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Insurance payouts are reportedly about to top usd$1.1 billion as workers continue to attempt to salvage the ship. The Reinsurer Munich Re said that the ship had a hull value of usd$500 million. The rest of the costs are from…
Friday Morning an Italian judge handed down the rulings for 4 crewmembers, and one land based manager, of the Costa Concordia. These sentencing’s are a result of a plea barging that the collective 5 took. Thus leaving Capt. Schettino as…
Team Black Sheep are a group of people that specialize in Quadrocopter photography. They recently released the below video to showcase the vessel like never before. Make sure to put it in HD and fullscreen it. Its not everyday you…
Italian authorities have finally decided on the shipyard they will bring the soon-to-be-re-floated Costa Concordia. After having laid partially capsized since January 2012, the 114,137grt will be towed to the Tuscan port of Piombino. The choice could delay the refloating…
Heres some news that Costa did not want to wake up to. More bad luck for them as the Costa Pacifica had an allision with the pier in Marseille, France. It left a 8 meters long gash above the waterline.…
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In April, we reported that current Costa CEO Pier Luigi Foschi will retire from his role at Costa Cruises. It seemed to be a reactionary move, corresponding to the Concordia disaster. However, it has been announced that Mr. Foschi will…
Costa Crociere, Italo-American consortium Titan-Micoperi, and local Italian officials announced the details of the Costa Concordia removal plan. The work will be carried out for about 12 months and will refloat the partially capsized vessel. Titan Salvage, the American salvage…
And they said the Costa brand was dead…. When Carnival ordered 3 ships for AIDA/Costa back in August, there was a provision for a second ship for Costa. Rumor has it that Carnival my be close to picking up that…
In what was dubbed a ‘low-key’ event by spectators, Costa Cruises launched their latest ship. The 114,500grt ship debuted in Venice. Traditionally, during the ceremony, line officials will take the podium and at this event, they didn’t disappoint! Costa’s Chairman and…
Blame it on the terrible economy of Europe right now. Blame it on the Costa Concordia fallout. Either way Pier Luigi Foschi, Costa Cruises CEO has announced that he will retire effective July 1, 2012. The 65 year old Italian,…
Costa Cruises and Italian officials have announced the plan that was chosen for the salvage of the Concordia. Still laying partially capsized off of Giglio, the vessel recently had all her bunkers (fuel) pumped out as the the first phase…
Costa and local Italian officials announced today that they have finally pumped all bunkers (fuel) out of the ship. The operation began on February 12th and workers have been removing the fuel oil around the clock ever since. Total cost…
UPDATE: This morning brought the news that there are now 5 bodies found and not the original 3. They are said to all have been found lying on the seabed, underneath the submerged superstructure. Italian officials have just found three…
News broke today that apparently the ships bell has been stolen. The all brass fixture with “COSTA CONCORDIA” written on it, was taken somewhere around 2 weeks ago. Police say they don’t have any suspects, but do have some leads.…
As part of Carnival’s latest press release regarding their financials, Micky Arison, CEO of Carnival Corporation, stated that the Costa Allegra will not be returning to service with Costa Cruises. She will either be sold or scrapped in the next…
Costa Crociere S.p.A. along with the Civil Protection Agency announced that they received a total of 6 possible plans from 10 of the largest salvage companies. No details were given but it is known that all plans give a 10-12…
Italian Crocieristi.it has photos of the interiors of the Costa neoRomantica port-drydock. Check them out. The insides are night and day compared to the atrocity that is her exterior.
She has arrived. What do you think?
Here are some photos of the Costa Allegra arriving (being towed) in the Seychelles. We can finally put this ordeal behind us.
The Costa Allegra is currently still under tow with an eta of Tomorrow Morning in the Seychelles. Upon Arrival at the Seychelles, the passengers will immediately be flown to Rome for repatriation. Remember that the passengers will be permanently disembarking…
photo:(AP Photo/Indian Navy via Seychelles Office of the President) Here’s the latest on the Allegra fire. Well as predicted, the internet is blowing up over this. I keep thinking, what if the Concordia never happened? Would we even be hearing…
This is a developing story……. File photo:wikiMedia The AP is reporting that fire broke out on the Costa Allegra. All passengers are accounted for and safe, but the ship is adrift without power in the Indian Ocean. In the wake…