Engineering:MSC Bellissima

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MSC Bellissima in Saint-Nazaire (France) shipyard on 19 February 2019
History
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:
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.

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

History

MSC Cruises and STX France cut the first steel of MSC Bellissima on 28 November 2016,[5][6] with £750 investment.[7] Her keel laying and coin ceremony happened on 15 November 2017.[8] It also features 2,217 cabins and 1,418 balconies that can accommodate 5,686 guests,[9] with the length of 315.8m and a width of 43m.[10] On 14 June 2018, the ship was floated out.[11] Her sea trials took place in December 2018.[12] Andrea Bocelli, alongside his son, performed during the christening of the ship.[13] The ship joined MSC Meraviglia in the company's Meraviglia class of cruise ships which it has a tonnage of 171,598 GT and a capacity of 4,500 passengers.[14][3]

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

Her delivery ceremony took place on 27 February 2019. MSC Bellissima was officially named on 2 March 2019, at Southampton, by the actress Sophia Loren.[15] 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 bow.[16]

MSC Cruises collaborated with Harman International to bring "ZOE," the first virtual assistant to be featured on any cruise ship, to MSC Bellissima and future MSC Cruises ships.[17] In September 2019, as a part of MSC Cruises' longstanding relationship with Swarovski, MSC Bellissima featured a suite fully embellished with 700,000 crystals.[18]

On 13 February 2020, MSC Bellissima was featured on Ultimate Mega Cruise Ship on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom.[19]

Route

MSC Bellissima departed for her maiden voyage on 4 March 2019,[20] and made an inaugural call in Spain on 12 March 2019.[21] 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,[22][15] and made a maiden call at Doha, Qatar in December 2019.[23] She will then be redeployed to Asia to serve MSC's China program in Spring 2020.[11][15] In 2020, the ship will be heading in Asia,[24] such as China .[25]

Incidents

Coronavirus pandemic

On 21 March 2020, 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.[26] The crew member was also reported to have been to Dubai, and was stable at the time of the report.[26]

On 24 March 2020, it was reported that three Azoreans who were former passengers of MSC Bellissima during its cruise to Dubai from 7 March 2020 to 14 March 2020 had tested positive.[lower-alpha 1][27]

On 2 April 2020, 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.[28] On 10 April 2020, a dancer from Klagenfurt, Austria, who performed in Cirque du Soleil shows aboard MSC Bellissima, tested positive for the virus while she was still on board the ship.[29][30] The crew member was tested a day before she was scheduled to leave for home, and the result came as a surprise as she had been asymptomatic.[30] As of 4 May 2020, she has been stuck aboard MSC Bellissima for 50 days.[29]

