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 floats out MSC Grandiosa ship at Saint-Nazaire port
Saint-Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) January 8, 2019 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has launched the MSC Grandiosa ship at the French port...
MSC launches “around the world” cruise at Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) January 7, 2019 – MSC Cruises launched at Genoa port on January 5 the first “around the world” cruise, a 119-day...
Fincantieri starts construction of biggest cruise ship ever built in Italy
Monfalcone, Italy (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA has started the construction of the MSC Seashore cruise ship of MSC...
Italian Coast Guard visits MSC Cruises in Naples port
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) November 20, 2018 – A delegation of Captain of the Port Authority of Castellammare di Stabia Captain of Fregata Ivan...
Ancona port closes cruise season with traffic increase
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) November 8, 2018 – Ancona port closed the cruise season on November 8, recording a total of 38 calls, 20 of them of the MSC...
MSC Cruises to handle about 1.1 million passengers in Genoa port in 2019
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 2, 2018 – MSC Cruises, the largest private cruise company in the world, is preparing to close 2018 and inaugurate 2019 by...
MSC Cruises seeks stake in Trieste port
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) October 23, 2018 – MSC Cruises is reported to be seeking an equity stake in Trieste Adriatic Marine Initiatives S.r.l....
Italy should invest in port infrastructure, MSC Cruises executive chairman says
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) October 19, 2018 – Italy’s cruise industry has very interesting growth prospects, but the country has to invest...
Fincantieri to build four luxury cruise ships for MSC Cruises
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) October 18, 2018 – MSC Cruises and Fincantieri have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the...
MSC Cruises to bring 82 calls to Valencia ports in 2018, 2019
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 15, 2018 – MSC Cruises confirmed last Thursday during the ceremony of exchange of “metopes” with Autoridad...
Genoa port cruise business to gain from more passengers using the city’s Cristoforo Colombo
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Positive passenger numbers from Genoa’s Cristoforo Colombo can only benefit the port, with September...
Genoa was most preferred cruise port by Italians in 2018
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – Genoa was the most preferred port by Italians for cruises in the summer of 2018, according to a survey...
Livorno port promotes cruise business at Seatrade Cruise Med event
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – A delegation for Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North...
Four leading cruise line companies to increase Livorno port presence
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – Livorno port is forecasting that around 900,000 passengers on 400 cruise ships will visit the port in...
Barcelona to become only port in Europe with terminals for Carnival, Royal Caribbean, MSC
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – Barcelona will soon become the only port in Europe where the three largest cruise groups in the world,...
MSC Cruises to launch regular calls in Naples port in 2019
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) September 6, 2018 – MSC Cruises has decided to include Naples port in the itinerary of the “MSC Fantasia” ship...
La Spezia port approves feasibility study for cruise project
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – La Spezia port has given the green light to the feasibility study of a project financing proposal by Royal...