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MSC Cruises is sending its newest ship to Brazil for the 2023-2023 season. After entering service in Europe in August, the “MSC Seashore” is set to debut in South America in late 2022, as part of a five-ship program in the region. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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The Cruise Division of MSC Group and Chantiers de l’Atlantique today celebrated two sigificant newbuild milestones for the construction of the line’s next generation of environmentally advanced vessels. (more…)
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MSC Cruises has revealed MSC Virtuosa will return to the U.K. next year to offer the line’s biggest ever UK season out of Southampton. The 6,200-passenger MSC Virtuosa will replace MSC Magnifica. (cruisecritic.co.uk)
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MSC Virtuosa
MSC Cruises officially named “MSC Virtuosa” in a glittering ceremony including music from Rag ‘n’ Bone Man, in Dubai over the weekend. Hollywood icon Sophia Loren is the godmother to “MSC Virtuosa” — her 17th MSC Cruises’ ship — and cut the ribbon that broke the bottle on the ship’s hull on Saturday. (cruisecritic.co.uk)
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MSC Cruises today celebrated the float out of its next flagship MSC Seascape at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy, a traditional event as the ship owner and the shipbuilder of a new vessel come together to witness a ship touch water for the first time. (more…)
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MSC Cruises announced that it will be extending its partnership with Chelsea FC for an additional three years until June 2024, and continue its role as the Premier League giants official global cruise partner. (more…)
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Miami-Dade officials and MSC Foundation team up with Food For The Poor to deliver aid to Haiti
The MSC Foundation and Food for the Poor have partnered with Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and Miami-Dade Commissioner Jean Monestime to coordinate humanitarian assistance and emergency aid to the people of Haiti. These humanitarian relief efforts are in response to the ongoing crisis in Haiti. (more…)
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MSC Cruises’ thirteenth ship to resume operations since the industry’s voluntary pause in March 2020 as a result of the pandemic ashore set sail yesterday from Genoa in Italy for a series of winter season voyages in the Mediterranean. (more…)
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Ocean cruises restart tomorrow – Friday 5 November – in South America following a 20 month pause caused by the industry’s voluntary shutdown in connection with the global COVID-19 pandemic, when MSC Preziosa sets sail from the Brazilian port of Santos for a 3-night voyage. (more…)
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MSC Cruises confirmed today the details of the updated itinerary for MSC Bellissima’s winter season sailing out of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia beginning on 6 November. (more…)
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MSC Cruises today reconfirmed its winter 2021/22 sailing programme in the South Caribbean where “MSC Seaview” will be based during the season for 7- and 14-night cruises from St. Maarten and Barbados from 5 December. (more…)
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MSC Cruises wants YOU
With today being International Artist Day today, MSC Cruises is giving artists and designers around the world the opportunity to transform the hull of MSC Euribia into a giant, floating canvas to communicating the importance of respect for the environment. (more…)
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MSC Cruises will restart South African holidays at sea on 6 December 2021 from a new state-of-the-art cruise terminal in Durban. (more…)
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MSC Cruises has welcomed the U.S. government’s announcement that 8 November will be the date that international travellers from many parts of the world can enter the country provided they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. (more…)
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Owners of an ocean cruise liner that ploughed into a luxury river ship in a Venice canal will have to pay millions of pounds in compensation after a landmark ruling by the High Court of England and Wales. (more…)
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The MSC Foundation has signed agreements with the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and Nova Southeastern University (Florida) finalising the terms of the graduate internship programme that will support its Super Coral Programme research and development activities in 2021 using a blended approach (virtual and on site at Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve in the Bahamas). (more…)
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MSC Cruises revealed today (11 October 2021) that a second ship, MSC Magnifica, will be joining MSC Poesia on the MSC World Cruise 2023. (more…)
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MSC Cruises revealed that their latest flagship, MSC Seashore will be officially named at Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve in The Bahamas on 18 November, making this the first Naming Ceremony for a cruise ship to be held at a private island. (more…)
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The Cruise Division of MSC Group today confirmed its winter 2021 season in Brazil, following the green light from local health authority Anvisa for the resumption of cruise sailings in the country following a 20-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (more…)
