MSC Fantasia
IMO no. 9359791
The MSC Fantasia is a cruise ship of MSC Crociere SA headquartered in Naples, a subsidiary of Mediterranean Shipping Company. The MSC Fantasia was at the time of commissioning a survey of 137 936 GT, the largest passenger ship ever built for a European ship owner and is currently the sixth largest cruise ship type worldwide.
The MSC Fantasia is used mainly in the Mediterranean with a base port of Genoa. During the winter months, the Canary Islands are busy. Since the new MSC Preciosa is used in 2013 in the western Mediterranean, the MSC Fantasia changes to the eastern Mediterranean. 2013 moves to the ship from Venice goals in the Adriatic and Eastern Mediterranean, for example, Piraeus or Santorini. From late 2012 to early 2013, MSC Fantasia is used for cruises in South America. This area will, however, not been driven in the winter 2013/14 again, because it is replaced by the new MSC Preciosa. Instead, they will take over at this time again the longer cruises from Genoa through the Mediterranean to the Canary Islands.
Construction and commissioning
The ship was built under the hull number A33 on the French tradition shipyard Chantiers de l' Atlantique. The development project was in the hands of the Studio De Jorio Design International in Genoa. The celebration of the gating steel ( steel cutting) was held on 9 September 2006, on 11 April 2007, the Münzzeremonie. August 30 2007 was the day of the " Moving docks ". After the fairway was deepened to over eight meters, was on February 6, 2008, the so-called " floating ", the technical launch to take place. Two days later the ship using eight tractors was moved to the outfitting. On 17 July 2008, the swimming and driving tests began in the sea. After a construction period of approximately three years, during which some 4,000 people were employed on the project, was the ship's christening on 18 December 2008 in Naples by the Italian actress Sophia Loren. After the baptism, the ship was transferred to Genoa.
The first cruise of the new flagship of the MSC fleet, which has 17 decks, 13 of which are accessible to passengers, began as a Christmas journey on December 20, 2008 in Genoa, the ports of call were Rhodes, Alexandria, Messina, Naples, Genoa.
Sister ships
The MSC Fantasia has an identical sister ship called the MSC Splendida, which was also baptized on July 12, 2009 in Barcelona by Sophia Loren. The maiden voyage took place between July 18, 2009 13. In May 2012, the MSC Divina supplemented the fleet; the ship was christened on 26 May 2012 in Marseille. With 139072 GT it is slightly larger than their previous sister ships. The MSC Preciosa, originally only for the Libyan shipping company ( General National Maritime Transport Company ) should be used as Phoenicia, came in March 2013 added to the MSC fleet. As the MSC Divina is measured with 139072 GT.
Zeitgeschichtliches
It was planned that meet from 8 to 10 July 2009, the Minister of Government and representatives of the major industrial nations of the world at the G8 summit in Italy competent on the cruise ship. You should go to La Maddalena / Italy on board. The G8 summit was moved later by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region, where early April 2009, a major earthquake, thousands of people homeless.
Incidents
On 5 March 2009 a storm swept with wind gusts of up to 100 km / h over the Balearic island of Mallorca. The bow hawsers (or their anchorages) of lying in the port of Palma de Mallorca MSC Fantasia kept the wind load was not broke and, as just wanted to leave the ship to come ashore passengers. Because the ship from the pier on the output, the gangway broke, plunged about 15 meters into the water and tore a 80 -year-old passenger from Egypt with him. The man hit his head against the hull and was seriously injured. Three members of the crew immediately jumped into the water to rescue the man. The four men were taken to hospital.