The ship will be officially named by Loren on 7 December when it will be docked at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal in central New York City.

The New York ceremony will kick off MSC Seascape’s inaugural winter season of cruises sailing around the US and Caribbean, as well as highlight the line’s upcoming expansion from the US east coast port.

Pierfrancesco Vago, executive chairman of MSC Group’s cruise division, said: “MSC Cruises has grown to become a major player in the US cruise industry.

“Having developed a meaningful operation out of south Florida, we are now preparing a major strategic expansion across the east coast that will see us launch year-round cruises out of New York in 2023.

“We could not think of a better way of celebrating such a significant milestone than holding MSC Seascape’s – our latest flagship – naming ceremony in this wonderful city that has been an important hub for MSC Group for over three decades.”

MSC will offer year-round cruises from the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal staring in April 2023.

After December’s naming ceremony, MSC Seascape will sail to Miami from where it will operate two different seven-night itineraries around either the eastern or western Caribbean.