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.
Port of Ancona increases cruise passengers by 10% in 2024
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) November 12, 2024 – The port of Ancona registered 104,419 cruise passengers this year, up 19% compared to 2023 when there...
Port of Ancona welcomes Explora 1 cruise ship of MSC Cruises
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) October 28, 2024 – The port of Ancona last week welcomed Explora I, the first of a fleet of six ships from the luxury brand...
Cruise companies question delayed building in Port of La Spezia
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 16, 2024 – “In the absence of certainty about the availability of mooring, cruise companies could decide to...
Italian press comments on HHLA-MSC merger
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) October 9, 2024 – Last week, the European Commission in Brussels said that the planned merger between MSC and HHLA did not...
Barcelona introduces new tourist tax – cruises in the cross hairs
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – Barcelona is one of the many Mediterranean port-cities where local citizens have forced local...
MSC Cruises remains interested in Bari, Brindisi ports
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) September 9, 2024 – MSC Cruises remains interested in investing in Bari and Brindisi ports despite apparent rejection from the...
MSC Cruises, Explora Journeys to start using smart containers
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 28, 2024 – MSC Cruises and Explora Journeys, both part of MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, will start using smart...
MSC Cruises adopts OptiCruise to reduce pollution
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – Swiss-owned MSC Cruises is to adopt OptiCruise, a new itinerary planning optimisation tool, to reduce ship...
Six pre-qualify in tender to manage Lavrio Port Authority, Greece
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) August 6, 2024 – Six parties have pre-qualified in the tender to acquire a majority stake in Lavrio Port Authority. They...
Port of Barcelona to issue “cold ironing” tender for MSC terminal
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) June 26, 2024 – The State Council of Ministers has authorized a contract for approximately 14.5 million euros for the...
MSC ships will be supplied with shore power in Hamburg port
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) June 20, 2024 – Ships of MSC-Mediterranean Shipping Company will in future be supplied with shore power in Hamburg. MSC...
Eight parties interested in Port of Lavrio privatisation
Lavrio, Greece (Ports Europe) May 31, 2024 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF)has said that eight parties have submitted an Expression...
Record day for cruises in Messina, Italy
Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – Today was a record day for cruise ships in Messina with four vessels docking at the Sicilian port....
Port of Messina opens cruise ship season
Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) April 10, 2024 – The Port of Messina has officially opened its cruise ship season, with considerable business...
Barcelona seeks more sustainable, newer & smaller cruise ships
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona seeks more sustainable, newer & smaller cruise ships. This is how it sees the...
HAROPA prepares for a record cruise season
Paris, (Ports Europe) April 9, 2024 – HAROPA PORT and its partners – GIP Le Havre Croisières, Honfleur Tourist Office and Rouen Tourist Office...
MSC Cruises plans over 400 calls to Greek ports in 2024
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 8, 2024 – MSC Cruises has said it will have six ships calling to Greek ports, making over 400 calls to nine...
Port of Lisbon receives MSC Euribia, zero emissionsÂ
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2024 – On January 24, 2024, the Port of Lisbon received the MSC Euribia, the first cruise ship to undertake a...
Sardinia predicts bumper cruise ship business in 2024
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 19, 2024 – The Sardinian Port System is forecasting over 650,000 cruise ship passengers on over 260...
Cruises also affected by the Red Sea crisis
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) January 19, 2024 – Since October, Houthi rebels have been attacking cargo ships in the Red Sea, vessels the rebels...