MIAMI BEACH — The MSC World America, the largest ship in the MSC Cruises fleet, arrived to Miami on Monday ahead of a christening ceremony this week.

The massive vessel sailed up into Government Cut just after sunrise into the turn basin and pulled alongside MSC’s new terminal at PortMiami.

The 22-deck, 6,762-passenger ship weighs 216,638 gross tons, making it just shy of Royal Caribbean’s Oasis-class vessels.

The ship will be christened Wednesday and begin year-round regular seven-night Eastern and Western Caribbean itineraries beginning Saturday.