Cruise news (Costa Cruises-tagged)

AIDA and Costa cruise lines extend shipping suspension through July 31
AIDA Cruises and Costa Cruises both cancelled all of their scheduled itineraries through and including July 31, and plan to resume operations on...
May 28, 2020
Cruise Industry
Costa Mediterranea repatriates Filipino and Indonesian crew
The Costa Cruises-operated ship Costa Mediterranea departed on May 15 from Brindisi Italy on a crew repatriation voyage to Asia (The Philippines and...
May 18, 2020
Cruise Industry
Carnival Corporation, Shell and Marseille Fos Port carried out France's first “ship-to-ship” LNG...
One of the world's first LNG-powered cruise ships, Costa Smeralda (operated by Costa Cruises, shipowner Carnival Corporation) berthed in Marseille...
May 17, 2020
Cruise Industry
Costa Atlantica cruise ship with 148 Coronavirus crew
Japanese health officials confirmed on Monday, April 27, a total of 148 Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on the CSSC Carnival China-owned...
April 28, 2020
Accidents
Costa Deliziosa passengers not allowed to disembark in France
Costa Deliziosa is Costa Cruises' only ship still cruising (since January 2020) and without port calls for a month despite the absence of suspected...
April 18, 2020
Accidents
More than 4000 Filipino cruise ship crew to be repatriated
Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr announced on Saturday, March 28, that the Department of Foreign Affairs would repatriate more than 4,000 Filipino...
March 28, 2020
Accidents
Costa Victoria disembarks at Civitavecchia
In Civitavecchia (cruise port to Rome City) ended the debarkation of all Costa Pacifica passengers. The ship was not affected by the Coronavirus...
March 27, 2020
Accidents
Coronavirus cruise ship disembarks passengers in Savona
On Saturday, March 21, Costa Luminosa, which had at least 3 Coronavirus (COVID-19) confirmed cases, continued the passenger debarkation in homeport...
March 22, 2020
Accidents
Costa Luminosa Cruise Ship Docks in Marseille with Coronavirus Passengers
Costa Cruises-operated ship Costa Luminosa arrived in Port Marseilles France where it will be allowed to disembark in spite of France's lockdown...
March 19, 2020
Accidents
Costa Fortuna Passengers Disembarked in Singapore
More than 600 cruise passengers disembarked from Costa Fortuna in 3 hours, as of noon on Tuesday, March 10, after Malaysia and Thailand didn't allow...
March 10, 2020
Accidents
Malaysia and Thailand Bar Costa Fortuna
Malaysia and Thailand didn't allow a Costa Cruises ship (carrying ~2000 people) from docking because of Coronavirus concerns, a company official...
March 8, 2020
Accidents
More Than 2,000 Stranded on Costa Fortuna in Phuket
More than 2,000 crew and passengers on the cruise liner Costa Fortuna (that arrived in Patong Bay Friday morning / March 6) were denied debarkation...
March 6, 2020
Accidents
Penelope Cruz Names Costa Smeralda in Savona
Special celebrations were held on Saturday, February 22, in Savona for the christening ceremony of Costa Smeralda, Costa Cruises’ new flagship...
February 22, 2020
Cruise Industry
Construction Work on Costa Toscana Continuing at Meyer Turku
Assembly work started on Tuesday, February 11, at the Meyer shipyard in Turku, Finland on the hull of Costa Toscana, the 2nd ship in the Costa...
February 14, 2020
Cruise Industry
Costa Smeralda Passengers Can Finally Disembark
The 6,000 passengers and crew aboard Costa Smeralda finally disembarked after a sick passenger of Chinese nationality was diagnosed with the flu...
January 31, 2020
Accidents