Post by postbot on Jun 17, 2012 0:14:24 GMT -8
MSC Cruises Gets the Keys to "MSC Divina"
by Matt Hannafin
Over the weekend, the MSC Cruises fleet got a bit bigger. At a ceremony at the STX France shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, the 139,400-ton, 3,502-passenger MSC Divina was officially handed over to the line, becoming the current fleet's 12th ship.
During the traditional flag ceremony, the shipyard’s pennant and the French flag were lowered as "La Marseillaise" played, at which point STX France General Manager Laurent Castaing formally handed the ship over to MSC Cruises’ owner, Gianluigi Aponte. Mr Aponte then gave command of the ship to Captain Giuliano Bossi, and the flags of Italy and MSC Cruises were raised as "Il Canto degli Italiani," the Italian national anthem, was played.
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by Matt Hannafin
Over the weekend, the MSC Cruises fleet got a bit bigger. At a ceremony at the STX France shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, the 139,400-ton, 3,502-passenger MSC Divina was officially handed over to the line, becoming the current fleet's 12th ship.
During the traditional flag ceremony, the shipyard’s pennant and the French flag were lowered as "La Marseillaise" played, at which point STX France General Manager Laurent Castaing formally handed the ship over to MSC Cruises’ owner, Gianluigi Aponte. Mr Aponte then gave command of the ship to Captain Giuliano Bossi, and the flags of Italy and MSC Cruises were raised as "Il Canto degli Italiani," the Italian national anthem, was played.
www.frommers.com/community/blogs/blog.cfm/cruise-blog/msc-cruises-gets-keys-msc-divina
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