MSC Cruises’ latest ship accomplished its first yr in service in Could.
Constructed by the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in France, the LNG-powered cruise ship was handed over to the corporate on Could 31, 2024.
Earlier than welcoming its first paying visitors, the MSC Euribia sailed the business’s first web zero greenhouse emission cruise.
In accordance with MSC Cruises, the four-day voyage from Saint-Nazaire in France to Copenhagen in Denmark used bio-LNG and resulted in a saving of 43 tons of gas.
The journey additionally enabled the 177,100-ton cruise ship to carry out 11 p.c higher than its digital twin – a digital ship that reproduced the optimum power circulate and mirrored the gas utilization onboard.
The achievements have been the results of numerous optimization and energy-efficiency measures, together with optimum velocity profiles, routing, trim and engine configuration, the corporate added.
Following the record-breaking voyage, the MSC Euribia was formally named by MSC Cruises’ fleet godmother Sophia Loren at a particular ceremony on the Danish port of Copenhagen.
Along with slicing the ribbon to interrupt a bottle of champagne over the ship’s bow, the inaugural occasion included stay leisure and speeches, that includes stars just like the French DJ Bob Sinclair and Danish mannequin Sarah Grünewald.
After the ceremony, the ship kicked off its maiden season, which included a sequence of seven-night cruises to the Norwegian Fjords.
Departing from Copenhagen and Kiel, Germany, the itineraries featured visits to totally different ports of name in Norway, similar to Geiranger, Alesund and Flaam.
After providing cruises to Western Europe and England in the course of the 2023-24 winter, the MSC Euribia lately kicked off a second summer season program within the Norwegian Fjords.
In November, the 4,888-guest ship is scheduled to go away Europe for the primary time for a winter program within the Center East.
Crusing from Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha, the ship presents seven-night cruises to the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain via early April 2025.
