MSC Cruises to name its first LNG-capable ship at inauguration of LNG-producer Qatar’s Cruise Terminal
MSC Cruises, the Italian global cruise line registered in Switzerland and based in Geneva, said that its first dual-fuelled ship with LNG capability, the “MSC World Europa”, would officially be named on November 13 in the Qatari capital Doha at a ceremony including the inauguration of the LNG-producing nation's new Arabian Gulf Grand Cruise Terminal.
LNG bunkering deal
March 25 (LNGJ) - Total and Swiss-based MSC Cruises have signed an agreement for the French energy company to supply around 45,000 tonnes per annum of LNG for cruise ships calling at the Port of Marseilles. Total said it already had worldwide bunkering ties with MSC Cruises. “As we prepare to launch our first of three upcoming LNG-powered cruise ships in 2022, through this key agreement Marseilles will become our hub in the Mediterranean for the refuelling of our latest-generation and most environmentally advanced ships,” declared Pierfrancesco Vago, Executive Chairman of MSC Cruises.
MSC Cruises boosts French shipbuilding with order for another two LNG-powered ships
MSC Cruises, the Swiss-based cruise ship operator, said it signed an agreement with French shipyard Chantiers de l’Atlantique for its third and fourth LNG-powered vessels.
