MSC Cruises officially named its newest flagship, MSC Seashore, last Thursday [18 November 2021] at Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve in The Bahamas. It was the first naming ceremony for a cruise ship to be held at the private island which is owned by the cruise line.

MSC Cruises has agreed to pay Uniworld Boutique River Cruises €2.4m (AU$3.7m) plus interest, for damages caused when MSC Opera ploughed into River Countess in Venice, Italy in June 2019.

MSC Cruises’ 11th ship has resumed passenger operations with MSC Divina setting sail for a 3-night cruise from her new homeport of Port Canaveral (Orlando) in the USA to Nassau and the Company’s private island destination, Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve in The Bahamas.

MSC Cruises has extended the deployment of MSC Bellissima in Saudi Arabia and the Red Sea for the Northern Hemisphere winter 2021/2022 season. The decision follows a highly successful inaugural season in the region this summer.

Explora Journeys has shared further details of its ‘By Appointment’ service, offered exclusively for travel advisors and revealed recently by Chief Sales Officer, Chris Austin.

MSC Seashore has welcomed her first guests as MSC Cruises’ most innovative next-generation ship to-date became the 19th ship to join the line’s fleet, in the process becoming its newest flagship.

MSC Group’s new luxury cruise brand, Explora Journeys, has been accepted into Virtuoso’s exclusive portfolio of travel partners as the first cruise line in the network’s Preview program.

MSC Cruises is evaluating the development of a new hydrogen-powered oceangoing cruise ship as part of its latest environmental strategy.

MSC Group, in partnership with Fincantieri Infrastructure Florida, will build a new “mega cruise terminal” in PortMiami, Florida that will feature four embarkation decks and accommodate the cruise line’s largest and LNG-fuelled vessels.

The first steel for MSC Cruises’ 22nd vessel and second to be fuelled by liquified natural gas (LNG) was cut on Monday [28 June 2021] at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint Nazaire, France.

The who’s who of the cruise industry came together to form a united front in Miami this week for the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association’s Return to Sail Summit.

MSC Group has named its highly-anticipated entry into the luxury market as Explora Journeys, revealing details of the new brand designed for the “next generation of discerning luxury travellers”.