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MSC Seaview

MSC Cruises · Cruise · In service · built by Fincantieri, Monfalcone

MSC Seaview repeats the 153,516 GT Seaside hull, with the same wraparound waterfront promenades and glass-floored skywalks aimed squarely at warm-weather cruising.

Length overall323 m
Beam41 m
Gross tonnage153,516 GT
Passengers4,134
Speed21.3 kn
Delivered2018
Our numbers

Derived metrics

Computed by ships.fyi from the core specification — see how we calculate these.

Passengers per metre#32 of 116
12.8 pax/m passengers (double occupancy) ÷ length overall
Length-to-beam ratio#79 of 142
7.88 length overall ÷ beam
Sense of scale

How big is it, really?

The MSC Seaview's length overall, against things you already know the size of.

MSC Seaview323 m
Eiffel Tower (height)330 m
Titanic269.06 m
Football pitch105 m
Boeing 747-876.3 m
Blue whale25 m
You (probably)1.75 m

The 747-8 held the longest-airliner record for over a decade, until Boeing's 777-9 took it by about 19 inches (76.72 m) — our sibling site aircraft.fyi measures everything that flies the same way.

One MSC Seaview = 1.20 Titanics · 3.1 football pitches · 13 blue whales · 4.2 Boeing 747-8s laid end to end.

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Specification

The numbers

Length overall323 m
Beam41 m
Draft8.5 m
Gross tonnage153,516 GT
Passengers≈4,134 (double) / ≈5,119 (max)
Decks18
Service speed21.3 kn
Entered serviceJune 2018

Last verified: 2026-07-15 · Spot an error? business@luck.fyi

The story

What makes it different

MSC Seaview is the sister to MSC Seaside and the second ship built on the design that reoriented MSC's thinking about deck space. The Seaside concept borrows from resort architecture rather than ocean liners: two waterfront promenades at sea level, a wraparound boardwalk, and glass-floored bridges that let passengers look straight down the hull's side.

At 153,516 gross tons and 323 metres she is the smaller of the two Seaside generations, delivered in June 2018 — the third new MSC ship in twelve months during the company's most aggressive expansion phase.

She has spent much of her career on Mediterranean summers and South American winters out of Santos, an itinerary pattern that suits a ship whose best spaces are all outdoors.

The class

The MSC Seaview line

Seaside class
Second of the original pair with MSC Seaside, before the stretched Seaside EVO ships Seashore and Seascape.
Operators

Who operates the MSC Seaview

All 1 operator of record, verified 2026-07-15. Figures marked ≈ are approximate.

MSCCMSC CruisesMediterranean summers and South American seasons out of Santos.1
Quick answers

MSC Seaview, asked and answered

How long is the MSC Seaview?
323 m (1,060 ft) length overall — the #77 longest of the 142 ships on ships.fyi, and 3.1 football pitches end to end.
How big is the MSC Seaview compared to the Titanic?
The MSC Seaview is 1.20× the Titanic's length — 323 m against her 269.06 m. By volume the gap is starker still: 153,516 GT against Titanic's 46,328 GRT — roughly 3.3 times the tonnage, measured across two different rule eras.
Who operates the MSC Seaview?
MSC Cruises. Current status: in service.
Does the MSC Seaview fit through the Panama Canal?
Not the original locks — but yes through the 2016 Neopanamax locks: at 323 m by 41 m on a 8.5 m draft she clears the 366 × 51.25 × 15.2 m expanded gauge.