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.[27]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "MSC BELLISSIMA (9760524)". Bureau Veritas. http://www.veristar.com/wps/portal/equasis?IMO=9760524. 
  2. ↑ "MSC Bellissima Cruise Ship: Review & Photos on Cruise Critic" (in en-us). https://www.cruisecritic.com/reviews/review.cfm?ShipID=1252. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "MSC Bellissima Ship Stats & Information- MSC Cruises MSC Bellissima Cruises: Travel Weekly" (in en). http://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise/MSC-Cruises/MSC-Bellissima. 
  4. ↑ "MSC Cruises is latest to suspend operations through summer". 30 April 2020. https://www.foxnews.com/travel/msc-cruises-suspend-operations-through-summer. 
  5. ↑ "Cruise ship launch timeline | MSC Bellissima| MSC Cruises". MSC Cruises Australia Website. https://www.msccruises.com.au/en-au/Discover-MSC/Cruise-Ships/MSC-Bellissima/Timeline.aspx. 
  6. ↑ "MSC Cruises Finalizes Contract for Two New Meraviglia-Plus Ships". https://www.travelpulse.com/news/cruise/msc-cruises-finalizes-contract-for-two-new-meraviglia-plus-ships.html. 
  7. ↑ "Why you should join your grandparents for a cruise holiday". 21 September 2019. https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/21/need-head-cruise-holiday-msc-bellissima-10746702/. 
  8. ↑ "MSC Cruises Cuts Steel for First Meraviglia Plus-class Ship, MSC Grandiosa; Coin Ceremony Held for MSC Bellissima" (in en-us). https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=8214. 
  9. ↑ "MSC Cruises' Zoe: meet Bellissima's new AI companion". 23 May 2019. https://www.ship-technology.com/features/msc-cruises-zoe/. 
  10. ↑ Holland, Kaye. "Introducing the world's newest cruise ship – does MSC Bellissima live up to its name?". https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises/articles/everything-we-know-so-far-about-MSC-Bellissima/. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "MSC Bellissima Casts Off for Sea Trials | World Maritime News" (in en-US). 20 December 2018. https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/267205/msc-bellissima-casts-off-for-sea-trials/. 
  12. ↑ Mathisen, Monty (21 December 2018). "MSC Bellissima Departs from Chantiers de l'Atlantique For Sea Trials" (in en-gb). https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/20102-msc-bellissima-departs-from-chantiers-de-l-atlantique-for-sea-trials.html. 
  13. ↑ "World of Cruising Magazine - MSC Bellissima Adds Andrea Bocelli to Star-Studded Naming Ceremony". 25 February 2019. https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/msc-bellissima-adds-andrea-bocelli-to-star-studded-naming-ceremony/. 
  14. ↑ Sloan, Gene. "New cruise ships for 2019: MSC Cruises' MSC Bellissima". https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2019/01/02/cruise-ship-preview-msc-cruises-new-bellissima/2338056002/. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "MSC Bellissima Christened" (in en). https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/msc-bellissima-christened. 
  16. ↑ Ross, Andrew. "Star-studded naming of MSC Bellissima halted by bad weather". https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/17472229.star-studded-naming-of-msc-bellissima-halted-by-bad-weather/. Retrieved 3 March 2019. 
  17. ↑ "This New Cruise Ship Will Have Virtual Assistants to Give You Everything You Could Possibly Need" (in en). https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/msc-cruises-bellissima-virtual-assistants. 
  18. ↑ "MSC Bellissima to debut Swarovski suite, Grandiosa will have fine art experience". 9 September 2019. https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news/news-headlines/msc-bellissima-to-debut-swarovski-suite-grandiosa-will-have-fine-art-experience/. 
  19. ↑ "MSC Bellissima becomes star of Channel 5 documentary". 13 February 2020. https://www.cruisetradenews.com/msc-bellissima-becomes-star-of-channel-5-documentary/. 
  20. ↑ Staff, C. I. N. (27 February 2019). "Chantiers de l'Atlantique Delivers MSC Bellissima" (in en-gb). https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/20436-chantiers-de-l-atlantique-delivers-msc-bellissima.html. 
  21. ↑ "MSC Bellissima Makes Inaugural Call in Spain". 12 March 2019. https://cruisefever.net/msc-bellissima-makes-inaugural-call-in-spain/. 
  22. ↑ "MSC Cruises' newest mega cruise ship MSC Bellissima will cruise roundtrip from Dubai in 2020 -" (in en-GB). 12 February 2018. https://cruisearabiaonline.com/2018/02/12/msc-cruises-newest-mega-cruise-ship-msc-bellissima-will-cruise-roundtrip-from-dubai-in-2020/. 
  23. ↑ Staff, C. I. N. (2 December 2019). "MSC Bellissima Makes Maiden Visit to Doha". https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/22007-msc-bellissima-makes-maiden-visit-to-doha.html. 
  24. ↑ "MSC Bellissima is heading to Asia in spring 2020". 24 April 2018. https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news-headlines/msc-bellissima-heading-asia-spring-2020. 
  25. ↑ Mathisen, Monty (24 April 2018). "MSC Bellissima to China in 2020". https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/18890-msc-bellissima-to-china-in-2020.html. 
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 "Two more persons test positive for COVID-19 in Telangana". https://telanganatoday.com/two-more-persons-test-positive-for-covid-19-in-telangana. 
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 "Açorianos que participaram no cruzeiro devem contactar a Linha Saúde Açores". https://www.acorianooriental.pt/noticia/acorianos-que-participaram-no-cruzeiro-devem-contactar-a-linha-saude-acores-308613. 
  28. ↑ "Trappeto, positivo un ragazzo di 22 anni che lavorava sulle navi MSC". 2 April 2020. https://www.direttasicilia.it/2020/04/02/trappeto-positivo-un-ragazzo-di-22-anni-che-lavorava-sulle-navi-msc/. 
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 red, kaernten ORF at (4 May 2020). "Kärntnerin sitzt seit 50 Tagen auf Schiff fest". https://kaernten.orf.at/stories/3047045/. 
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 "MSC Kreuzfahrten: Crew nach Hause geschickt - Cirque Du Soleil Artistin in Isolation mit positivem Befund". 5 May 2020. https://www.schiffe-und-kreuzfahrten.de/news/msc-kreuzfahrten-crew-nach-hause-geschickt-cirque-du-soleil-artistin-in-isolation-mit-positivem-befund/203599/. 

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