MSC Group, the parent company of MSC Cruises, and the charity Mercy Ships International have reached an agreement to build a new hospital ship in coordination with MSC Foundation.
MSC Cruises has cancelled MSC Euribia’s repositioning voyage from Europe to Dubai for the 2024/25 Middle East cruise season, due to ongoing security concerns in the Red Sea.
MSC Cruises has held a ceremony to mark the first steel cutting for its third World-class ship, MSC World Asia.
MSC Virtuosa called at the Port of Durban’s Nelson Mandela Cruise Terminal this week, becoming the largest cruise ship ever to dock in South Africa, even if it was only a technical […]
MSC Cruises has unveiled its first thrill ride at sea, Cliffhanger, aboard its newest ship MSC World America, a sister ship to MSC World Europa and the largest vessel the brand has […]
Royal Caribbean’s Oasis and Icon mega ships have ‘neighbourhoods’, Carnival’s Excel vessels have ‘zones’ and MSC Cruises’ giant World class ships have ‘districts’, with its latest, MSC World America, boasting seven.
MSC Splendida is the largest cruise ship ever to homeport in South Africa, and as she respositions from Durban to Cape Town for the remainder of her SA cruise season, she’s bringing […]
NSRI Richards Bay duty crew have evacuated an 18-year-old male passenger from MSC Splendida off the coast of Richards Bay following a medical emergency.
MSC Cruises is banning smoking from the casinos of at least two ships of its fleet, according to Cruise Industry News.
MSC Poesia, currently sailing its 121-day 2024 World Cruise program for MSC Cruises, will cancel planned port calls in the Middle East on the back of security concerns in Red Sea.
MSC Poesia was welcomed to the Mother City in style this week during her maiden call to South Africa on her 2024 World Cruise.
Galveston Wharves and MSC Cruises have finalised an operating agreement for a fourth cruise terminal complex at the Port of Galveston.
Attacks on shipping in the Red Sea by Yemen-based Houthi insurgents are causing major disruption to world trade, and forcing cruise lines to re-work itineraries to avoid the area.
MSC Cruises has cancelled three repositioning voyages from the UAE and South Africa amid rising tensions in the Red Sea due to Yemen-based Houthi attacks on international shipping.
MSC Cruises is returning to South Africa for the 2024/25 cruise season with MSC Musica, replacing the larger MSC Splendida which homeported in Durban and Cape Town for the current 2023/24 season.
MSC Cruises has adjusted the itinerary for its 2024 World Cruise aboard MSC Poesia due to the security problems in the Red Sea.
South Africans have reacted with disgust after a video with disparaging commentary against black and Indian cruise passengers emerged on social media.
MSC Cruises South Africa recently spent more than R500,000 reuniting cruise passengers with their luggage following baggage sorting chaos at OR Tambo International in Johannesburg.
The beginning of the 2023/24 South African cruise season, with MSC Splendida sailing roundtrip from Durban to island destinations in the Indian Ocean, has provided township tourism in KZN with a boost.
Explora Journeys has unveiled upcoming cruises aboard Explora I and Explora II through April 2026, with Explora I now spending an entire season homeporting in the Arabian Gulf for 2025/26.
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