''MSC Seascape'' is a Seaside EVO-class cruise ship built for

MSC Cruises MSC Cruises ( it, MSC Crociere) is an Italian global cruise line registered in Switzerland and based in Geneva, with operations offices in Naples, Genoa and Venice. It was founded in 1989 in Naples, Italy, as part of the Mediterranean Shipping C ...

at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy. The leader of her sub-class is the ''

MSC Seashore ''MSC Seashore'' is a ''Seaside'' EVO-class cruise ship built for MSC Cruises at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy. As of August 2021, she became the lead ship of MSC's ''Seaside'' EVO class, a sub-class of the ''Seaside''-class of ...

'', who was delivered to MSC Cruises in July 2022. This class is a larger version of the main Seaside class of cruise ships.

History

Planning and construction

On 29 November 2017, at the delivery ceremony of ''

MSC Seaside ''MSC Seaside'' is a ''Seaside''-class cruise ship currently owned and operated by MSC Cruises. As the lead vessel of the ''Seaside'' class, she lends her name to the company's ''Seaside'' class. At 153,516 GT, she would become the largest ...

'', MSC announced it had signed an order with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri worth €1.8 billion for two new cruise ships, scheduled for delivery in 2021 and 2023, respectively. The two ships would make up the ''Seaside'' EVO-class, described as a "further evolution of the ''Seaside''-class prototype" established by ''MSC Seaside'' and ''

MSC Seaview ''MSC Seaview'' is a ''Seaside''-class cruise ship owned and operated by MSC Cruises. Built by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri in Monfalcone and delivered in June 2018, she is the sister ship to her class' lead vessel, ''MSC Seaside.'' Histo ...

.'' The order for the first ''Seaside'' EVO ship replaced an order originally placed for a third ''Seaside''-class vessel. ''MSC Seascape'' is described to be the largest and most technologically advanced

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ever built in

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. The ''MSC Seascape's'' naming ceremony was held on 7 December 2022 at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal.

Operational career

''MSC Seascape'' started her career with a

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from the Mediterranean to North America. This maiden voyage started on November 18, 2022. After arriving in New York, she sailed down to Miami to begin her main career in the region on 11 December 2022. On 19 January 2023, a power loss (technical issue with one of the

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s) caused a reduced maximum speed. This resulted in one port of call being replaced. Apparently there was "great danger" if the second engine failed. On April 17, 2023, a 34-year-old ship nurse allegedly sexually assaulted a 41-year-old female passenger onboard a 7-day Eastern Caribbean Cruise from Miami, Florida USA. On April 18th, the male crew (Titus Dabre, from Mumbai, India) was arrested and accused of raping an American woman (from Cleveland, Ohio USA) he was tending to at the Infirmary. The matter was reported to the police and the Indian crew was incarcerated and bail was denied. The Bahamian court scheduled a jury trial for August 23rd. The incident occurred during the 7-day Eastern Caribbean Cruise from Miami, Florida USA with call ports in

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, and Dominicana.

Design and specifications

''MSC Seascape'' is 339 meter long (1112.2 ft.) and has a beam of 41 meter (135 ft.), which makes it the longest ship in the fleet. She measures 76 meter high (243 ft.). ''MSC Seascape'' is 20 decks tall Her gross tonnage is 169,400 GT. The ship can do a maximum speed of 22 knots. However, cruising speed she does about 18.5 knots. She has a maximum passenger capacity of 5,179 passengers and 1,648 crew members. The ship holds emphasis on outdoor spaces, with a narrower superstructure and larger promenade areas. Many safety features, environmentally friendly policies, and other minor details are borrowed from her sister ship ''

''. A new attraction known as the Robotron has been featured near the ship's pool deck aft, where the Marina Pool lies on deck 18. The robotron lies right next to the sports arena, located on deck 20.

References

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