Ua kau inoa ʻo MSC Cruises USA i kahi leka o ka manaʻo no kahi moku hou 140,000-ton, 3,502-passenger moku, ka MSC Favolosa, e kūkulu ʻia ma ka pā o STX Europe ma St. Nazaire.
E loaʻa i ka Favolosa he 1,751 staterooms, e ana i ka 1,094 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi me 125 kapuaʻi ākea a me ka holo moana a hiki i 24 knots, wahi a MSC i kahi nūhou. E ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o kona mau moku kaikuahine, ʻo MSC's Fantasia a me Splendida.
ʻO ka Favolosa, e loaʻa i ʻelua mau mea hoʻokiʻekiʻe hou e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka holo ʻana o ka poʻe kaʻa, a me ka hoʻolālā hou ʻana o nā deck a me nā hale ʻaina e hāʻawi i kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka wahi no kēlā me kēia malihini, wahi a MSC. ʻO ka MSC Yacht Club, ka mea i kapa ʻia e MSC he "moku i loko o ka moku," e hoʻonui ʻia a hoʻolālā hou ʻia, e like me ka Aft Lounge, kahi wahi kanaka makua wale nō e puni ana i ka Aft Infinity Pool, casino a me ka disco.
Ua ʻōlelo ka laina holo moku e ʻimi ana i nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ka kaiapuni me nā evaporators ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, nā chillers, kahi hanauna hou o nā kaʻa propulsion, a me kahi mea hoʻokele kakaka hou e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka maneuverability.
"Me kēia kauoha, hōʻailona hou ʻo MSC Cruises i ka nui o ka haʻihaʻi moʻolelo o kāna makemake," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo CEO Pierfrancesco Vago. "E lawe mai ka moku hou i ko mākou mana i kahi kokoke i 1.5 miliona mau malihini ma 2013, e hōʻoia ana i ka holomua o kā mākou hoʻolālā a me ko mākou hilinaʻi i ka ulu hou."
ʻO ka hoʻolaha ʻana he mea hoʻoikaika hou no ka ʻoihana kūkulu moku holo moku, kahi i ʻike i ka pōloli o nā hoʻolālā hou i ka wā o ke kaʻe.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Vago i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, "ʻO kēia kauoha he hōʻike ia o ko mākou manaʻoʻiʻo i ka hale moku STX Europe, a hauʻoli mākou e hiki ke kākoʻo i kēia mau manawa paʻakikī."
ʻO Carnival Corp. & PLC (NYSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Miami i uhaʻi i ka logjam kauoha ma Feb. 17, i ka wā i hoʻolaha ai i nā hoʻolālā no kahi 139,000-ton, 3,600-pahihi no kāna Princess Cruise Lines.
Ma ka Pōʻalima, lawe ʻo MSC i kāna moku hou loa ma St. Nazaire - ka MSC Magnifica.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Vago i loko o kahi nūhou "ʻo ka lawe ʻana o MSC Magnifica e lawe i nā ʻauwaʻa i 11. Ua hoʻonui ʻia ko mākou hiki i nā manawa 10 i loko o ʻehiku mau makahiki a hiki i ka 1.2 miliona mau mea kaʻa i kēia makahiki - kahi wikiwiki o ka ulu ʻana."
He keʻena nui ʻo MSC Cruises USA ma Fort Lauderdale a ʻo ia ka mea kūʻai aku a ʻAmelika ʻĀkau o MSC Crociere o Naples, Italia. Na ka luna ho'omalu Gianluigi Aponte ka hui.