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Following on from the success of its Norther European season this summer and due to ongoing demand from guests to cruise in this region, MSC Cruises announced today the introduction of a Northern Europe itinerary for this winter – the first time that the Company has offered a winter programme in the region. (more…)
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Since August, MSC Cruises has been pleased to see hundreds of tiny Loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings making their way to sea from numerous nests that have appeared on Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, the Company’s private island. (more…)
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More than a year after MSC Cruises has restarted its first ship, operating cruise ships around the world is still “very, very complex,” said the cruise line’s Executive Chairman, Pierfrancesco Vago. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Today the Cruise Division of MSC Group reaffirmed its long-standing commitment to sustainability by pledging to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in its cruise marine operation by 2050. (more…)
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MSC Cruises Divina made history when it departed Port Canaveral on its three-night inaugural sailing to the Bahamas and Caribbean. (more…)
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MSC Cruises announced today that “MSC Bellissima” will extend her deployment in Saudi Arabia and the Red Sea for the winter 2021/2022 season, following a highly successful inaugural season in the region this summer. (more…)
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MSC Cruises has received approval from the CDC to restart cruises on “MSC Divina” on September 16. It will be the first time that the cruise line has sailed out of Port Canaveral as the ship will offer three, four, and seven night cruises. (cruisefever.net)
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The Port of València is welcoming the MSC Grandiosa, a latest-generation ship, every Friday until 5th November. The ship docks at the Cap i Casal. (more…)
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MSC Cruises today (16 August 2021) commemorated being back at sea for twelve months following the global industry’s shutdown in March 2020 as a result of the global pandemic. (more…)
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MSC Bellissima calls ports of Jeddah, Aqaba, and Safaga between the end of July to the end of October 2021: after many years, the Egyptian ports are ready to welcome cruises during the new itinerary of MSC to Red Sea region. (more…)
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MSC Group’s new luxury cruise brand, Explora Journeys, has been accepted into Virtuoso‘s exclusive portfolio of travel partners as the first cruise line in the network’s Preview program. (latteluxurynews.com)
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MSC Seashore – Connect with the Sea
“MSC Seashore” has welcomed her first guests as MSC Cruises’ most innovative next-generation ship to-date became the 19th ship to join the line’s fleet, becoming its newest flagship. (more…)
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MSC Cruises has introduced a new shipboard property management system to create a seamless link between its shoreside operations and entire fleet of ships to improve internal efficiencies, tailor guest services and digitalise information for crew. (more…)
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MSC Meraviglia today became the latest MSC Cruises ship to return to welcome guests when she sailed out of PortMiami, Florida. (more…)
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The Cruise Division of MSC Group has signed a five-year agreement with Cruise Saudi for preferential berthing rights at the port of Jeddah, a further sign of its long-term commitment to support the development of the local tourism sector by operating cruises in the Red Sea and Arabian Gulf. (more…)
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Today the Cruise Division of MSC Group, Fincantieri and Snam announced the signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly determine the conditions for the design and construction of what would become the world’s first oceangoing hydrogen-powered cruise ship. (more…)
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The Cruise Division of MSC Group today officially took delivery of its new flagship “MSC Seashore” – the largest cruise ship to be built in Italy. Sister ship “MSC Seascape” is currently under construction at the Monfalcone shipyard and is due to come into service in winter 2022. (more…)
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Today MSC Cruises published its “2020 Sustainability Report”. Due to the extraordinary circumstances of the past year, which saw the global cruise industry come to a complete halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s report focuses on the steps that MSC Cruises took to secure the sustainability of its business, adapt its operation and prepare for a safe return of guests and crew alongside the key longer term targets including decarbonisation. (more…)
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MSC Cruises today released details of a completely re-designed kids’ area as well as a line-up of brand-new kids’ entertainment onboard MSC Seashore, the Company’s new flagship set to come into service on 1 August 2021. (more…)
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MSC Cruises in partnership with Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism), DP World and Emirates Airline, today announced that the naming ceremony for the line’s newest flagship, MSC Virtuosa, will take place in Dubai on 27 November at Mina Rashid (Port Rashid). (more…)
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