MSC Cruises has opened bookings for its winter 2026-27 season with seven ships from four American homeports, offering Caribbean, Bahamas, Panama Canal itineraries, and including stops at Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve.

Drew Barrymore was named the godmother for MSC Cruises’ new ship MSC World America set to debut in Miami in April 2025.

Container prices on Asia-to-North America have largely subsided since the winter, when shippers made a mad dash to front-load imports into the U.S.

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There is still no timeline or cost estimate for the effort to salvage the grounded MSC Baltic III in western Newfoundland, but it’s shaping up to be inevitably lengthy and undoubtedly costly. The 22,000-tonne cargo ship had been heading to port in Corner Brook when it lost power near the entrance to the Bay of Islands in the middle of a blizzard and wound up on the rocky shoreline of Cedar Cove on Feb.

Murray State College kicked off a campaign to raise funds to build the Southern Oklahoma Nursing Education Center (SONEC) in Ardmore. On Thursday, the college announced the majority of the funds are now in place and construction will be beginning next month.

The cruise line will feature seven ships sailing from four U.S. ports and offer a range of itineraries throughout the Caribbean, the Bahamas, and beyond.

MSC Cruises has announced that actress Drew Barrymore will serve as the godmother of the new MSC World America. The ship will be officially named during a ceremony on April 9 at the new MSC Miami Cruise Terminal,

An MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company container ship aground for two weeks cannot be “safely refloated”, given its condition, Canada’s coastguard says. The organisation is prioritising the removal of the fuel and cargo from the 2,478-teu MSC Baltic III (built 2003).

A consortium led by U.S. private equity firm BlackRock has agreed to purchase the Panama port terminals owned by CK Hutchison of Hong Kong. The post After Trump pressure, China sells Panama port terminals to US private equity firm,

MSC Cruises announces new programme for the 2025 Northern Hemisphere Summer, including its newest ship MSC World America's inaugural season.

MSC Cruises has announced that Drew Barrymore will be the Godmother of its new US flagship, MSC World America. Barrymore will be cutting the ribbon and triggering the traditional breaking of a bottle of champagne on the ship’s bow alongside Orlando Bloom,