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- May 31, 201790% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
MSC Meraviglia Megaship Delivered at Saint-Nazaire Shipyard
- MSC Cruises took delivery of MSC Meraviglia at the STX France shipyard in Saint-Nazaire on 31 May 2017, with a flag ceremony attended by French President Emmanuel Macron[3]
- The ship measures 171,598 GRT with a guest capacity of 5,714; she is 315 m long, 43 m wide and 65 m high and does up to 22.7 knots, making her the biggest ship ever built by a European ship owner, the largest to enter service in 2017 and the 13th in the MSC fleet[3]. The Free Documentary film shot at the yard agrees on 315 metres long and 65 metres high but describes her as "weighing 80,000 tonnes and capable of transporting more than 7,000 people" - figures that do not match MSC's own tonnage and capacity[1][3]
- Construction took nine million man-hours over three years, with 1,700 workers a month and more than 3,000 at peak, and over 400 suppliers[3]; the documentary describes "more than 2,500 men working day and night, using the latest technological developments to lessen the environmental impact" at "the St Nazaire construction site, a building ground for the world's biggest vessels"[1]
- She was one of six new ships due between 2017 and 2020, four of them built by STX France, with MSC's total investment at the yard from 2003 to 2020 estimated at over 7 billion euros[3]
- After delivery she was christened in Le Havre on 3 June, with Zoe Africa Vago as godmother, and began an inaugural Western Mediterranean season with her first regular 7-night itinerary out of Genoa on 11 June, calling at Naples, Messina, Valletta, Barcelona and Marseille[3]
- MSC Executive Chairman Pierfrancesco Vago and STX France CEO Laurent Castaing were both quoted at the handover[3]
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- [1]90%youtube.com/watch?v=KvnV8cspnfoyoutube.com· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts May 31, 2017 ✓· 50% of score
MSC Cruises' own press release states the Meraviglia was delivered and came into service on 31 May 2017 ("MSC CRUISES CELEBRATES THE COMING INTO SERVICE OF MSC MERAVIGLIA").
- [2]85%MSC Cruises Takes Delivery of its Newest Mega-Shipcruisehive.com· Added Sep 15, 2026· 50% of score
Independent cruise-industry news outlet corroborating the delivery date and shipyard.[1]
- [3]95%MSC Cruises Celebrates the Coming into Service of MSC Meravigliamscpressarea.com· Published Jun 1, 2017· 0% of score
MSC Cruises' own press release announcing the ship's delivery and entry into service on 31 May 2017.[1]
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