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Solène Lavenu
Published on
June 26, 2024 at 7:38 p.m.
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A stopover in Cherbourg always enlivens the city center. This Friday June 28, 2024, with the sun still present, the terraces could be taken by storm.
5,500 passengersbasically British and American, could indeed come and stretch their legs in the streets of Cherbourg. The cruise liner MSC Virtuosa will be on a stopover from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
A regular
It is one of the longest liners in Europebut no worries about its docking, the MSC Vituosa is now a regular at the port of Cherbourg since it will moor for the fifth time this year at the Quai de France.
He was even there last month. This time, it comes straight from La Rochelle, where he stopped four days previously, and will make his last stopover before returning Southampton in England.
Less polluting
Derived from MSC Meravigliathis series of liners ordered by MSC at the shipyard of Saint Nazaire has the particularity of being hybrid, able to run on LNG. THE MSC Virtuosa was thus delivered on February 1, 2021 to its owner, leaving the quay of Saint-Nazaire where it was awaiting the resumption of cruises after the Covid-19 crisis.
The MSC Vituosa card
Length: 331 m
Capacity: up to 6,334 passengers
Crew: up to 1,702 people
Flag: Malta (Valletta)
Nationality on board (majority): British
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