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4/6/2010LOI by Libyan state-owned company General National Maritime Transport Corporation (GNMTC)
Building contract
Building started
Keel laid
6/2011Work stopped due to Libyan civil war.
2/9/2011Launch
13/3/2012Sold to MSC Cruises. Work continued.
Sea trial
Second sea trial
14/3/2013 Delivered to Preziosa Cruise Ltd, Panama
23/3/2013Name giving ceremony at Genova by Sophia Loren.
23/3/2013Western Mediterranean cruises.
10/11/2013Transatlantic from Genova to Santos
11/2013South American cruises
19/3/2014Transatlantic cruise from Santos to Venice.
5/4/2014Eastern Mediterranean cruises
8/11/2014Transatlantic cruise from Venice to Santos.
11/2014South American cruises
15/3/2015Transatlantic cruise from Santos to Genova.
4/4/2015Western Mediterranean cruises.
19/11/2016Transatlantic from Genova to Santos
12/2016South American cruises
13/4/2017Transatlantic cruise from Santos to Hamburg.
3/5/2017Western and Northern Europe cruises from Hamburg.
18/10/2017Western Mediterranean cruises.
11/2017Transatlantic to Santos
12/2017South American cruises
4/2018Transatlantic cruise from Santos to Hamburg.
5/2018Western and Northern Europe cruises from Hamburg.
8/9/2018Western Mediterranean cruises.
12/2018Caribbean cruises
Summer 2019Western and Northern Europe cruises from Hamburg.
11/2019Caribbean cruises
5-6/2020Cruises cancelled due to Covid-19