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MSC Cruises is an Italian global cruise line registered in Switzerland and based in Geneva, with operations offices in Naples, Genoa and Venice. It was founded in 1989 in Naples, Italy, as part of the Mediterranean Shipping Company.

Port of Taranto hosts the closing ceremony of the 2021 cruise season

Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) November 15, 2021 – The Port of Taranto has hosted the closing ceremony of the 2021 cruise season at the Molo San Cataldo in...

Port of Taranto promotes cruise ship offer at Savona event

Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) November 3, 2021 – The Port of Taranto has attended the 2021 edition of the Italian Cruise Days in...

Port of Piraeus to host this year’s international “GreenPort Cruise & Congress”

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) October 22, 2021 – The 16th edition of the International “GreenPort Cruise & Congress” was hosted by Piraeus Port...

MSC Seaside to become regular visitor to Port of Taranto

Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) October 6, 2021 – MSC Cruises has said that its ship MSC Seaside will continue making a weekly stop in the Port of Taranto...

Turkish cruise attributes promoted at Seatrade Cruise Global Fair

Miami, United States (PortSEurope) October 5, 2021 – The Turkish Tourism Promotion and Development Agency (TGA) is attending at the Seatrade Cruise...

Port of La Spezia sees return of cruise ships

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 4, 2021 – The MSC Splendida cruise ship called in to the Port of La Spezia on its way to Marseille. 500 passengers...

MSC Cruises seeks net zero emissions by 2050

Geneva, Switzerland (Ports Europe) September 23, 2021 – MSC Cruises, part of MSC, has pledged “to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...

MSC takes delivery of MSC Seashore from Fincantieri in Monfalcone

Monfalcone, Italy – July 26, 2021 – In the presence of Minister of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility prof. Enrico Giovannini, MSC Group today...

MSC Cruises restarts its activity in the Port of València

València, July 21, 2021 – MSC Cruises resumes its activity in the Port of Valencia. It will be next Friday 30th July when the latest generation ship MSC...

The Port of Barcelona will see a safe, staggered and sustainable resumption of cruise ship activity

The Port of Barcelona has worked with the shipping companies and the rest of the agents in the cruise sector to have a staggered, sustainable and, above all,...

Rome Cruise Terminal awarded a concession for the temporary cruise terminal at the port of Civitavecchia

Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) June 22, 2021 – Rome Cruise Terminal (RCT) has been awarded a concession for the temporary cruise terminal to quay 25...

Port of Civitavecchia restarts cruise ship activities

Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) June 21, 2021 – Since the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis suspended the global cruise ship industry, the port of...

Fincantieri starts building new-concept luxury cruise ships for MSC Cruises

The first steel of “Explora I”, the first of four new-concept luxury cruise ships that Fincantieri is building for Explora Journeys, the new luxury brand...

French ports ready to welcome cruise ships from June 30, Costa and MSC sailing from Marseille July 4

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) June 8, 2021 – Secretary of State for Tourism Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne has said that France will resume cruise ship visits...

Port of Barcelona awards MSC the concession to build and operate a cruise terminal

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) June 1, 2021 – The Port of Barcelona has approved granting MSC Cruises Barcelona Terminal a concession to build and...

MSC Cruises has applied for a 25-year cruise port concession at the Adriatic port of Ancona

Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) May 28, 2021 – MSC Cruises, one of the world’s leading shipping companies, has applied for a 25-year cruise port...

Taranto Cruise Port welcomes its first cruise ship

Today, Taranto Cruise Port has welcomed its first cruise ship, MSC Seaside. This call marks Taranto Cruise Port’s first partial turnaround operation and call...

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