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Costa Cruises (Costa Crociere) Overview

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Costa Cruises is one of the oldest names in European passenger shipping, tracing its roots back to 1854 when the Costa family began transporting olive oil throughout the Mediterranean. The company entered the passenger business in the mid twentieth century…

Carnival Corp. Shuffles Ships Again

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During an internal corporate review of Italian brand Costa Crociere, it was announced that they will see a fleet makeover soon. In November last year it was announced that the Costa Atlantica and Costa Mediterranea will leave their fleet for…

A Close Call in Venice

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This afternoon, a freak squal blew the transiting Costa Deliziosa off course and out of the main channel while leaving Venice. View this post on Instagram One of the increasingly frequent freak storms hit #Venice this afternoon. So violent that…

Costa Announces Newbuild Name

At the steel-cutting ceremony at Meyer Turku in Finland, Costa Cruises announced that their newest ship will be named Costa Smeralda. They also released this new rendering of her. She’ll be based on the AIDAnova class of vessels. These are…

Details on Carnival Corp.’s LNG Powered Ships

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Carnival Corp. surprised the industry last year when they not only ordered 9 ships, but ordered most of them with LNG fueled power plants. LNG is still new to the maritime industry with only a handful of commercial vessels using…

Carnival Corp. Announces Orders for 4 Vessels

Fincantieri has announced that they have finalized and agreement with Carnival Corp. for the construction of 4 more ships. With this announcement, we now know 8 of the 9 ships they ordered back in March. This order breaks down as…

Costa Cruises Announces Newbuild

UPDATE:Here’s official photos from Costa. These blurry photos my be the first glimpse we have of 4 of the 9 ships that Carnival Corp placed in their massive 9 ship order back in March. It was announced that of the nine, four…

Costa Diadema Christened in Genoa Italy

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Costa Cruises held a lavish naming event for Costa Diadema in its headquarters city of Genoa, Italy. At 132,500 tons and more than 1,000 feet long, Costa’s new flagship, the “Regina del Mediterraneo” or Queen of the Mediterranean, was built at Fincantieri’s…

Costa Diadema Handed Over to Costa Cruises

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Costa Cruises have just taken over their newest ship the 132500gt Costa Diadema. Based on the Carnival Dream, the ship will be christened on Nov. 7 in Genoa. The ship will depart the shipyard in Marghera on Oct. 30 and…

Bohai Ferry Launches with ex-Costa Voyager

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In Asia, Bohai Ferry has officially launched and are now sailing the ex-Costa Voyager. She was renamed to China Taishan. What was once the fastest cruise ship when she sailed for Royal Olympic Cruises, can now be seen sailing between Yantai,…

LIVE: Costa Concordia Reflaoting & Scrapping

UPDATE MONDAY: Another photo today of her Arrival in Genoa’s inner port.   UPDATE SUNDAY 12:30pm: The Costa Concordia has reached outter port limits on Genoa.   UPDATE 8:48am: The Concordia has officially left her resting place off Giglio. Shes…

Last Minute Changes to the Costa Concordia Removal

While the countdown is nearing its end, there has been a last minute change to the refloating of the Costa Concordia. Originally, the project managers chartered the Dockwise Vanguard to carry the Concordia to its final destination. It was originally…

Carnival Corp. To Order 2 Ships This Summer?

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UBS Investment Research is claiming that Carnival Corp. intends to place an order for 2 ships this summer. That would place them on track for delivery in 2017. It is not expected that this will be delivered to Carnival Cruise…

Costa Concordia to be Scrapped in Italy

Several publications are reporting that the Costa Concordia will be scrapped in Genoa, Italy. Ironically enough, Genoa is her port of registration. As is the custom in an Italian legal case, the ship will be seized by Italian officials once…

Costa Deliziosa Suffers Power Failure in Spain

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Bad news for Costa’s PR team as they’ll have to work overtime now. The Costa Deliziosa has broken down in Valencia harbor. The ship was docked at the time and her sailing time will undoubtedly be delayed. Her next cruise…

Costa Concordia to be Removed July 18th.

EDITORIAL NOTE: The date for the removal is July 18th. Not June as mentioned in the article below. Origionaly Published on: May 13, 2014 @ 14:34 Officials in Italy have announced June 18th as the date that they will officially refloat the partially sunken…

Costa Voyager Reportedly Sold

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The 24,427gt Costa Voyager has always been the outcast in the Costa Cruises fleet. It is currently being heavily rumored that Chinese interests have purchased, or are very close to purchasing the ship. She would be operating for Bohai Ferry in…

Costa Concordia Removal Update

UPDATE: Cruise Critic is reporting that a port in Britain is among 12 ports/groups that are in the process of bidding to accept the Concordia. Teesside Environmental Reclamation and Recycling facility (TERRC) at Able Seaton Port in Hartlepool, on the…

Costa Concordia Removal Details Emerge

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Dockwise has announced that they have been awarded the contract to remove the now upright Costa Concordia. The Dutch company will sail the Dockwise Vanguard to Giglio where the Concordia will be loaded onto the heavy lift vessel. Dockwise is…

Costa’s Newest Ship to be Called Costa neoRiviera

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When the ex-Grand Mistral is transferred to Costa’s fleet this winter, she will be renamed and rebranded as the Costa neoRiviera. This naming scheme is similar to her fleetmate Costa neoRomantica. She will be deployed to the Middle East with…

View of the Costa Concordia’s Damage

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After 19 hours, the the Parbuckling is done. Originally planned as a 10 hour operation, the salvage team ran into some snags and it went slower than anticipated. We can now see what 20 months under water did to her…

Costa Concordia now Upright

For the first time since January 2012, the Costa Concordia is now upright. You can see in the above photo, from the live video stream, that the water line is now one deck below the bridge. That’s because she is…

Costa Concordia Emerges from the Mediterranean Sea

This morning salvage workers began righting the partially capsized Costa Concordia. She is currently being hauled upright by hydraulic cables. Once upright, she’ll sit on a submerged structure before being properly re-floated. Reuters have the live video.

Costa Diadema

Here’s the first render of what she’ll look like. Shell be an identical sister to Carnvial’s Dream class. When she launches in October 2014, she’ll be the largest ship in Costa’s fleet. She recently had her forward-most block assembled and…