Cruise news (MSC Virtuosa-tagged)
- 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 - Cruise Industry
Safaga Port (Luxor, Egypt) welcomes the first call of MSC Cruises' ship MSC Virtuosa
Safaga Port (Luxor, Egypt) inaugurated the summer cruise season by welcoming on April 7 the first call of MSC Cruises' ship MSC Virtuosa within the...
April 16, 2022