The MSC Foundation, the MSC Group and Mercy Ships International have joined forces to build a new hospital ship. On 8 April, the chairman of MSC Group and MSC Foundation, Capt. Gianluigi Aponte, MSC ...

Nonprofit Mercy Ships converts cruise ships into floating hospitals. Its first ship was an Italian cruiseliner, while another was previously a train ferry. Its newest ship, Global Mercy, was built for ...

Sailing the sea around Africa in a hospital sounds like a crazy dream, and that’s all it was for Don Stephens when he graduated from Grand Junction’s Mesa Junior College more than 50 years ago. Now, ...

Mercy Ships is known globally for its charitable work performing medical procedures in developing countries. For the first time, the organization has a new ship, Global Mercy, recently delivered from ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The U.S. Navy's 1,000-bed military hospital ship is preparing to set out on a goodwill mission in Latin America. The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is set to embark on ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – The USNS Comfort, a U.S. Navy Mercy-class hospital ship, returned to Naval Station Norfolk Sunday morning following a 78-day humanitarian mission as part of the U.S. Naval Forces ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – After returning in August from a 78-day humanitarian mission, the crew of the USNS Comfort was full of energy. Formerly an oil tanker before it was converted into a Mercy-class ...