4,300-passenger liner MSC Preziosa sets sail
(03-15 16:03)
Europe's largest cruise ship the MSC Preziosa – longer than the Eiffel Tower – cast off on its first voyage yesterday, from Saint-Nazaire in western France to the southern port of Marseille.
The Preziosa was initially ordered by Libyan state shipping firm GNMTC in 2010, before shipbuilder STX France sold it on to Swiss-Italian operator MSC Cruises a year ago after Libya stopped making payments amid the revolution against slain leader Moamer Kadhafi, AFP reports.
It measures 333 meters in length, can hold 4,300 passengers and 1,400 crew, has four swimming pools, and is decked out in black and purple velvet, white-veined black marble and giant mirrors in front of passengers' beds.
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