MSC Cruises to Add Seventh Vessel in 2008

MSC Cruises ordered another Panamax ship from the Chantiers de l´Atlantique shipyard for a 2008 delivery, CEO Richard Sasso said at the Seatrade conference State of the Industry session here.

Sasso did not say where MSC´s five new ships on order would go but that North America would “get a lot of attention. “These ships give us so much versatility,” he added.

MSC´s seventh ship, weighing in at 89,600 tons and carrying 2,500 passengers, will sport balconies on 65 percent of its staterooms. According to Sasso, the ship´s name will be released in the coming weeks.