Cruise news (Santos Brazil-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
MSC expands cruise fleet for the 2026–2027 South American season
MSC Cruises is preparing for a notable expansion in the 2026–2027 South American season, announcing the deployment of five ships to the region...
October 12, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Brazil charters Costa Diadema and MSC Seaview as floating COP30 lodgings
In advance of the COP30 United Nations Climate Conference, scheduled for November 10–21, 2025, in Belém, Brazil, the federal...
July 1, 2025 - Cruise Industry
MSC Sinfonia replaces Lirica for 2025-2026 South America season
MSC Cruises has substituted MSC Sinfonia for MSC Lirica on its winter 2025-2026 South America deployment, citing operational realignment across its...
June 29, 2025 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises launches 2024-2025 Brazil season (MSC Seaview ship from Santos)
MSC Cruises has commenced its 2024-2025 cruise season in Brazil with the arrival of MSC Seaview ship in homeport Santos on November 10th. Following...
November 13, 2024 - Cruise Industry
Santos Port Authority rolls out major fee reductions for 2024-2025 cruise season
Santos Port Authority (SPA) has announced substantial reductions in operational fees for cruise ships at Brazil’s primary cruise hub Port...
November 5, 2024 - Cruise Industry
MSC Splendida joins South American fleet for winter 2024-2025
To address strong demand, MSC Cruises is deploying a 6th ship to South America for the 2024-2025 winter season. The company announced that MSC...
August 9, 2024 - Cruise Industry
MSC Fantasia opens 2022-2023 Brazil cruise season
Following an 11-day Transatlantic crossing (RepositionCruises.com), MSC Fantasia became the first cruise liner to open Brazil's 2022-2023 season with...
November 2, 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
8 cruise ships to serve Brazil's market in 2022-2023
CLIA Brazil announced that 8 ships would serve the local market during season 2022-2023. The number of vessels available to Brazilians is due to...
July 16, 2022 - Accidents
6 drug traffickers attempting to board Costa Diadema with 30 kilos of cocaine arrested at the port...
Brazil's Federal Police arrested 6 people who would embark on a Costa cruise at the Port of Santos, on the coast of Sao Paulo, with ~30 kg of drugs...
April 20, 2022 - Accidents
10 passengers on MSC Seaside arrested for attempting to smuggle 54 kilos of cocaine
The Spanish authorities arrested 10 passengers sailing on MSC Cruises' ship MSC Seaside for attempting to smuggle a total of 54 kilos of cocaine...
April 14, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Brazil 2022-2023 cruise season to begin in October with 19 itineraries
Brazil’s 2022-2023 cruise season will commence in October with a total of 19 itineraries visiting 8 ports/destinations in the Brazilian states...
March 19, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Brazilian cruise season 2021-2022 restarts on March 5
After 2 months of voluntary suspension of sailings, cruise ships finally restart operations in Brazil. On Wednesday, CLIA Brazil announced the...
March 5, 2022 - Accidents
CLIA Brazil extends the suspension of operations until March 4, 2022
CLIA Brazil (Brazilian Association of Maritime Cruises) took the decision to extend the voluntary suspension of operations in Brazilian ports, now...
February 17, 2022 - Cruise Industry
MSC's winter 2022-2023 cruise program features the newbuild ships World Europa & Seascape
MSC Cruises’ 2022-2023 Winter lineup of voyages features 2 new ships: MSC World Europa and MSC Seascape. In total, the cruise line offers a...
February 4, 2022