MSC Cruises has extended its global partnership deal with Formula 1® through to the end of the 2026 FIA Formula 1 World Championship.

MSC Cruises is celebrating its 15-year anniversary of operating in Japan by opening sales for its first-ever winter season in the country.

MSC Cruises’ MSC Euribia has successfully completed her deep-water intensive systems tests during a four-day trial in the Atlantic Ocean. MSC Cruises’ latest flagship will next receive her finishing touches at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint Nazaire, France before being officially delivered to MSC Cruises on 31 May.

MSC Meraviglia – MSC Cruises’ award-winning Meraviglia Class ship, has arrived at her new homeport in New York City at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. The arrival of the ship marks the first time MSC Cruises has deployed a ship in New York operating year-round sailings.

MSC Cruises has unveiled details of the new food & beverage offering that will be available aboard MSC Euribia when the ship launches in June 2023. From steakhouses to sushi, cocktails to coffee, there is a restaurant or bar fit for any time of the day and every typology of guest.

Reservations have opened for MSC Cruises’ 2025 World Cruise 2025 with an entirely new itinerary aboard MSC Magnifica. Voyagers can embark from four European ports – Civitavecchia/Rome, Genoa, Marseille and Barcelona (on 4, 5, 6 and 7 January 2025 respectively).

Last Thursday [5 January 2023], MSC Cruises wished bon voyage to guests aboard MSC Poesia and MSC Magnifica as the two ships departed from Genoa, Italy for simultaneous world cruises – an industry first.

MSC Seascape, MSC Cruises’ latest flagship, reached New York City on Monday 5 December in advance of her Naming Ceremony. Taking place on Wednesday 7 December at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal, MSC Seascape will be the line’s first ship to be named in New York City, in recognition of the addition of New York as a new homeport in April 2023 – bringing even more choice of North American embarkation ports and itineraries for MSC Cruises guests from both North America and the rest of the world.

MSC Cruises has amplified its high-end retail selection on board, thanks to a further enriched catalogue of luxury brands and a new partnership with TimeVallée. The two Geneva-based companies are bringing the ‘Swiss touch’ to the high seas, the sense of elegance and high-quality that the country is known for and bringing along with them a host of revered Swiss watch brands.

The naming of MSC Cruises’ first World-Class ship in Qatar last weekend and the delivery three days later of its fourth Seaside-Class ship in Italy is a clear sign that the family-owned cruise company means business in the contemporary and premium cruise sectors.

Just three days after taking delivery of ship number 20, MSC World Explora, MSC Cruises officially took ownership of its new fun-filled flagship, the striking MSC Seascape – the largest cruise ship to be built in Italy.

Cruise infrastructure restraints in Australia are viewed as one of the major hurdles holding back MSC Cruises from deploying a home-ported ship in-market for the foreseeable future.