MSC Seaview

MSC Seaview constructed at the Fincanteri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy and built in 2018 with $12.4 billion investment,[5] The cruise ship has a tonnage of 153,516 GT[6] and accommodates 5,179 travelers and 1,413 crews with the length of 1,060 ft and a beam of 134 ft.[7] It also features 2,066 guest cabins, 759 crew cabins, and 43,500m2 spaces.[8] On 16 October 2015, MSC Cruises performed the steel cutting of what would be their second Seaside-class ship.[9] In July 2016, MSC Cruises announced that the name of their second Seaside-class ship would be MSC Seaview.[10] Her keel laying and coin ceremony was on 2 February 2017.[11][12] On 23 August 2017, MSC Seaview was floated out from the Fincantieri shipyard[13] and began her sea trials on 23 April 2018.[14]

The ship was delivered to MSC Cruises on 4 June 2018[15] and was christened by Sophia Loren on 9 June 2018 at a ceremony in Genoa.[15][16][17]

The Daily Telegraph rated MSC Seaview as 9/10,[18] and ranked by USA Today as the sixth largest cruise ship in 2019.[19]

MSC Seaview spent her maiden season in the Western Mediterranean before repositioning to Santos, Brazil later that year to serve MSC's South America program during the fall and winter seasons,[14] and at 2019 the ship was hosted in the same location.[20] On 9 December 2019, the ship alongside MSC Bellissima made a maiden visit in Doha.[21] She performed this rotation until being redeployed to Dubai to cruise the Persian Gulf in Fall 2020.[22]

During the coronavirus pandemic, 10 crew members aboard MSC Seaview had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.[24] Subsequently, the ship entered quarantine at the Port of Santos on 30 April 2020.[24] On 5 May 2020, Empresa Brasil de Comunicação reported that there were 80 confirmed cases of the virus at that point, with another 30 suspected cases, out of a total of 615 crew members aboard.[25] Later that day, the number of confirmed cases rose to 86.[26]