{"version":"1.9","identifier":"cb8b97c7-d951-41af-9120-fe1329c9a068","language":"en-US","title":"Coast Guard holds MSC Poesia at PortMiami as 11-night Caribbean cruise waits on a decision","layout":{"columns":7,"width":1024,"margin":32,"gutter":20},"componentLayouts":{"text":{"columnStart":0,"columnSpan":7,"maximumContentWidth":720,"margin":{"top":12,"bottom":12}},"photo":{"columnStart":0,"columnSpan":7,"margin":{"top":20,"bottom":20}}},"componentTextStyles":{"default":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":18,"lineHeight":29,"textColor":"#171717"},"headline":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue-Bold","fontSize":36,"lineHeight":42,"conditional":[{"conditions":{"maxViewportWidth":480},"fontSize":28,"lineHeight":34}]},"intro":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":20,"lineHeight":28,"textColor":"#555555"},"caption":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":13,"lineHeight":19,"textColor":"#666666"},"byline":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":13,"lineHeight":20,"textColor":"#666666"},"body":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":18,"lineHeight":29,"paragraphSpacingAfter":14,"linkStyle":{"textColor":"#00704a"}}},"metadata":{"canonicalURL":"https://cruisesfrog.com/news/msc-poesia-coast-guard-detention-portmiami-november-2026","datePublished":"2026-11-03T13:58:06.681229Z","dateModified":"2026-11-03T13:59:20.318278Z","authors":["Patrick Karsh"],"excerpt":"The U.S. Coast Guard detained MSC Poesia in Miami on Nov. 1 for an inspection. The ship has missed Ocho Rios, and the captain says MSC will refund and compensate guests if the voyage is canceled.","thumbnailURL":"https://pub-fac99da959e344fe99d810d309cef7df.r2.dev/photos/article/cb8b97c7-d951-41af-9120-fe1329c9a068/7e9c4cff498fcf8c1b49181671a30cf2.jpg","keywords":["ship"],"generatorName":"Frog News","generatorVersion":"1.0"},"components":[{"role":"title","text":"Coast Guard holds MSC Poesia at PortMiami as 11-night Caribbean cruise waits on a decision","textStyle":"headline","layout":"text"},{"role":"intro","text":"The U.S. Coast Guard detained MSC Poesia in Miami on Nov. 1 for an inspection. The ship has missed Ocho Rios, and the captain says MSC will refund and compensate guests if the voyage is canceled.","textStyle":"intro","layout":"text"},{"role":"byline","text":"By Patrick Karsh · Published November 3, 2026","textStyle":"byline","layout":"text"},{"role":"photo","URL":"https://pub-fac99da959e344fe99d810d309cef7df.r2.dev/photos/article/cb8b97c7-d951-41af-9120-fe1329c9a068/7e9c4cff498fcf8c1b49181671a30cf2.jpg","caption":"MSC Poesia, shown departing Tallinn in July 2012 (file photo) · Pjotr Mahhonin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","accessibilityCaption":"MSC Poesia, shown departing Tallinn in July 2012 (file photo)","layout":"photo"},{"role":"caption","text":"MSC Poesia, shown departing Tallinn in July 2012 (file photo) · Pjotr Mahhonin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","textStyle":"caption","layout":"text"},{"role":"body","format":"markdown","text":"The U.S. Coast Guard is holding [MSC Poesia](https://cruisesfrog.com/ships/msc-poesia) at PortMiami, and more than 3,200 guests have now spent two days aboard a ship that has not left the dock. The ship was due to sail at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1, on an 11-night Western Caribbean and Central America cruise. Instead, the Coast Guard's Miami sector detained it for an inspection, [CBS News reported](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coast-guard-detains-msc-poesia-cruise-ship-miami/).\n\nThis is a developing story. On Monday night, the ship's captain told guests that a final decision on the voyage would come by about 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3.\n\n## What the Coast Guard and MSC have said\n\nThe Coast Guard has not said publicly what prompted the detention. In a statement quoted by CBS News, it said its teams \"are verifying the cruise ship's compliance with international standards and U.S. regulations.