Post by postbot on Apr 20, 2012 16:18:28 GMT -8
MSC Divina Returns from Sea Trials
by Matt Hannafin
MSC Cruises’s newest ship, the 139,400-ton, 3,502-passenger MSC Divina, is one step closer to her debut. This week, the vessel — a sister ship to MSC Fantasia (2008) and MSC Splendida (2009) — returned from three days of sea trials off the coast of Brittany, France, during which sixty separate tests were performed to judge her maneuverability, speed, sea-keeping abilities, comfort (for example, evident vibration while underway), and the performance of her propulsion systems, navigational equipment, safety equipment, etc. Some 360 people were involved in the tests, including marine, technical, and engineering teams from MSC and the ship’s builder, STX France. According to a press release put out by the line on Monday, “The ship performed to the full satisfaction of the MSC Cruises team.”
Following her trials, Divina returned to the Louis Joubert Lock in Sainte-Nazaire, where further interior construction and testing will be performed continuously until the vessel is officially delivered to the cruise line on May 19. Divina will be christened on May 26 by film legend Sophia Loren, who’s done godmother duties on all the vessels in MSC’s modern fleet.
www.frommers.com/community/blogs/blog.cfm/cruise-blog/msc-divina-returns-sea-trials
TRAVEL RESERVATIONS LIVE TELEPHONE SUPPORT 24/7
US and Canada: 1-800-780-5733 EU: 00-800-11-20-11-40
phoneid 47909 www.1t23.com
by Matt Hannafin
MSC Cruises’s newest ship, the 139,400-ton, 3,502-passenger MSC Divina, is one step closer to her debut. This week, the vessel — a sister ship to MSC Fantasia (2008) and MSC Splendida (2009) — returned from three days of sea trials off the coast of Brittany, France, during which sixty separate tests were performed to judge her maneuverability, speed, sea-keeping abilities, comfort (for example, evident vibration while underway), and the performance of her propulsion systems, navigational equipment, safety equipment, etc. Some 360 people were involved in the tests, including marine, technical, and engineering teams from MSC and the ship’s builder, STX France. According to a press release put out by the line on Monday, “The ship performed to the full satisfaction of the MSC Cruises team.”
Following her trials, Divina returned to the Louis Joubert Lock in Sainte-Nazaire, where further interior construction and testing will be performed continuously until the vessel is officially delivered to the cruise line on May 19. Divina will be christened on May 26 by film legend Sophia Loren, who’s done godmother duties on all the vessels in MSC’s modern fleet.
www.frommers.com/community/blogs/blog.cfm/cruise-blog/msc-divina-returns-sea-trials
TRAVEL RESERVATIONS LIVE TELEPHONE SUPPORT 24/7
US and Canada: 1-800-780-5733 EU: 00-800-11-20-11-40
phoneid 47909 www.1t23.com