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the next year the port of will enter in the crocieristico circuit of MSC Cruises
In program 30 ports of call for a traffic previewed of beyond 70 thousand fleeting
December 19, 2013
The next year the port of will be inserted in the crocieristica programming of company MSC Cruises, that it has decided to make you to land Lyric ship MSC, that has an ability until about 2.200 passengers and 730 members of crew, in order to carry out a completely new route towards France, Tunisia and Malta. The cruise ship will altogether realize 30 ports of call to with a handling estimated of beyond 70 thousand fleeting, of which 40 thousand they will embark and disembark in from Liguria port.
"We are many satisfying - the president of the Harbour Authority of has declared, Lorenzo Forcieri - than also MSC has decided to make port of call the next year to the port of, it is as transit port is as port of boarding and disembarkation for the Lyric ship. This decision cannot that to confirm the success of the crocieristica activity that we have upgraded in the course of this year and that it has afforded to receive beyond 210 thousand fleeting. In the next year we will have about 155 ports of call for about 415 thousand fleeting attended. I thank Pierfrancesco Vago and all personally structure MSC for the confidence demonstrated to us. The attractive abilities to our gulf are confirmed so and the potentialities of the port of call break that the market and the companies have demonstrated to appreciate. This encourages to us to get ahead our investment programs for the realization of the new pier cruises, which new integral part and characterizing of waterfront the city one. We will go to any length so that he is the passengers who the company are satisfied of this choice that the decennial one seals and profitable collaboration that we have already in existence from years for the mercantile traffics".
The touched first of Lyric MSC to will happen 19 saturdays April inaugurating the routes weeklies magazine in the western Mediterranean until 8 November. A cycle of cruises that leave from La Spezia in order to head towards Marseilles (France), Tunisi, the TV assistant (Malta), Trapani, Civitavecchia in order to at last return the saturday to. For the routes between on 31 May and on 13 September the pause to Tunisi it will be replaced with Palm of Mallorca.
Leonardo Massa, country manager Italy Market of MSC Cruises, has explained that, thanks to the strategic position of, the company will be able to offer to the passengers of the offered Lyric MSC "the richest one of excursions towards some of the more evocative places of Italy. The basin of Italian croceristi that will be able to use La Spezia as boarding port - it has found Massa - is a lot interesting, for this reason considers it an important innovation of the Italian routes of MSC Cruises for 2014. We are convinced that our crocieristi will remain enthusiastic of this choice. They are sure also that the partnership with this city it will continue in the time and I hope that in future we will succeed to strengthen our presence ulteriorly".
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