Cape Town: The ‘MSC Poesia’ departed from Cape Town on Friday, Feb 23, 2024, for its next destination ‘Walvis Bay’ in Namibia. Before reaching Namibia, the cruise ship will stop at South African Ports, Durban and Gqeberha, respectively.
As per the sources, The Cruise Cape Town welcomed MSC Poesia to the Mother City shores on Monday, Feb 19, 2024.
The Cruise Cape Town is maintained by Wesgro, which is an official Tourism, Trade and Investment Promotion Agency for Cape Town and Western Cape. Wesgro also does the marketing for the destination worldwide.
The MSC Poesia is an international cruise liner that can dock 3000 passengers and over 1000 crew members altogether at the Port of Cape Town.
The cruise ship stayed for three days at the port as it is on a 115-day international world cruise tour from Rome, Italy to Southampton, England.
MSC Poesia is a cruise ship that is owned and operated by MSC Cruises. The cruise ship was built in 2008 by Aker Yards Shipyard in St Nazaire, France.
MSC Poesia is the sister ship to MSC Musica, MSC Orchestra and MSC Magnifica.
MSC Poesia is the first ship in the MSC Cruises fleet that is officially named outside Italy at the Port of Dover, Kent on April 05, 2008, by Sophia Loren.
Poesia was the flagship of the company until she was displaced by MSC Fantasia which entered service in Dec 2008.
Earlier, in 2008 and 2009 MSC Poesia sailed on a series of seven-night cruises from Venice to Italy, also covering Greece and Turkey. The ship sailed in Northern Europe during the summer season, back in 2010.
Currently, the MSC Poesia cruise is on a 115-day itinerary which is based on the theme ‘Easter’ that began on Jan 04, 2024 and will conclude on Apr 28, 2024.
The cruise ship is capable of holding 2550 to 3060 passengers at a time. 1039 crew members work at the cruise ship. MSC Poesia has 16 decks in total consisting of 8 cabins.