The MSC Seaside failed a recent health inspection conducted by inspectors at Port Canaveral with a score of just 67. Such a low score is virtually unheard of. There have been only three lower USPH inspection scores in the last twenty years, all involving smaller ships from lesser or hardly known cruise lines. A couple
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Three Gangs Totaling a Dozen Guests From MSC Seaside Arrested in Two Ports for Smuggling 66 Kilos of Cocaine
Today, Crew Center reported that police at the French port of Marseille arrested two passengers aboard the MSC Seaside cruise ship who were carrying 12 kilos of cocaine in their luggage. This is the second drug bust on the MSC Seaside during its transatlantic cruise from Brazil. Previously, Spanish authorities arrested ten passengers who disembarked…
Two Guests Aboard MSC Seaside Test Positive for COVID-19
Newspapers in Italy are reporting that there are reports of two people who tested positive for COVID-19 aboard the MSC Seaside. The newspapers state that two passengers tested positive for the virus.
Informazione and Lasicliaweb report that the positive test results came during a routine check after the ship sailed from Italy. The country…
Blackface on the MSC Seaside?
MSC touted the MSC Seaside as the “first of a new generation of MSC ships with revolutionary architecture and cutting-edge technology” when it christened the ship in Miami last year. USA TODAY explained that MSC specifically designed the MSC cruise ship to “appeal to American cruisers.”
But when U.S. passenger Laura Eka and her newlywed…
Drug Bust on MSC Seaside
Last week, United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers arrested seven MSC crew members for smuggling cocaine into the port of Miami aboard the MSC Seaside, according to crew members wishing to remain anonymous.
On Saturday, November 17, 2018, CBP officers boarded the MSC Seaside after it arrived at the port of Miami and…
MSC Wasted U.S. Coast Guard Resources By Delayed Report of Overboard Crew Member
This afternoon, May 17, 2018, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) released an official press statement indicating that it ended its search for an overboard crew member from the MSC Seaside cruise ship.
The search was for a Filipino crew member who went overboard from the MSC cruise ship around 1:00 A.M. in the late…
Search and Rescue Underway for Overboard Crew Member from MSC Seaside
A crew member from the MSC Seaside has been reported going overboard last night south of the Virgin Islands.
A passenger on the MSC cruise ship notified me this morning of the incident. Florida resident Brett Morphis stated that the ship used spotlights to search for the crew member starting around 3 A.M. and continuing…