Editing MSC Cruises (section)

{{Short description|Cruise line registered in Switzerland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox company
| name = MSC Cruises
| logo = [[File:MSC Cruises Logo.png|180px]]
| logo_upright = House Flag of MSC Cruises.svg
| image = House Flag of MSC Cruises.svg
| type = [[Privately held company]]
| num_locations = 
| location_city = [[Geneva, Switzerland]]
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = 
| industry = [[Transportation]]
| products = [[Cruising (maritime)|Cruises]]
| revenue = 
| operating_income = 
| net_income = 
| num_employees = 23,500
| parent = [[Mediterranean Shipping Company]]
| subsid = [[Explora Journeys]]
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.msccruises.com}}
| footnotes = 
| foundation = {{start date and age|1988}} [[Naples]], [[Italy]]
| founder = Gianluigi Aponte
| founded location = 
}}

'''MSC Cruises''' ({{langx|it|MSC Crociere}}) is a Swiss-Italian global [[cruise line]] based in [[Geneva]], with operations offices in [[Naples]], [[Genoa]] and [[Venice]]. It was founded in 1988 in [[Naples]], [[Italy]], as part of the [[Mediterranean Shipping Company]] (MSC). In addition to being the world's largest [[privately held company|privately held]] cruise company, employing about 23,500 people worldwide and with offices in 45 countries {{as of|2017|lc=yes}},<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.msccruises.com/en-gl/About-MSC/Company.aspx |title=MSC Cruises Company Profile - MSC Fleet - Mediterranean Way of Life |access-date=12 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115093418/http://www.msccruises.com/en-gl/About-MSC/Company.aspx |archive-date=15 November 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> MSC Cruises is the [[list of largest cruise lines|third-largest cruise company in the world]], after [[Carnival Corporation & plc]] and [[Royal Caribbean Group]], with a 10% share of all passengers carried in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Market Share {{!}} Cruise Market Watch |url=https://cruisemarketwatch.com/market-share/ |access-date=2025-05-04 |language=en-US}}</ref>