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In the announcement, MSC revealed that each of the four ships it had ordered would hold a guest capacity of 6,850 passengers across 2,760 passenger cabins, more than any cruise ship. [7] [2] Each ship would measure 330 metres (1,082 ft 8 in) long and 47 metres (154 ft 2 in) wide and integrate a "Y"-shape hull design for expansive views and a "G ...
MSC World Europa is a World-class cruise ship of MSC Cruises. [5] LNG-powered, she was built by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France, [1] and as of June 2024 is the world's eighth largest passenger ship and the largest cruise ship in the world that is not owned by Royal Caribbean International currently.
The largest may carry thousands of passengers in a single trip, and are some of the largest ships in the world by gross tonnage (GT), bigger than many large cargo ships. Cruise ships started to exceed ocean liners in size and capacity in the mid-1990s; [2] before then, few were more than 50,000 GT. [3]
The Lirica also became the first MSC ship to be christened by Sophia Loren, a tradition that has continued for all but one of the company's new builds. [7] The Lirica was followed by sister ship MSC Opera in 2004. In 2004, MSC Cruises acquired the fairly newly built European Vision and European Stars from the bankrupt Festival Cruises, renaming ...
MSC Meraviglia is the lead ship of MSC's new "Vista Project" vessels, the Meraviglia class, with MSC Bellissima following in 2019. Each vessel has a passenger capacity of 4,500. When it entered service in June 2017, it was the sixth largest cruise ship in the world, behind Royal Caribbean's Oasis-class cruise ships and AIDAnova.
Container ship classes of MSC Ship class Built Capacity (TEU) Ships in class Notes MSC Daniela-class: 2008–2010 13,798 8 MSC Danit-class: 2009–2012 13,050–14,036 23 MSC Beryl-class: 2010–2012 12,991 7 Long-term charter from Niki Shipping: MSC Benedetta-class: 2011–2012 13,100 8 Long-term charter from E.R. Schiffahrt: MSC Olympic-class ...
The ship was delivered to MSC Cruises on 19 May 2012 at Marseille in France, with her christening by Sophia Loren on 26 May 2012. [7] The ship embarked on her maiden cruising voyage the next day. The maiden voyage was met with protest when the ship entered Venice. Ms Loren received letters claiming that air pollution was created by the ship and ...
MSC Grandiosa is a Meraviglia Plus-class cruise ship owned and operated by MSC Cruises. Built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire , France , she is the first of three Meraviglia Plus-class ships set to operate for the cruise line. [ 7 ]