STX France and MSC Cruises have announced they have finalized the contracts for two new 177,000-ton cruise ships for MSC. The two next-generation ships will be the largest ever built for a European cruise line. Delivery is scheduled for 2019 and 2020, respectively. The ships will be known as the "Meraviglia-Plus" class, an evolution of the smaller 167,000 GRT … [Read more...]
MSC Cruises Plans to Build World’s Largest LNG-Powered Cruise Ships for $4.5 Billion
Swiss-based MSC Cruises has revealed major plans to build up to four new LNG-powered cruise ships exceeding more than 200,000 gross tons. The announcement was made as the company, the largest privately-owned cruise line in the world, signed a letter of intent (LOI) for the construction of the ships with STX France at the company's shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, … [Read more...]
MSC Confirms 4 Ship Order from STX France
SAINT-NAZAIRE, France, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Cruise ship company MSC Cruises on Monday confirmed orders for four ships in a 3-billion-euro ($3.26 billion) deal that will secure thousands of jobs at the STX shipyard in St-Nazaire in the west of France. "These are the biggest cruise ships yet built by a European operator - each using around 35,000 tons of steel," the company said … [Read more...]
Seventeen Cruise Ship Passengers Killed in Tunis Terrorist Attack – Update 2
Update 2: Costa Cruises has confirmed that five of its guests were also among those killed in yesterday's terrorist attack in Tunis, Tunisia, bringing the total number of cruise passengers killed in the attack to 17. According to a statement from Costa Cruises: “With great sadness we regret to report that 5 guests (4 Italians and 1 Russian) of the Costa Fascinosa are … [Read more...]
Ultra-Modern ‘MSC Seaside’ to Sail Out of Miami Starting 2017
MSC Cruises revealed Wednesday that the MSC Seaside, the first of the ultra-modern Seaside-class ships, will be the first ship in the MSC Cruises' fleet to be christened in the United States. MSC Seaside will sail the Caribbean year-round from PortMiami starting December 2017. The second Seaside-class ship, will be delivered in May 2018 and on option is a third … [Read more...]