Until this week MSC Armonia was homeported in Havana for European passengers, but MSC Armonia arrived in her new home port of Miami today, where she will be one of three MSC ships homeported there this winter, two of which (including MSC Armonia) will remain year round. But she won't be any stranger to Havana.
She will be a weekly visitor to Havana on her weekly western Caribbean itinerary where she will spend two full days (Saturday and Sunday) giving passengers plenty of time to explore this port of call new to US citizens.
The complete story appeared in the December 10 edition of Cruise News Daily.
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Fincantieri has returned MSC Armonia to MSC, and as promised, it is 5,000 gross tons larger and 24 meters longer. Tonight the ship is sailing from the yard in Palermo to Genoa where it will reenter service on Tuesday with a 10-day Canary Island Cruise.
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MSC Armonia is now more than 24 meters longer than when it arrived at the Fincantieri shipyard in Palermo (Italy) at the end of last month. As part of MSC Cruises' Renaissance Project, the ship is being lengthened by way of inserting a 24-meter section in the middle. The cutting completed on Monday, it was pulled apart today on the rails in the dry dock, and the new midsection will be in place tomorrow.
These photos show the incision and the new section ready to be inserted. The time lapse video below shows today's whole process. For perspective on the size, note the people walking on the bottom of the dry dock.
Photos courtesy of MSC Crociere. Video courtesy of Matt Sparke. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without permission.
