Cruise news (Costa Cruises-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
AIDAperla to Boast the Largest Battery Storage System
Corvus Energy and AIDA Cruises signed an agreement for further cooperation at the opening of the first production plant of the Norwegian battery...
September 10, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Costa Cruises Increases Focus on The Mediterranean
Costa Cruises announced major news with the strengthening of the Italian line in the Mediterranean – a historic destination topping the...
September 1, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Cruise Demonstration Zone to Be Established in Shanghai
Shanghai is expected to establish a demonstration zone for cruise tourism. This is part of the plans of the port to become a hub for the industry...
August 10, 2019 - Accidents
Reports About Sabotage Cast Shadow Over Costa Toscana Building
While the launch of the building of Finland's 2nd liquefied natural gas-powered (LNG) passenger cruise ship was celebrated at Meyer Turku Shipyard in...
August 1, 2019 - Cruise Industry
First Steel Cut for Costa Toscana
The Italian brand of Carnival Corporation & plc, Costa Cruises, celebrated on Tuesday, July 30, the first steel-cutting for the brand's 2nd ship...
July 30, 2019 - Accidents
VIDEO: Costa Deliziosa Almost Collides with Venice Dock
A large-sized Costa Cruises liner lost control in strong winds and almost crashed into Venice port. In videos uploaded to YouTube, Costa...
July 8, 2019 - Accidents
Costa Mediterranea Suffers Lifeboats Accident in Norway
The Costa Mediterranea cruise ship could not hoist 2 of her lifeboats back to their davits, while holding a lifeboat exercise at Stavanger on June...
June 3, 2019 - Cruise Industry
New Costa Cruises Ship Named Costa Firenze
The new Costa Cruises Asian (Chinese) ship Costa Firenze is scheduled to start service in October 2020. The newbuild (currently under...
May 6, 2019 - Accidents
Passenger Medevaced from Costa Luminosa
Saudi border guards have rescued a French female passenger on Friday, April 19, after she broke her leg onboard a Costa Cruises ship in the Red Sea...
April 22, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Valletta Cruise Port to Welcome Increased Costa Cruises Calls 2020
Costa Cruises is increasing its number of port calls to Valletta in 2020. A press conference was held aboard Costa Fascinosa to launch Malta-to...
April 4, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Costa Cruises to Replace neoRiviera with Costa Victoria in Mumbai
Italy-based Costa Cruises currently operates the 48,200 GT Costa neoRiviera from Mumbai's international cruise terminal to Male and Cochin...
March 31, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Costa Cruises Is Back to Genoa
Costa Cruises' ships return to Port Genoa with regular calls. The first to arrive at Andrea Doria dock was the 103,000 GT Costa Fortuna...
March 27, 2019 - Accidents
Fire on Costa Smeralda Causes Evacuation
Finish shipyard Meyer Turku revealed that there was a fire on Costa Smeralda's Deck 15 on Monday, March 18. Stored equipment inside the ship caught...
March 19, 2019 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Costa Smeralda Floated Out
Costa Cruises celebrated the official float-out of its new ship, Costa Smeralda, at Meyer shipyard in Turku, Finland on Friday, March 15. As part of...
March 18, 2019 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Costa Venezia Officially Named in Trieste
Today, March 1, in Trieste, Italy, there was the naming ceremony of the first Costa Cruises ship designed specifically for the Chinese cruise market...
March 1, 2019