MSC MERAVIGLIA sea trials

We went out to meet the enormous MSC Meraviglia, which headed back to sea for a second series of trials.
The ship built by STX was the largest cruise liner ever ordered by a European operator...
It left its construction dock at 6:50 in the morning on April 28, taking advantage of the high tide. The MSC Meraviglia, the largest cruise ship ever ordered by a European operator, left Saint-Nazaire to carry out sea trials.
Built at the STX shipyard, the vessel took 350 workers and technicians on board. The aim was to carry out a full series of tests at sea before delivery at the end of May. Its return to Saint-Nazaire was scheduled for Sunday.
Ordered by the Italian-Swiss operator MSC Cruises, the 315-metre-long and 43-metre-wide ship can carry up to 5,700 passengers.
The MSC Meraviglia is also the first in a series of eleven cruise ships that the operator planned to have built over the following years at the STX shipyard in Saint-Nazaire and by its Italian competitor Fincantieri.
Meraviglia’s sister ship, to be named MSC Bellissima, was also ordered from STX and was due to be delivered in spring 2019.

Filmed by David LAFORGE

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