Cruise news (Costa Cruises-tagged)
- Accidents

Costa Smeralda Quarantined in Civitavecchia After Woman Fell Ill
A Costa Cruises ship with around 7,000 people onboard is being held off the coast of Italy after a Chinese woman fell ill with a suspected...
January 30, 2020 - Accidents

Costa Venezia Sails Back to Shenzhen Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
The cruise liner Costa Venezia returned to Port Shenzhen China (close to Hong Kong) Sunday morning, January 26, after a 6-day roundtrip to Vietnam...
January 27, 2020 - Accidents

Cruise Companies Increase Passenger Screening Following Coronavirus Outbreak
Major cruise line companies boosted their passenger screening procedures and issued travel advisories in order to ensure that their customers are not...
January 24, 2020 - Cruise Industry

CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping Welcomes Costa Atlantica
CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping, the joint venture between the largest Chinese shipbuilding company China State Shipbuilding Corp. and the US-based...
January 14, 2020 - Cruise Industry

Costa Smeralda Completes First LNG Refueling in Barcelona
The new Costa Cruises flagship, Costa Smeralda, completed her first LNG (liquefied natural gas) refueling in the port of Barcelona. The tanker ship...
December 19, 2019 - Cruise Industry

Carnival Corporation Launches Food Waste Bio-Digester Technology
Carnival Corporation announced on Wednesday, December 11, it is pilot-testing food waste bio-digester technology in order to improve...
December 14, 2019 - Cruise Industry

Costa Cruises Takes Delivery of Costa Smeralda
On Thursday, December 5, Costa Smeralda was delivered to Costa Cruises from Meyer Turku. The newbuild sailed towards Barcelona on Friday afternoon...
December 7, 2019 - Cruise Industry

Doha Cruise Port Emerges as Regional Hub
The Costa Cruises flagship Costa Diadema docked at Port Doha (Qatar) for the first time on Wednesday, November 27, marking the first of all 16...
November 28, 2019 - Cruise Industry

Costa Smeralda Passes Sea Trials
Costa Smeralda successfully passed her technical sea trials carried out with LNG (liquefied natural gas), the world's cleanest fossil fuel, which...
November 26, 2019 - Cruise Industry

Fundraiser Organized to Support Venice Devastating Flooding
A fundraiser to support Venice flooding was organized by Port Authorities. President of Port Venice, Pino Musolino, sent a letter to all cruise...
November 19, 2019 - Cruise Industry

Ribbon-Cutting Held at Savona Cruise Terminal
With the ribbon-cutting ceremony held on Thursday, November 14, the “renovated” Calata Delle Vele cruise quay and Palacrociere terminal 1...
November 15, 2019 - Cruise Industry

Mumbai Set to Become Major Cruise Destination
Mumbai Port Trust, currently transforming into a cruise port, announced the homeporting of Costa Victoria - the biggest foreign passenger ship ever...
November 11, 2019 - Cruise Industry

VIDEO: Costa Firenze Floated Out in Italy
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and Costa Cruises on Wednesday, November 6, celebrated the official float-out of Costa Firenze, Costa's 2nd ship...
November 7, 2019 - Cruise Industry

Costa Cruises to Link Sanya to Destinations in Vietnam and the Philippines
Carnival Corporation's subsidiary company Costa Asia will launch new itineraries linking Sanya China (Hainan Province) to popular travel destinations...
November 5, 2019 - Accidents

Launch of Costa Smeralda Delayed Again
Costa Cruises announced it had been notified by the Finnish Meyer shipyard in Turku, Finland of a further delay in the building of its new flagship...
October 29, 2019