MSC Cruises
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.
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...
PSTF 2021 digital tables global cruise industry issues as Greek, Cypriot and Israeli ports prepare to welcome passengers back
The chief executives of some of the world’s biggest cruise lines will participate in the first virtual panel discussion that will kick off the 6th Posidonia...
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...
Taranto Cruise Port set to start operations
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) April 30, 2021 – An official presentation ceremony to the port community of Taranto Cruise Port, a concessionaire newly...
Total to supply LNG to MSC Cruises’ liners in Marseille
Geneva, March 25, 2021 – MSC Cruises and Total announced today a supply agreement for approximately 45,000 tons per year of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)...
MSC Cruises announced today that MSC Grandiosa will return to sea starting on 24 January.
19/01/2021 Latest ministerial decree of the Italian government confirms that cruises can return to operation under the protection of their unique health and...
Barcelona port plans future with cruise industry interests
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 22, 2020 – The first deputy mayor of Barcelona City Council, Jaume Collboni, and the president of the Port, Mercè...
MSC Magnifica docks at port of Livorno
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) October 21, 2020 – Yesterday, the cruise ship MSC Magnifica arrived a Livorno port, the first cruise ship to dock at the...
MSC Cruises and Fincantieri celebrate float out of MSC Seashore ship – Monfalcone port
20 August 2020 MSC Seashore will be the second MSC Cruises new ship to come into service in 2021 as part of the Company’s continued investment plan New...
MSC Cruises returns to service in the Mediterranean offering full-experience cruising this summer
MSC Cruises announced today that flagship MSC Grandiosa and MSC Magnifica will resume operations in the Mediterranean starting from 16 and 29 August 2020...
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 27/2020 – Green light (with caution) to cruises in Europe
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 27/2020 – Green light (with caution) to cruises in Europe – August 7, 2020 The news of the moment is...
MSC Cruises buys 50% stake in Palumbo Malta Shipyard
Geneva, Switzerland and Paola, Malta, 30 July 2020 – MSC Cruises and Palumbo Group today announced they have formed a joint venture to operate the Palumbo...
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 23/2020 – The cruises are preparing to sail
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 23/2020 – July 3, 2020 After the devastating impact of COVID on cruises, which have stopped since the first...
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 12/2020 – tourism & cruises in search of a new normal
Covid-19 Update – Issue 12/2020 – Ports of Genoa – May 8, 2020 Global Economic TrendsTourism is one of the most affected sectors of the pandemic, in...
Leading cruise ship companies further delay restart
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 5, 2020 – Both Costa Cruises and MSC Cruises have announced further delays to restarting operations. Genoa-based Costa...
MSC Cruises halts all cruise departures until 10 July.
News – MSC Cruises announced today a further extension of the halting of all its cruise departures fleet-wide through to 10 July – April 29, 2020...
Palumbo set to sell stake in Malta shipyard to MSC Cruises
Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) February 20, 2020 – Naples-based Palumbo Group is reported locally to be selling a 50% stake in its Cospicua shipyard in...