Cruise news (MSC Cruises-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises Breaks Ground on Durban Cruise Terminal
MSC Cruises through KCT (Kwazulu Cruise Terminal) on Saturday, November 16, broke ground on the building of the new Durban Cruise Terminal in South...
November 20, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Flooding in Venice Causes Cruise Ship Itinerary Changes
Record flooding in Venice Italy is still wreaking havoc all over the port city, also preventing cruise liners from docking in downtown. NCL's...
November 17, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Ocean Cay to Open December 5
MSC Cruises announced a new opening date for Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve - the line's new private island destination in the Bahamas: December 5...
November 15, 2019 - Cruise Industry
MSC Meraviglia Welcomed to Miami
MSC Cruises’ first Meraviglia Class vessel MSC Meraviglia debuted in the USA last month. On November 10, the liner made an inaugural call to...
November 12, 2019 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises Giving Compensation for Delayed Opening of New Private Island
MSC Cruises is compensating all bookings on 3 liners after delaying the opening of Ocean Cay Island (company's Caribbean private island in the...
November 11, 2019 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: MSC Grandiosa Christened by Sophia Loren
MSC Cruises christened its newest vessel (and fleet's flagship) - MSC Grandiosa - on Saturday night, November 9, in Port Hamburg on the 4th and final...
November 10, 2019 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises Becomes First Carbon-Neutral Cruise Operator
MSC Cruises announced it will become world's first major cruise company to go “carbon neutral” via donating money "to reduce or capture...
November 9, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Yucatan’s Cruise Ship Arrivals Increase 20% in 2020
The close of October 2019 saw a gathering of cruise-industry officials and key public figures at the Port of Progreso, situated on the north coast of...
November 4, 2019 - Cruise Industry
MSC Grandiosa Officially Named in Saint-Nazaire
MSC Cruises officially took delivery of MSC Grandiosa from Chantiers de l’Atlantique (St Nazaire France) on Thursday, October 31. The delivery...
November 1, 2019 - Cruise Industry
First Steel Cut for the First LNG-Powered World Class Ship
Early Thursday morning, October 31, a major milestone event took place at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire with the...
November 1, 2019 - Accidents
12-Year-Old Boy Dies Aboard MSC Divina
A boy died on an MSC Cruises ship at sea in Italy while sailing on MSC Divina. According to the crew, the reason was unknown and the condition had...
October 25, 2019 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises Signs The Marseille ‘Blue Charter’
On October 17, 2019, Erminio Eschena (MSC Cruises France Director of Institutional Affairs and Relations) joined other cruise industry leaders in...
October 22, 2019 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: World's Fourth-Largest Cruise Ship Arrives in New York
The world's 4th-largest passenger liner docked in NYC New York on October 7. MSC Cruises' ship Meraviglia berthed at the north end of Pier 88...
October 8, 2019 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises Announces Details of MSC Grandiosa's Launch
MSC Cruises will embark on the most comprehensive passenger ship launch ever and is due to carry out the largest face-to-face engagement with 14,000...
October 1, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Largest Ever Cruise Ship Calls in Northern Ireland
The largest privately-owned cruise ship in the world docked in Belfast, Northern Ireland. MSC Meraviglia visited Northern Ireland's capital city...
September 27, 2019