In continuing his efforts to bring New York City’s tourism sector back to pre-COVID-19 levels, Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday announced the company MSC Cruises will begin running year-round ships out of the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal starting next April, which he says is expected to generate $102 million in annual revenue for the city.
During a press conference at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal, where the company’s newest ship – the MSC Seascape – is docked, the mayor said that revenue would come from roughly 219,000 tourists traveling to the city on MSC cruises each year. Adams said the year-round vessels from MSC – the world’s third largest cruise company, based in Switzerland, according to a release – would create up-to 10,000 full-time jobs in the city, including 150 jobs in the terminal itself.
