Editing MSC Cruises (section)

=== StarLauro Cruises ===
[[File:MSC Montery Kuşadası.jpg|left|thumb|MSC ''[[SS Monterey (1952)|Monterey]]'', one of the line's first ships]]

In 1988 Gianluigi Aponte, founder of [[Mediterranean Shipping Company]] cargo shipping company, decided to enter the cruise industry and purchased the ''[[MS Achille Lauro|Achille Lauro]]'' from [[Flotta Lauro Lines|Flotta Lauro Line]]. He retained "Lauro" in the company name in honour of his mentor, naming the new cruise line '''StarLauro Cruises'''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MSC Cruises - Our History |url=https://www.careers.msccruises.com/why-msc-cruises/our-history}}</ref> The original Lauro Lines ({{Langx|it|Flotta Lauro}}) was originally founded in [[Naples, Italy]] by [[Achille Lauro]] in the 1940s.

In 1990 Mediterranean Shipping Co. purchased the ''[[SS Monterey (1952)|Monterey]]'' to sail for their StarLauro Cruises brand. The ship retained her original name that she had had since sailing with [[Matson, Inc.|Matson Lines]]. Both the ''Monterey'' and ''Achille Lauro'' would sail under the StarLauro Cruises banner into the early 1990s. In November 1994 the ''Achille Lauro'' caught fire off the coast of Somalia while ''en route'' to [[South Africa]], with 979 passengers and crew aboard, two of whom died during the evacuation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 3, 1994 |title=Achille Lauro Sinks Off Coast of Somalia |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/03/world/achille-lauro-sinks-off-coast-of-somalia.html |website=The New York Times}}</ref>

StarLauro line went on to acquire the ''Enrico C'' from Costa Cruises, renaming the ship ''Symphony,'' and the former ''Cunard Princess'', renaming the ship ''[[MS Cunard Princess|Rhapsody]]'' to the fleet.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cunard’s Former Princess Becomes Latest Cruise Ship Sold for Scrap |url=https://maritime-executive.com/article/cunard-s-former-princess-becomes-latest-cruise-ship-sold-for-scrap |access-date= |website=The Maritime Executive |language=en}}</ref>