Cruise news (MSC Virtuosa-tagged)
- Accidents
MSC cancels April repositioning cruises due to heightened risks in the Red Sea
MSC Cruises has made the decision to cancel three repositioning Grand Voyage sailings scheduled for April due to heightened risks to shipping in the...
January 17, 2024 - Accidents
19yo female crew medevaced from MSC Virtuosa off Sardinia Island (Italy)
A medical evacuation was conducted by an Italian Coastguard helicopter for a female crew member of the ship MSC Virtuosa, navigating off Sardinia...
November 11, 2023 - Accidents
MSC Cruises cancels Orchestra ship's winter 2023-24 Red Sea program
MSC Cruises has made significant alterations to its upcoming cruise programs, prioritizing passenger safety and experience. The winter program for...
October 24, 2023 - Cruise Industry
CLIA UK & Ireland 2024 conference to be held from May 23-25 in Southampton
CLIA UK & Ireland has announced the dates for its 2024 conference, scheduled to take place from May 23-25 in Southampton UK. This annual event...
September 25, 2023 - Cruise Industry
MSC to deploy 3 ships on 2023-2024 Middle East cruises
In the upcoming winter 2023-2024 season, MSC Cruises is set to make significant additions to its Middle East itineraries. To support this expansion...
September 6, 2023 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises deploys 3 ships in the Middle East (winter 2023-2024)
MSC Cruises is making significant strides in strengthening its presence in the Middle East for the upcoming winter season of 2023-2024. One of the...
September 2, 2023 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises and Formula 1 celebrate first Grand Prix with MSC as title sponsor
MSC Cruises and Formula 1 celebrated a significant milestone together as they marked the first Grand Prix with MSC as the title sponsor. The event...
August 2, 2023 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises chooses Bilbao (Spain) as embarkation/homeport for MSC Grand Voyages itinerary
Starting on October 30th, MSC Virtuosa will embark on a 23-night voyage encompassing various destinations like Naples Italy, Piraeus-Athens Greece...
July 20, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Portland UK welcomes record 5000 passengers in first cruise ship call at the new deepwater berth
Portland Port (Weymouth, Dorset England) has set a new record with the arrival of MSC Virtuosa, which brought ~5000 passengers on board, the highest...
May 8, 2023 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises extends partnership with Formula 1
Ahead of the upcoming Grand Prix in Miami (Florida USA) over the weekend, Formula 1/F1 announced the renewal of its Global Partnership with MSC...
May 6, 2023 - Accidents
Crew medevaced from cruise ship MSC Virtuosa
Soon after the departure from Port Hamburg (Germany), a crew member onboard MSC Virtuosa ship required urgent medical attention and had to be...
April 19, 2023 - Cruise Industry
MSC Virtuosa to serve as hotel ship during Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2023 (F1)
As part of MSC Cruises' partnership with Formula 1, a high-end Grand Prix hospitality offering was unveiled promising a unique "car race" weekend...
March 17, 2023 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises opens bookings for ex-UK summer 2024 itineraries
Summer 2024 itineraries were put on sale by MSC Cruises. Fleet's total 22 ships include the UK-based (homeported in Southampton England) liner MSC...
December 22, 2022 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises announces updates to 2022-2023 winter deployment of 3 ships (Virtuosa, Preziosa...
MSC Cruises announced an update to its Winter 2022-2023 program as follows: MSC Virtuosa is due to replace MSC Preziosa in Northern Europe, offering...
August 23, 2022 - Cruise Industry
MSC's entire cruise fleet is back in service
After 2+ years, MSC Cruises’ entire fleet (19 vessels) is back in service. The final ship to return to active operation was MSC Musica...
June 6, 2022