Cruise Liner News – MSC OPERA Captain & Officers to face Jail over 2019 Accident at Venice – February 2021
The criminal case stemming from a 2019 accident in which the cruise liner MSC OPERA collided with the river cruise ship RIVER COUNTESS and the dock while arriving in Venice was concluded with an agreement to limited jail time for the captain and crew blamed for the accident and then under Italian law commuted into […]
Cruise Liner News – MSC OPERA denied entry to Malta – 06.03.2020
The Government of Malta and MSC Cruises have reached a mutual agreement that the cruise liner MSC OPERA will not enter Valletta, Malta’s port, according to a government statement. The government also said in a statement that “this decision has been taken following public alarm raised by misleading information given by a local media outlet […]
Coronavirus – MSC OPERA Passengers ordered to stay onboard – 04.03.2020
MSC OPERA with 2,300 passengers is on high alert after an Austrian passenger who disembarked from the ship on February 28th in Genoa, Italy and back in Austria tested positive for Coronavirus. MSC Cruises was notified yesterday 4th March 2020 by the Austrian Health Authorities that upon arrival back home the male person has been […]
Valletta Cruise Port – Week 38 of 2018
Valletta Cruise Port plc (formerly VISET Malta plc) is a limited liability company which took over the cruise and ferry terminal operations following an international tender issued by the Government of Malta in 1996. Valletta Cruise Port was awarded the project and the formal agreement was signed on the 23rd of November 2001. On 21 […]
