The Port of Brooklyn will become a hub for a famous cruise company: this gives New Yorkers a lot of new opportunities
'08.12.2022'
Lyudmila Balabay
New York has signed an agreement with European cruise company MSC Cruises to expand its operations in the city. The deal, according to Mayor Eric Adams, will bring New York City $102 million in annual revenue, as well as more than 200 additional tourists a year. New York Daily News.
According to the signed document, starting next year, MSC Cruises will operate flights from the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal all year round. Planned flights to Florida, Canada and New England, as well as the Bahamas and Bermuda.
“We are very pleased with this agreement,” Adams said. “This is a real boost to our economy, an incentive for tourism and a contribution to the development of our local communities. Therefore, we are very pleased that MSC Cruises is anchoring in New York.”
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MSC will hire a minimum of 150 people in New York to work at the cruise terminal at $20 an hour, Adams said. Overall, he predicts the company's presence will create "up to 10 full-time jobs" in the city.
MSC will donate $236 to the City's Parks Department's GreenThumb environmental program, among other things.
“The cruise industry is an important part of New York's economy. It supports thousands of jobs across the city in the maritime, tourism and leisure sectors,” said Andrew Kimball, president of the City's Economic Development Corporation.
On the MSC Cruises website are already selling tickets for cruises from New York, in particular to the Caribbean and the Antilles. Journeys last from one to two weeks. There are no prices yet.
