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The ship joined [[MSC Meraviglia|MSC ''Meraviglia'']] in the company’s [[MSC Cruises#Meraviglia class|''Meraviglia''-class]] of cruise ships. She has a tonnage of 171,598 [[Gross tonnage|GT]] and a capacity of 4,500 passengers.<ref name=veristar>{{cite ship register|register=BV|id=9760524|shipname=MSC BELLISSIMA|access-date=2019-03-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise/MSC-Cruises/MSC-Bellissima|title=MSC Bellissima Ship Stats & Information- MSC Cruises MSC Bellissima Cruises: Travel Weekly|website=www.travelweekly.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-01}}</ref> The ship debuted in March 2019. |
The ship joined [[MSC Meraviglia|MSC ''Meraviglia'']] in the company’s [[MSC Cruises#Meraviglia class|''Meraviglia''-class]] of cruise ships. She has a tonnage of 171,598 [[Gross tonnage|GT]] and a capacity of 4,500 passengers.<ref name=veristar>{{cite ship register|register=BV|id=9760524|shipname=MSC BELLISSIMA|access-date=2019-03-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise/MSC-Cruises/MSC-Bellissima|title=MSC Bellissima Ship Stats & Information- MSC Cruises MSC Bellissima Cruises: Travel Weekly|website=www.travelweekly.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-01}}</ref> The ship debuted in March 2019. |
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== Design and construction == |
== Design and construction == |
Revision as of 00:42, 27 April 2020
MSC Bellissima in Saint-Nazaire (France) shipyard the day before its departure.
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History | |
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Name | MSC Bellissima |
Owner | MSC Cruises |
Operator | MSC Cruises |
Port of registry | Valletta, Malta |
Ordered | 20 March 2014 |
Builder | Chantiers de l'Atlantique |
Laid down | 15 November 2017 |
Launched | 14 June 2018 |
Christened | 2 March 2019 |
Acquired | 27 February 2019 |
Maiden voyage | 4 March 2019 |
In service | 4 March 2019 |
Identification |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Meraviglia-class |
Tonnage | 171,598 GT[1] |
Length | 315.83 metres (1,036.2 ft)[1] |
Draught | 8.75 metres (28.7 ft)[1] |
Decks | 18[1] |
Installed power | 38,400 kilowatts (51,500 hp) |
Propulsion | 2 × ABB Azipods[1] |
Speed | 21.8 knots (40.4 km/h; 25.1 mph)[1] |
Capacity | 4,500 |
MSC Bellissima is a cruise ship operated by MSC Cruises. She was constructed at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire, France.[2]
The ship joined MSC Meraviglia in the company’s Meraviglia-class of cruise ships. She has a tonnage of 171,598 GT and a capacity of 4,500 passengers.[1][3] The ship debuted in March 2019.
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Design and construction
MSC Cruises and STX France cut the first steel of Bellissima on November 28, 2016.[4][5] Her keel laying and coin ceremony happened on November 15, 2017.[6] On June 14, 2018, the ship was floated out.[7] Her sea trials took place in December 2018.[8]
Her delivery ceremony took place on February 27, 2019. Bellissima was officially named on March 2, 2019, at Southampton, by the actress, Sophia Loren.[9] The original ceremony in a marquee on the quayside had to be abandoned due to high winds, so a substitute ceremony was quickly organised and Loren pressed a button on the ship's bridge to smash the bottle of champagne on the ship's bows.[10]
MSC Cruises collaborated with Harman International to bring "ZOE," the first virtual assistant to be featured on any cruise ship, to the MSC Bellissima and future MSC Cruises ships.[11] In September 2019, as a part of MSC Cruises' longstanding relationship with Swarovski, the Bellissima will feature a suite fully embellished with 700,000 crystals.[12]
Route
MSC Bellissima departed for her maiden voyage on March 4, 2019.[13] She will spend her maiden season in the Mediterranean, before re-positioning to the Persian Gulf in November 2019, cruising from Dubai for the winter season,[14][9] and made a maiden call at Doha, Qatar in December 2019.[15] She will then be redeployed to Asia to serve MSC's China program in Spring 2020.[7][9] In 2020, the ship will be heading in Asia.[16]
Incidents
Coronavirus pandemic
On 2020.03.21, officials from the Indian state of Telangana reported that a 33-year-old crew member of MSC Bellissima had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.[17] The crew member was also reported to have been to Dubai, and was stable at the time of the report.[17]
On 2020.03.24, it was reported that three Azoreans who were former passengers of MSC Bellissima during its cruise to Dubai from 2020.03.07 to 2020.03.14 had tested positive.[a][18]
On 2020.04.02, a 22-year-old crew member of MSC Bellissima, who had quarantined himself at home in Trappeto, Sicily after returning from Dubai, announced that he had tested positive that day.[19]
Notes
- ^ Two cases were from São Miguel Island, a 31-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman, while one case from São Jorge Island had been diagnosed previously, but had been in contact with a newly-diagnosed case from Terceira Island.[18]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "MSC BELLISSIMA (9760524)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
- ^ "MSC Bellissima Cruise Ship: Review & Photos on Cruise Critic". www.cruisecritic.com. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
- ^ "MSC Bellissima Ship Stats & Information- MSC Cruises MSC Bellissima Cruises: Travel Weekly". www.travelweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
- ^ "Cruise ship launch timeline | MSC Bellissima| MSC Cruises". MSC Cruises Australia Website. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
- ^ "MSC Cruises Finalizes Contract for Two New Meraviglia-Plus Ships". TravelPulse. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
- ^ "MSC Cruises Cuts Steel for First Meraviglia Plus-class Ship, MSC Grandiosa; Coin Ceremony Held for MSC Bellissima". www.cruisecritic.com. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ a b "MSC Bellissima Casts Off for Sea Trials | World Maritime News". worldmaritimenews.com. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
- ^ Mathisen, Monty (2018-12-21). "MSC Bellissima Departs from Chantiers de l'Atlantique For Sea Trials". www.cruiseindustrynews.com. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
- ^ a b c "MSC Bellissima Christened". The Maritime Executive. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
- ^ Ross, Andrew. "Star-studded naming of MSC Bellissima halted by bad weather". Daily Echo. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ "This New Cruise Ship Will Have Virtual Assistants to Give You Everything You Could Possibly Need". Travel + Leisure. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "MSC Bellissima to debut Swarovski suite, Grandiosa will have fine art experience". Seatrade Cruise News. 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
- ^ Staff, C. I. N. (2019-02-27). "Chantiers de l'Atlantique Delivers MSC Bellissima". www.cruiseindustrynews.com. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
- ^ "MSC Cruises' newest mega cruise ship MSC Bellissima will cruise roundtrip from Dubai in 2020 -". 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ^ Staff, C. I. N. (December 2, 2019). "MSC Bellissima Makes Maiden Visit to Doha". www.cruiseindustrynews.com.
- ^ "MSC Bellissima is heading to Asia in spring 2020". seatrade-cruise.com. April 24, 2018.
- ^ a b "Two more persons test positive for COVID-19 in Telangana". Telangana Today.
- ^ a b "Açorianos que participaram no cruzeiro devem contactar a Linha Saúde Açores". Açoriano Oriental.
- ^ "Trappeto, positivo un ragazzo di 22 anni che lavorava sulle navi MSC". April 2, 2020.