This morning MSC's MSC World Europa cruise ship Cruises, sailing from Genoa to Naples with 8,585 on board people (6,496 passengers and 2,089 crew members), communicated to the National Rescue Coordination Center Coast Guard Maritime Officer, who had encountered a problem with electric nature to the engines, about eight nautical miles to the southwest of the island of Ponza.

The Coast Guard has announced that the situation on board is calm and under control: the weather and sea conditions are and essential services for passengers continue to be secured by on-board generators. Two tugs are already departed from the ports of Gioia Tauro and Naples for assist the cruise ship and subsequently take it to security at the port of Naples.

The company's specialized technicians are also reaching the unit to carry out the necessary checks at in order to solve the failure. As a precautionary measure, it is ordered the dispatch to the area of the patrol boat CP 308 of the Coast Guard of Ponza and the CP 280 patrol boat of the Guardia Coastal of Naples, and a flight of a AW 139 helicopter - Nemo of the Coast Guard.

The Coast Guard has specified that its Secondary Maritime Rescue of Civitavecchia is following constantly evolving the situation through its own systems monitoring of maritime traffic, maintaining contact direct with the ship and with the shipowner.