MSC Seaside

MSC rendering of MSC Seaside
History
Name: MSC Seaside
Operator: MSC Cruises
Port of registry:  Malta, Valletta
Builder: Fincantieri, Monfalcone
Laid down: 4 March 2016
Launched: 26 November 2016[1][2][3]
In service: December 2017 (scheduled)
Status: Under construction
General characteristics
Class and type: Seaside-class cruise ship
Tonnage: 154,000 GT
Capacity: 4,140 passengers

MSC Seaside is a cruise ship currently under construction for MSC Cruises. The first of MSC's next-generation Seaside class vessels, it will be the largest cruise ship ever to be constructed by its builder, Fincantieri of Italy, and will feature a custom-designed multi-storey aqua park built by WhiteWater West of Canada.[4] The first steel cut took place on 22 June 2015 in Monfalcone. The keel was laid in Monfalcone on 4 March 2016,[5][6] and the vessel was floated out of the shipyard on 26 November.[7]

Seaside is due to enter service in December 2017. It will operate year-round to the Caribbean, from a renovated and expanded dedicated berth and terminal at PortMiami, Florida, USA.[4] The naming ceremony is planned for 22 December 2017 in Miami.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Monfalcone, Fincantieri prepara il varo della colossale MSC Seaside". 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  2. ↑ "MSC Croisières : mise à flot du MSC Seaside aux chantiers Fincantieri". 2016-11-23. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
  3. ↑ "MSC Seaside Aufschwimmen bei Fincantieri" (in German). 2016-11-26. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
  4. 1 2 Cox, Martin (17 March 2015). "MSC reveals SEASIDE class". Maritime Matters. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Seaside Construction Begins". 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  6. ↑ "All Cruise News". 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  7. ↑ "MSC Seaside Floated Out at Fincantieri". Cruise Industry News. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "MSC Seaside Taufe am 22. Dezember 2017 in Miami" (in German). 2016-11-26. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
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