MSC Magnifica
MSC Magnifica in Hamburg
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The MSC Magnifica is a cruise ship the Musica class derived from the shipping company MSC cruises is operated. Identical sister ships are the MSC Musica , MSC Orchestra and MSC Poesia .
The ship offers capacity for over 2,500 passengers on 13 passenger decks.
Areas of application
The MSC Magnifica was mainly used for Mediterranean cruises until 2012. The starting and ending ports were regularly Venice. Since the new MSC Divina added to the fleet in May 2012 , the MSC Magnifica left the Mediterranean between June and September 2012 and was instead used for Northern European cruises. The fjords in Norway , Svalbard and the Baltic Sea are visited. The ship will return to the Mediterranean in autumn 2012, and ports in the western Mediterranean will be called from Genoa . Cruises to South America are planned for the winter season 2012/2013 - it is expected that she will sail there again in 2013/2014. In summer 2013, areas in Northern Europe will also be opened ; Norway and the North Cape as well as Spitsbergen, the Baltic Sea and Great Britain and Ireland are sailed . In 2013 she used Amsterdam and Hamburg as ports of entry and exit instead of Copenhagen and Kiel in 2012. In the autumn season, the Mediterranean will be sailed again .
history
The MSC Magnifica is the shipping company's 11th new build and was built at the STX Europe shipyard in Saint-Nazaire , France . On January 14, 2009, the ship was left out of dry dock . The handover to the shipping company took place on February 25, 2010. The ship sailed under the Panamanian flag and its home port was Panama City .
The christening was on March 6, 2010 in the port of Hamburg , the godmother was Sophia Loren . Only prominent guests and representatives of politics were invited to the ceremony; Those interested were able to experience the celebrations live on two floating large screens that were set up in front of the landing stages. There was also a live broadcast of a concert by Eros Ramazzotti (director: Marc Schütrumpf ) on the Internet.
The ship's first official voyage was from March 1st to 5th, 2010 from Saint-Nazaire via Cherbourg-Octeville , Dover and Amsterdam to Hamburg. The maiden voyage that followed on March 7, 2010 led to Venice.
In 2021 the ship is to be extended by 23 meters for 130 million euros and will receive 215 new cabins and an improved exhaust system.
Incidents
Incident 2013
Towards the morning of November 20, 2013, the MSC Magnifica drifted against the pier and the beacon at the entrance to the port of Piraeus in strong winds . The pier was slightly damaged, the beacon totally destroyed. The ship itself only suffered a dent near the bow on the port side just above the waterline.
See also
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ MSC Magnifica and Musica class
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ MSC Newsletter of February 8, 2010 (accessed on February 8, 2010)
- ↑ On the christening of the MSC Magnifica in Blick.ch
- ^ Ship christening Hamburg
- ↑ MSC Magnifica is being extended and modernized for 130 million euros. September 12, 2019, accessed September 17, 2019 .
- ↑ MSC Magnifica driven against pier in Piraeus