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MSC Bellissima in Saint-Nazaire (France) shipyard at 19 February 2019.
History
NameMSC Bellissima
OwnerMSC Cruises
OperatorMSC Cruises
Port of registryValletta,  Malta
Ordered20 March 2014
BuilderChantiers de l'Atlantique
Laid down15 November 2017
Launched14 June 2018
Christened2 March 2019
Acquired27 February 2019
Maiden voyage4 March 2019
In service4 March 2019
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics
Class and typeMeraviglia-class
Tonnage171,598 GT[1]
Length315.83 metres (1,036.2 ft)[1]
Draught8.75 metres (28.7 ft)[1]
Decks18[1]
Installed power38,400 kilowatts (51,500 hp)
Propulsion2 × ABB Azipods[1]
Speed21.8 knots (40.4 km/h; 25.1 mph)[1]
Capacity4,500

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.

MSC Cruises announced the suspension of all North American itineraries until June 30, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

Design and construction

MSC Cruises and STX France cut the first steel of Bellissima on November 28, 2016.[5][6] Her keel laying and coin ceremony happened on November 15, 2017.[7] On June 14, 2018, the ship was floated out.[8] Her sea trials took place in December 2018.[9]

MSC Bellissima in Saint-Nazaire the day before its departure at 26 February 2019.

Her delivery ceremony took place on February 27, 2019. Bellissima was officially named on March 2, 2019, at Southampton, by the actress, Sophia Loren.[10] 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.[11]

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.[12] 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.[13]

Route

MSC Bellissima departed for her maiden voyage on March 4, 2019.[14] 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,[15][10] and made a maiden call at Doha, Qatar in December 2019.[16] She will then be redeployed to Asia to serve MSC's China program in Spring 2020.[8][10] In 2020, the ship will be heading in Asia.[17]

Incidents

Coronavirus pandemic

See also: 2020 coronavirus pandemic on cruise ships § MSC Bellissima

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.[18] The crew member was also reported to have been to Dubai, and was stable at the time of the report.[18]

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][19]

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.[20]

Notes

  1. ^ 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.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "MSC BELLISSIMA (9760524)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  2. ^ "MSC Bellissima Cruise Ship: Review & Photos on Cruise Critic". www.cruisecritic.com. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  3. ^ "MSC Bellissima Ship Stats & Information- MSC Cruises MSC Bellissima Cruises: Travel Weekly". www.travelweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  4. ^ https://www.foxnews.com/travel/msc-cruises-suspend-operations-through-summer
  5. ^ "Cruise ship launch timeline | MSC Bellissima| MSC Cruises". MSC Cruises Australia Website. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  6. ^ "MSC Cruises Finalizes Contract for Two New Meraviglia-Plus Ships". TravelPulse. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ a b "MSC Bellissima Casts Off for Sea Trials | World Maritime News". worldmaritimenews.com. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  9. ^ Mathisen, Monty (2018-12-21). "MSC Bellissima Departs from Chantiers de l'Atlantique For Sea Trials". www.cruiseindustrynews.com. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  10. ^ a b c "MSC Bellissima Christened". The Maritime Executive. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  11. ^ Ross, Andrew. "Star-studded naming of MSC Bellissima halted by bad weather". Daily Echo. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  12. ^ "This New Cruise Ship Will Have Virtual Assistants to Give You Everything You Could Possibly Need". Travel + Leisure. Retrieved 2019-09-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "MSC Bellissima to debut Swarovski suite, Grandiosa will have fine art experience". Seatrade Cruise News. 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  14. ^ Staff, C. I. N. (2019-02-27). "Chantiers de l'Atlantique Delivers MSC Bellissima". www.cruiseindustrynews.com. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  15. ^ "MSC Cruises' newest mega cruise ship MSC Bellissima will cruise roundtrip from Dubai in 2020 -". 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  16. ^ Staff, C. I. N. (December 2, 2019). "MSC Bellissima Makes Maiden Visit to Doha". www.cruiseindustrynews.com.
  17. ^ "MSC Bellissima is heading to Asia in spring 2020". seatrade-cruise.com. April 24, 2018.
  18. ^ a b "Two more persons test positive for COVID-19 in Telangana". Telangana Today.
  19. ^ a b "Açorianos que participaram no cruzeiro devem contactar a Linha Saúde Açores". Açoriano Oriental.
  20. ^ "Trappeto, positivo un ragazzo di 22 anni che lavorava sulle navi MSC". April 2, 2020.
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