\"\n\n\"The Coast Guard is tasked with verifying safe and secure commerce,\" the statement said. \"It is the Captain of the Port's priority to ensure the safety of passengers, crew, the vessel, and the environment.\"\n\n[MSC Cruises](https://cruisesfrog.com/cruise-lines/msc-cruises) confirmed the delay but has shared few details. \"The departure of MSC Poesia has been delayed while the U.S. Coast Guard conducts an inspection aboard the ship while it is docked in port,\" the line said. \"We are fully cooperating with authorities as they complete their inspection. As this process is ongoing, we are unable to provide further information at this time.\"\n\nThe company added that it is \"keeping guests informed of updates regarding the ship's anticipated departure and appreciate their continued patience and understanding.\"\n\n[TravelPulse](https://www.travelpulse.com/news/impacting-travel/coast-guard-detains-msc-cruise-ship-in-miami-during-expanded-inspection) described the review as an expanded inspection. With no official reason given, rumors about the cause have spread online. None of them has been confirmed, and we are not repeating them here.\n\n## What the captain told guests\n\nCaptain Michele Tuvo has been giving updates over the ship's public address system. In a passenger video quoted by [Cruise.Blog](https://cruise.blog/2026/11/us-coast-guard-inspection-delays-msc-cruise-ship-departure), he said: \"I want to reassure \\[you] there are no safety concerns related to the delay.\"\n\nIn a later update, he set a deadline. \"By 10ish tomorrow morning, we will provide you with a definitive decision on whether we are able to proceed with our sailing,\" he said. \"If we are unable to depart tomorrow, we will unfortunately need to cancel the voyage. In that event, please be assured that MSC Cruises will provide a refund and additional compensation.\"\n\n## Life on board while the ship waits\n\nGuests have been free to go ashore. MSC ran four shuttle trips from the terminal to Bayside Marketplace on Monday, according to Cruise.Blog. The line also postponed Gala Night, one of the dressier evenings on an MSC cruise.\n\nThe delay has already cost the sailing one port. Ocho Rios, Jamaica, was set for Tuesday, Nov. 3, and that call can no longer happen. As of Monday night, the MSC for Me app showed the ship reaching Cartagena, Colombia, at 7 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5.\n\nItalian outlet Gazzetta del Sud reported that about 50 Italians are among the guests.\n\n## The planned itinerary\n\nHere is how the 11-night cruise was scheduled to run, based on the itinerary published before departure.","textStyle":"body","layout":"text"},{"role":"htmltable","html":"
StopCountryStatus
Ocho RiosJamaicaMissed
CartagenaColombiaApp shows Nov. 5 arrival
ColónPanamaUnconfirmed
LimónCosta RicaUnconfirmed
RoatánHondurasUnconfirmed
Belize CityBelizeUnconfirmed
","layout":"text"},{"role":"body","format":"markdown","text":"## About the ship\n\nMSC Poesia is a Musica-class ship of 92,627 gross tons. It entered service in April 2008. It carries up to 3,223 guests and more than 1,000 crew.\n\nThe ship has just finished MSC's first season in Alaska. It moved to Miami for the winter, where it is sailing a run of 10- and 11-night Caribbean cruises. We covered that program in our story on [MSC Poesia's Miami winter season](https://cruisesfrog.com/news/msc-poesia-miami-winter-2026-27-ten-eleven-night-cruises).\n\n## What we don't know yet\n\nWe don't know why the Coast Guard detained the ship or what it found. We also don't know whether the voyage will go ahead, and if it does, which ports will be dropped. MSC has not published the terms of the refund and extra compensation the captain mentioned. Guests booked on the ship's next Miami sailing should watch for messages from MSC and check the MSC for Me app.\n\nWe will update this story when MSC or the Coast Guard shares the decision. For more on the line, see our [MSC Cruises page](https://cruisesfrog.com/cruise-lines/msc-cruises).","textStyle":"body","layout":"text"}]}