Cruise news (Santos Brazil-tagged)
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3 MSC Cruises ships anchored off Copacabana beach for Rio de Janeiro's New Year's Eve fireworks
The 3 MSC Cruises ships deployed in Brazil for winter season 2021-2022 will be all anchored off Copacabana Beach on New Year's Eve for the fireworks...
December 30, 2021 - Accidents
Costa Diadema and MSC Splendida hit by COVID in Brazil
Two large cruise liners reported COVID outbreaks during their latest sailings in Brazil (South America). Costa Cruises' Costa Diadema (scheduled to...
December 29, 2021 - Cruise Industry
6 MSC Cruises ships deployed to South America for the 2022-2023 season
MSC Cruises opened sales for ist South America 2022-2023 season (November-April). The company announced that the program is based on MSC Seashore...
December 12, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Costa Cruises replaces Smeralda ship with Diadema in Brazil
Costa Cruises announced it would change its ship deployment for the upcoming Brazilian season (winter 2021-2022). The company said the Smeralda ship...
November 17, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises’ 13th ship, MSC Fantasia, restarts in the Mediterranean
MSC Cruises’ 13th ship to resume operations since the cruise industry’s pause in March 2020 as a result of the COVID crisis set sail on...
November 9, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Preziosa is the first cruise ship to restart sailings in Brazil
MSC Cruises' liner MSC Preziosa became the first cruise ship to restart passenger shipping operations in Brazil since the industry's shutdown caused...
November 4, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises restarts in South Africa and Brazil
The container shipping company MSC Group's subsidiary MSC Cruises confirmed its winter 2021 season in Brazil after the green light from local health...
October 10, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Costa Smeralda and Costa Fascinosa redeployed for the 2021-2022 Brazilian cruise season
Costa Cruises confirmed the redeployment of Costa Smeralda and Costa Fascinosa for the winter 2021-2022 Brazilian season. Costa will sail around the...
October 7, 2021 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Costa Cruises' newest ship Costa Toscana launched at Meyer Turku Finland
On January 14, Costa Cruises celebrated the launch (float-out from drydock) of the company's newest ship - Costa Toscana at the Meyer Shipyard...
January 16, 2021 - Cruise Industry
2 MSC Cruises ships depart South America and sail back to Europe
A pair of MSC Cruises ships departed from South America and headed on a transatlantic journey back to Europe. The cancelation of the South American...
November 30, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Costa Cruises introduces South America 2021-2022 season
Costa Cruises announced its programs for South America 2021-2022 winter season during an online conference led by the brand’s General Manager...
October 28, 2020 - Accidents
Mauritian crew stranded on three MSC Cruises ships in Brazil head back home
Dozens of Mauritian cruise ship crew who were stranded off Brazil's coast throughout the pandemic have started their journey home following desperate...
September 14, 2020 - Accidents
103 crew from Mauritius still stranded on 3 MSC Cruises ships in Brazil
After seven months since the shutdown of the cruise shipping industry due to the pandemic, there is still crew waiting for repatriation. While the...
September 9, 2020 - Accidents
10 Jamaican crew aboard MSC Seaview still stuck in Brazil
Ten Jamaican crew on the MSC-owned liner MSC Seaview (currently anchored in Santos (Sao Paulo, Brazil) are growing frustrated with being at sea and...
July 4, 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