MSC Cruises
Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, sailing since 1988.
MSC Cruises grew out of the Aponte family's Mediterranean Shipping Company, the world's largest container shipping line, entering cruising in 1988. Still privately owned, it has expanded faster than any rival cruise brand this decade and now also operates the ultra-luxury Explora Journeys brand.
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MSC Cruises
Cruise line registered in Switzerland
MSC Cruises S.A. is global cruise line founded in 1988 in Naples as part of the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and based in Geneva (Switzerland); it has operations offices in Naples, Genoa and Venice. In addition to being the world's largest privately held cruise company, employing about 23,500 people worldwide and with offices in 45 countries as of 2017, MSC Cruises is the third-largest cruise company in the world, after Carnival Corporation and the Royal Caribbean Group, with a 10% share of all passengers carried in 2025.
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Cruiseline details
- Founded
- 1988
- Headquarters
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Parent Company
- MSC Group
- Website
- msccruises.com
- Brand Color
- #f4c20d
- Loyalty Program
- MSC Voyagers Club
- Stock Ticker
- Private
- Company Size (Employees)
- ~35,000 employees (fleet-wide)
- Company Story
- MSC Cruises grew out of the Aponte family's Mediterranean Shipping Company, the world's largest container shipping line, entering cruising in 1988. Still privately owned, it has expanded faster than any rival cruise brand this decade and now also operates the ultra-luxury Explora Journeys brand.
Fleet
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MSC Euribia
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MSC Seascape
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MSC Bellissima
MSC World America
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MSC World Europa
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