that its Bellissima ship, one of the fleet’s most modern liners, will sail a total of 21 Red Sea voyages from the commercial hub...
July 13, 2021 - Accidents
3 COVID-positive passengers on MSC Cruises' ship Grandiosa in Barcelona
3 passengers from msc Grandiosa, which docked on July 3 in Port Barcelona, tested COVID-positive, and, as a result, were quarantined. Local sources...
July 12, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC and Fincantieri partner for construction of new MSC cruise terminal at PortMiami Florida
MSC Cruises and Fincantieri Italy announced the signing of a contract for the construction (by Fincantieri Infrastructure Florida) of a new...
July 9, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises restarts from Kiel, Germany with MSC Seaview
MSC Cruises commenced its Northern Europe summer season when the line's 2018-built ship MSC Seaview departed from her homeport Kiel Germany on...
July 5, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC changes vaccine policy for UK cruises on Virtuosa ship
MSC Cruises announced a change to its vaccine policy for UK sailings this summer aboard MSC Virtuosa. MSC previously only required guests to show...
July 2, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises’ ship Seaview arrives at homeport Kiel, Germany ahead of July 3 restart
MSC Cruises’ 2018-built ship MSC Seaview arrived on Wednesday, June 30, at homeport Kiel Germany ahead of the scheduled restart of sailings on...
June 30, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Construction starts on MSC’s 3rd MERAVIGLIA-PLUS cruise ship MSC Euribia
The first steel was cut on Monday, June 28, at Chantiers de l’Atlantique (shipbuilding company in Saint Nazaire, France) with which officially...
June 28, 2021