Cruise news (MSC Cruises-tagged)
- 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 - Cruise Industry
MSC Lirica to Sail The Mediterannean Summer 2020
From May 2020, MSC Cruises' ship, Lirica, is offering passengers two new itineraries. Italy, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro: May 8-June 12, September...
September 23, 2019 - Cruise Industry
PortMiami to Create ‘Terminal V’ for Virgin Voyages
PortMiami will soon have its Terminal V in order to accommodate the cruising hub for Virgin Voyages. The alphabetical reshuffling that is renaming...
September 22, 2019 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Keel Laid for MSC Seashore
A traditional maritime coin ceremony took place on Thursday, September 19, at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone (near Trieste Italy), when the...
September 21, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Holland America Line Returns to Tampa Bay in 2020
HAL-Holland America Line dropped Tampa FL as a homeport in spring 2018. According to Erik Elvejord (company's director of public relations), HAL was...
September 17, 2019 - Cruise Industry
MSC Armonia to Be Homeported in Tampa
MSC Cruises revealed it will continue to expand its presence in North America via the introduction of Tampa Florida as a new homeport for the company...
September 16, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Stretched MSC Magnifica to Offer 24 Cruises from Southampton
MSC Cruises revealed it will bring the liner MSC Magnifica to Southampton UK in 2021 for an entire homeporting season after ship's extensive drydock...
September 11, 2019