MSC Cruises has announced plans to hold MSC Seascape’s Naming Ceremony at New York’s Manhattan Cruise Terminal on Wednesday, 7 December 2022.
The cruise line said in a statement that the event will be attended by local dignitaries, important partners, top travel advisors, media from around the world, celebrities and international artists.
Academy Award-winning star Sophia Loren will carry out her iconic role as godmother to her 18th MSC Cruises ship.
Pierfrancesco Vago, Executive Chairman, Cruise Division of MSC Group, commented: “We are particularly pleased to celebrate this momentous milestone in New York City, which holds a special place in our Group’s history, having been served by ships from the MSC Group’s cargo division since 1985.
Today, as MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company leads the container shipping sector globally as well as across North America, MSC Cruises has grown to become a major player in the U.S. cruise industry.
Having developed a meaningful operation out of South Florida, we are now preparing a major strategic expansion across the East Coast that will see us launch year-round cruises out of New York in 2023.
We could not think of a better way of celebrating such a significant milestone than holding MSC Seascape’s – our latest flagship – naming ceremony in this wonderful city that has been an important hub for MSC Group for over three decades.”
MSC Seascape will be the cruise line’s first ship to be named in New York, reflecting MSC Cruises’ commitment to the North American cruise market.
The naming ceremony will also mark its upcoming expansion to New York and the Northeast with year-round cruises available from the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal beginning in April of 2023.
The cruise line has two new ships coming into service in 2022 – MSC World Europa and MSC Seascape – and MSC Euribia in summer 2023.
MSC Seascape will sail to Miami immediately following the ceremony for an inaugural season in the Caribbean.
The ship will be the second Seaside EVO class ship to enter MSC Cruises’ fleet, and the fourth vessel in the line’s highly innovative Seaside class.
MSC Seascape will offer two different 7-night itineraries from PortMiami:
- Eastern Caribbean: Calling at Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve and Nassau in The Bahamas, San Juan in Puerto Rico, and Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic
- Western Caribbean: Calling at Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, Cozumel in Mexico, George Town in the Cayman Islands and Ocho Rios in Jamaica
Find out more about MSC Seascape’s itineraries HERE.
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