MSC Cruises and Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard celebrated milestones for 3 World-class ships in Saint-Nazaire, France at present. The cruise line has taken supply of MSC World America, celebrated the coin ceremony of MSC World Asia, and minimize the primary piece of metal for the newly-named MSC World Atlantic.
In attendance was Captain Gianluigi Aponte, Founder and Group Chairman of MSC; Pierfrancesco Vago, Executive Chairman of MSC Group’s Cruise Division; Chantiers de l’Atlantique General Manager, Laurent Castaing; and the French Minister for Industry and Energy, Marc Ferracci. Representatives of MSC Cruises’ new construct group and employees from the shipyard who constructed the ship during the last 30 months had been additionally current.
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MSC World America is the twenty third ship in MSC Cruises’ fashionable fleet, and is ready to be formally named on April ninth on the line’s new state-of-the-art cruise terminal in Miami, Florida.
“Today is a proud moment for all of us at MSC Cruises and Chantiers de l’Atlantique as we mark these major milestones in the development of our fleet,” mentioned Pierfrancesco Vago. “Our new flagship is a testament to our long-standing, innovative partnership spanning over 20 years, resulting in five groundbreaking prototypes and 19 ships.”
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Laurent Castaing added, “It is with great emotion that we are marking today not one, but three MSC World Class ships. Continuous improvement of the onboard experience, ever more optimized energy performance—what a journey MSC Cruises and Chantiers de l’Atlantique teams have accomplished so far.”
The conventional coin ceremony for MSC World Asia additionally occurred at present, when commemorative cash had been positioned contained in the ship as an indication of blessing throughout development and to deliver luck to the vessel. Two godmothers, Marialuisa Iaccarino, VP Shore Excursions for MSC Cruises and Flavie Biondo, Chargé d’affaires for Chantiers de l’Atlantique did the honors as a part of this maritime custom. MSC World Asia is scheduled to enter service in winter 2026-2027 with sailings within the Mediterranean to locations in France, Italy, Spain and Malta.
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MSC’s third celebration was a steel-cutting ceremony to begin development on the fourth World-class ship. The celebration was additionally a reveal of the vessel’s title: MSC World Atlantic. The ship is scheduled to enter service in 2027 and be deployed within the Caribbean from Port Canaveral for the winter 2027-2028 season.
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The World-class prototype began with the introduction of MSC World Europa in 2022, and the platform continues to evolve with every new ship. The vessels are named after the world’s continents and oceans, and are usually not essentially indicative of the place they are going to be deployed.
MSC World America is scheduled to formally start her inaugural season from Miami on April twelfth. She will function alternating seven-night japanese and Western Caribbean itineraries, each of which embrace a cease to MSC’s non-public island within the Bahamas, Ocean Cay.
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