Coin ceremony for MSC Seaview marks new milestone in expanding MSC Cruises’ fleet
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MSC Seaview will be deployed in the Mediterranean as of summer 2018 to be the landmark of MSC Cruises’ cutting edge innovation in the region.
Today MSC Cruises, and Fincantieri, marked a key milestone in the building o
f MSC Seaview with the celebration of the maritime tradition-rich coin ceremony, held at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard in Italy. MSC Seaview is the third next-generation mega cruise ship that will come into service under MSC Cruises’ ten-year investment plan through 2026.
The coin ceremony takes place when a ship’s keel is laid, at the early stages of its construction. Tradition dictates that two long-standing employees representing the shipyard and the ship owner act as godmothers for the ceremony, placing two coins under the new ship’s keel block as a sign of blessing and good fortune.
Today Michela Bullo, from Fincantieri and Loredana Giammusso, from MSC Cruises had the honour of performing this task.
Pierfrancesco Vago, MSC Cruises’ executive chairman commented: “MSC Seaview is one of the four MSC Cruises’ ships currently under construction, as part of an industry-unprecedented ten-year, €9 billion investment plan that underpins the next phase of our global growth as the world’s largest privately-owned cruise line.
She will also be a reflection of our unique and ongoing commitment to each time bringing to market the most innovatively conceived cruise ships, as the Seaside generation of MSC Cruises ships – of which MSC Seaview is part – introduces yet another game-changing prototype.”
MSC Seaview will be the highlight of MSC Cruises’ next year’s ship deployment activities as she will come into service in June 2018, sailing the Western Mediterranean in her inaugural summer season. She will then continue her deployment in Brazil as of November 2018.
Antonio Paradiso, Country Manager of MSC Cruises UK&Ireland commented: “The new ships represent an increase in capacity that will benefit the UK market and we are pleased with the way that they are performing with the UK market.”
At 323 metres long with a GRT of 154,000 tonnes, MSC Seaview will feature a maximum capacity of 5,179 guests. She will be the second of two sister ships in the MSC Cruises’ Seaside generation. Her sister ship MSC Seaside is set to enter service later this year in December 2017 and is scheduled to be christened in Miami, where she will homeport.
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