Cruise news (MSC Grandiosa-tagged)

MSC Cruises' Grandiosa ship welcomes passengers back
MSC Grandiosa on Sunday (August 16) became the first ship from the MSC Cruises fleet to welcome passengers back and the first to implement the...
August 17, 2020
Cruise Industry
Italian cruise ships will not be visiting Venice this summer
When Italian cruise liners restarted voyages again this weekend, a stop they are not making is Port Venice. Prior to the pandemic, Venice City was a...
August 16, 2020
Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises resumes operations in the Mediterranean starting August 16
MSC Cruises announced that flagship MSC Grandiosa and MSC Magnifica are due to resume operations in the Mediterranean starting from August 16 and 29...
August 9, 2020
Cruise Industry
230 crew from Mauritius arrive in Genoa, Italy to board MSC Cruises ships
230 Mauritian crew, called to resume service onboard MSC Cruises ships at Port Genoa (Milan) Italy, left Mauritius on a charter flight on July 29...
July 30, 2020
Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises introduces winter 2020-2021 programme
MSC Cruises confirmed full details of its winter 2020-2021 season, featuring more than 90 different itineraries across the Mediterranean, Caribbean...
June 23, 2020
Cruise Industry
200 Indian crew stuck on MSC Grandiosa in Italy for 2 months
About 200 crew from India (mostly from the states Maharashtra and Goa) on the MSC Cruises-owned liner MSC Grandiosa have been quarantined for 70 days...
May 25, 2020
Accidents
VIDEO: MSC Grandiosa Crashes into Pier in Palermo
One of the world's newest and largest passenger ships crashed into a pier upon docking in Sicily today, December 30 - just a month into the vessel's...
December 30, 2019
Accidents
Valletta Cruise Port Celebrates Record 900,000 Cruise Passenger Movements
Valletta Cruise Port, the operator of the passenger terminals and Valletta Waterfront as well as a subsidiary of Global Ports Holding, welcomed a...
December 13, 2019
Cruise Industry
MSC Grandiosa Makes Maiden Call to Valletta
On Tuesday, November 26, Port Valletta welcomed the first visit of one of the newest and most environmentally-advanced cruise ships at sea - MSC...
November 28, 2019
Cruise Industry
VIDEO: MSC Grandiosa Christened by Sophia Loren
MSC Cruises christened its newest vessel (and fleet's flagship) - MSC Grandiosa - on Saturday night, November 9, in Port Hamburg on the 4th and final...
November 10, 2019
Cruise Industry
MSC Grandiosa Officially Named in Saint-Nazaire
MSC Cruises officially took delivery of MSC Grandiosa from Chantiers de l’Atlantique (St Nazaire France) on Thursday, October 31. The delivery...
November 1, 2019
Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises Announces Details of MSC Grandiosa's Launch
MSC Cruises will embark on the most comprehensive passenger ship launch ever and is due to carry out the largest face-to-face engagement with 14,000...
October 1, 2019
Cruise Industry
MSC Grandiosa to Host the First Fine Art Experience at Sea
The newest vessel in the MSC Cruises fleet scheduled to launch in November, MSC Grandiosa, will host the first fine art experience onboard a cruise...
August 28, 2019
Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises Offers Drone-Flying Classes
MSC Cruises is now making a major play for the young market via finding creative ways to keep children under-17 well entertained. Company’s...
July 23, 2019
Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises Reveals New Kids’ Entertainment
MSC Cruises announced details of company's new kids’ entertainment programming that debutes on MSC Grandiosa (fleet's flagship and newest...
July 6, 2019
Cruise Industry