MSC Seascape

MSC Seascape started her career with a repositioning cruise from the Mediterranean to North America. This maiden voyage started on November 18, 2022. After arriving in New York, she sailed down to Miami to begin her main career in the region on 11 December 2022.[3]

On 19 January 2023, a power loss (technical issue with one of the engines) caused a reduced maximum speed. This resulted in one port of call being replaced. Apparently there was "great danger" if the second engine failed.[4]

On April 17, 2023, a 34-year-old ship nurse allegedly sexually assaulted a 41-year-old female passenger onboard a 7-day Eastern Caribbean Cruise from Miami, Florida USA. On April 18th, the male crew (Titus Dabre, from Mumbai, India) was arrested and accused of raping an American woman (from Cleveland, Ohio USA) he was tending to at the Infirmary. The matter was reported to the police and the Indian crew was incarcerated and bail was denied. The Bahamian court scheduled a jury trial for August 23rd. The incident occurred during the 7-day Eastern Caribbean Cruise from Miami, Florida USA with call ports in The Bahamas, Puerto Rico, and Dominicana.

On July 23, 2023, in Miami upon return from a cruise, US CBP agents conducted a search due to suspicious behavior by two sisters, Parker and Herder. A drug-detection dog found cocaine (4.75 kg/10.5 lbs) in their luggage. An unusual item was discovered in their backpack lining. They denied knowledge of the drugs. CCTV footage showed them leaving and returning separately in Jamaica. Phone records showed Herder's concerns about someone named "Kenny Jamaica." No charges were filed at the time. This happened during a 7-day Western Caribbean Cruise (July 16-23) from Miami, visiting The Bahamas, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, and Mexico.[5]

MSC Seascape is 339 meters long (1112.2 ft.) and has a beam of 41 meters (135 ft.), which makes it the longest ship in the fleet. She measures 76 meters high (243 ft.). MSC Seascape is 20 decks tall[6] Her gross tonnage is 169,400 GT. The ship can do a maximum speed of 22 knots. However, cruising speed she does about 18.5 knots. She has a maximum passenger capacity of 5,179 passengers and 1,648 crew members.[7] The ship holds emphasis on outdoor spaces, with a narrower superstructure and larger promenade areas. Many safety features, environmentally friendly policies, and other minor details are borrowed from her sister ship MSC Seashore. A new attraction known as the Robotron has been featured near the ship's pool deck aft, where the Marina Pool lies on deck 18. The robotron lies right next to the sports arena, located on deck 20.