MSC Cruises has taken supply of the brand new MSC Seascape from Fincantieri within the presence of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Sustainable Infrastructure and Mobility, Hon. Matteo Salvini.
The vessel is the twenty first to hitch the MSC Cruises fleet and MSC Seascape is the fourth to have been constructed by Fincantieri as a part of a €7 billion funding bundle for 10 ships, in response to a press launch.
Fincantieri stated in an announcement that the MSC Seascape is the biggest and most technologically superior cruise ship ever in-built Italy and options vital improvements from an environmental perspective.
The handover ceremony, held at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard, was attended by Massimiliano Fedriga, President of the Friuli Venezia Giulia area, Anna Maria Cisint, Mayor of Monfalcone, Admiral Nicola Carlone, Commandant of the Port Authorities, Gianluigi Aponte, Founder and Chairman of the MSC Group, Pierfrancesco Vago, Executive Chairman of the MSC Group’s Cruise Division, the ship’s godmother Zoe Africa Vago, for Fincantieri General Claudio Graziano and Pierroberto Folgiero, Chairman and CEO, and Luigi Matarazzo, General Manager Merchant Ships Division, in addition to representatives of the MSC newbuild staff together with managers and staff from the shipyard.
Paying tribute to historic seafaring traditions, Monfalcone shipyard director Cristiano Bazzara, offered MSC Seascape’s captain, Roberto Leotta, with an ampoule containing the primary water that touched the hull when the ship was floated out a yr in the past.
A poignant and transferring tribute of remembrance was paid by all attending the ceremony to Dr. Giuseppe Bono, who for 20 years till May 2022 was CEO of Fincantieri and who handed away on Nov. 8.
Pierfrancesco Vago introduced that on MSC Seascape, which represents the final main venture undertaken by Dr. Bono with MSC Cruises, a plaque named in his honour shall be positioned within the ship.
“The construction of MSC Seascape demonstrates, once again, the strong and lasting commitment of the MSC Group towards Italy and its manufacturing and underlines our confidence in the recovery of a country in which we have never stopped investing and believing in. MSC Seascape has required an investment of over 1 billion euros which has generated an impact on the Italian economy of almost 5 billion. Our Group – between cruises, cargo, ferries, terminals and other activities – employs around 15,000 direct employees in Italy, generating an employment impact of a further 40,000 people,” underlined Vago, Executive Chairman of the Cruises division of the MSC Group.
Addressing the Government, he underlined that “the shipping, logistics and transport sector requires large investments and is based on multi-year spending programmes. We therefore need political stability and a strong, authoritative and constant presence in Europe. Italy – like France and Germany – needs to play a leading role in Europe. Since most of the issues related to the shipping sector are now discussed and decided within the European Community”
Pierroberto Folgiero, CEO of Fincantieri, acknowledged: “The delivery of MSC Seascape represents great importance from many points of view, first of all in the relationship with the shipowner. In fact, this ship is the seal of a hugely successful class, “Seaside”, launched over eight years in the past with two new era items, additional developed into the 2 “Evo”. Secondly, from a administration perspective, for Fincantieri this can be a results of absolute significance, achieved in full compliance with the deadlines regardless of the unprecedented difficulties which have characterised the worldwide context in recent times. Finally, when it comes to technological innovation, Seascape stands on the forefront when it comes to environmental sustainability. By advantage of all this, we glance to the way forward for the sector with optimism, aiming to stay a frontrunner additionally because of a consolidated and impressive partnership such because the one with MSC”.
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