Valletta Goes Green: MSC Cruises Powers Up Emission-Free Port Calls
MSC’s Shore-Power Milestone in Valletta During Malta’s GreenPort Congress (Oct 15–17, 2025), MSC Cruises held a ceremony celebrating two ships plugging into the new high-voltage shore-power lines at Valletta’s Grand Harbour. On Oct 15 MSC World Europa (a 205,700 GT LNG-powered mega-ship) connected to the grid, and on Oct 16 EXPLORA II (MSC’s luxury Explora brand) did the same mscpressarea.com crew-center.com. This is the first time MSC has achieved consecutive-day shore-power hookups, and makes Explora II the first vessel of its brand to use shoreside electricity in Europe mscpressarea.com crew-center.com. MSC reports its ships have now used Valletta’s shore power