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02 Sep 2018

Port of Kiel, Costa Cruises Clebrate 40 Years of Partnership

Germany's Port of Kiel says goodbye to the  Italian cruise shipping company Costa Crociere cruise vessel Costa Pacifica for this year’s season on Sunday (September 02).To mark the over 40 years of partnership between the shipping company, the city and the port, Hans-Werner Tovar, City President, Dr Dirk Claus, Managing Director Port of Kiel, Captain Paolo Viscafè and Dr Jörg Rudolph, General Manager Costa Germany, unveiled a bronze plate on Kiel’s Walk of Cruise Ships at the Ostseekai Terminal.City President Tovar: “With this plate on the Walk of Cruise Ships, we commemorate the particular importance of Costa Crociere for Kiel as a cruise location. For more than 40 years the ships of Costa have been calling at our port.

22 Mar 2015

Cruise Ships Cancel Tunisia Calls in Wake of Islamic Terrorists Attack

Cruise lines like Holland America, MSC Cruises, Costa Cruises, Star Clippers, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises and Aida Cruises have canceled all port stops to Tunisia for the rest of the year following the jihadist terrorist attack and massacre in the capital March 18th. Seventeen cruisers from Costa Cruises and MSC Cruises ships visiting Tunis for the day were killed in Wednesday's attack, which took place at the city's Bardo National Museum. More than 20 other cruisers were wounded. The Seattle-based Holland America has announced that two ships scheduled to visit the country over the next two-and-a-half months as part of Mediterranean sailings instead will head to ports on the Italian island of Sardinia. Costa has also canceled all remaining 39 port stops to the country.

07 May 2012

New Flagship for Costa Cruises Delivered

'Costa Fascinosa': Photo credit Costa Cruises

Costa Fascinosa, the new 114,500 gt flagship of Costa Cruises, has been delivered to the cruise line, by shipbuilder Fincantieri in Venice, Italy. Officially handed over at the Venice Passenger Terminal, Costa Fascinosa — with sister ship Costa Favolosa — is the largest Italian-flagged cruise ship afloat. The delivery ceremony was attended by Italy’s Minister of Tourism Piero Gnudi, and his daughter Elsa served as godmother of the new 114,500-ton, 3,800-guest flagship. At the ceremony…

15 Dec 2011

Costa Favolosa Calls Dubai

Costa Cruises opened its sixth season in the Emirates  with the inaugural call in Dubai of the flagship Costa Favolosa. A welcoming ceremony has celebrated the first arrival of the flagship at the port, at the presence  of  Awah Al Ketbi, CEO of AL Ketbi Consultancy, the company which is running Costa representative office in Dubai, and Captain Mauro Muratore, joined by government officials and VIP Guests from DTCM (Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing), tourism and maritime sectors. The Costa Favolosa (114,500 gross tonnage and 3,800 total Guests) is the largest and most advanced ship ever deployed in the Emirates, a cruise destination offered by Costa for the first time in the world back in 2006.

28 Nov 2011

COSTA FASCINOSA is 16th of Costa Fleet

 new flagship Costa Fascinosa (114,500 gross tonnage and 3,800 total Guests)

Savona to Host Naming Event on May 6th. Costa Cruises, the largest Italian travel group and Europe’s no.1 cruise company, announces big news regarding the new flagship Costa Fascinosa (114,500 gross tonnage and 3,800 total Guests) (www.costacruise.com/fascinosa), the 16th member of the fleet,  currently being fitted out at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard, that together with her sister ship Costa Favolosa, will be the largest cruise ship flying the Italian flag. On the occasion of the Costa Favolosa’s first call at Savona, Costa Crociere S.p.A.

29 Jul 2011

Cruise Ship Launched in Italy

The 114,500-gt, 3,800-passenger cruise ship Costa Fascinosa touched the water for the first time at the Fincantieri shipyard in Marghera, Venice, a month after the delivery of the Costa Favolosa, her sister ship. Once the interiors have been fitted out, the ship will enter service in May 2012. The Costa Fascinosa is the ninth ship built by Fincantieri as part of Costa Cruises’ fleet development plan that began in 2000. The Costa Fascinosa’s technical launch ceremony was carried out according to seafaring tradition.

17 Jun 2011

Margareth Madè Godmother for Costa Favolosa

Margareth Madè, the Italian actress who became a household word as the star of the Italian film “Baarìa,” will be the godmother of the Costa Favolosa (www.costafavolosa.com). The naming ceremony for the flagship of Costa Cruises, Italy’s largest tourism group and Europe’s no. 1 cruise company, the only one flying the Italian flag, will take place on 2nd July in the magnificent setting of the Piazza Unità d’Italia in Trieste. The Costa Favolosa, weighing 114,500 gross tonnage and carrying a total of 3,800 guests, will be the largest ship flying the Italian flag and a symbol of Italian pride that will sail the seven seas. The event to celebrate the ship’s naming will be a tribute to Italian identity: art…

09 Jun 2011

MIP Estimates Costa Crociere S.p.A.'s Economic Impact

In 2010, Costa Crociere S.p.A. generated an impact of over $3.2 billion on the Italian economy. This is one of the findings of a study carried out by MIP, the Milan Polytechnic Business School. Costa Crociere S.p.A. is an Italian company headquartered in Genoa, which comprises 3 brands (the Costa Cruises brand, Aida Cruises for the German market, and Iberocruceros, which operates mainly for the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking markets). It is one of Italy’s top 10 most profitable companies and ranks 49th in terms of turnover in Mediobanca’s 2010 survey of over 3,700 Italian enterprises that recorded revenue of at least $73 million the previous fiscal year.

19 May 2011

Costa Favolosa Finishes Sea Trials

The Costa Favolosa has successfully completed the official sea trials. The naming ceremony is scheduled for 2nd July in Trieste, with an event dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy. The Costa Favolosa, the new flagship of Costa Cruises, Italy’s largest tourism group and Europe’s no. 1 cruise company, has successfully completed her official sea trials. The ship, the 15th in Costa’s fleet, built by the Fincantieri shipyard in Marghera (Venice), completed her first crossing during which tests were conducted to verify the correct operation of the various systems…

05 May 2011

Costa Favolosa Dry-Docked In Trieste

Genoa – May 4 , 2011 – The Costa Favolosa, the new flagship of Costa Cruises, which is the largest Italian travel group, Europe’s no.1 cruise company and the only cruise operator whose fleet flies the Italian flag, has been dry-docked in the Port of Trieste until mid-May. This provides a special preview of the new addition to the fleet for all of Trieste’s residents, who are also invited to join the Costa Favolosa’s spectacular naming event on July 2 in Piazza Unità d’Italia.

08 Apr 2011

Costa Favolosa To Be Named In Trieste On July 2

Costa Cruises set to return to Trieste in 2012 with 28 calls and an estimated 65,000 passenger movements. Trieste – April 8, 2011 – Trieste will be hosting the naming ceremony on July 2 for the Costa Favolosa, the new flagship of Costa Cruises, which is the largest Italian travel group, Europe’s no.1 cruise company and also the only cruise operator whose fleet flies the Italian flag. The Costa Favolosa, weighing in at 114,500 gross tonnage and with accommodation for up to 3,800 total Guests…

14 Mar 2011

33% GROWTH FOR COSTA CRUISES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN: ALMOST 9 MILLION PASSENGER MOVEMENTS IN 2011

Genoa, March 14 2011 – Costa Cruises, the largest Italian travel group and Europe’s no.1 cruise company, has confirmed its undisputed leadership in the Mediterranean; this region, which enjoys one of the highest growth rates in the global cruise industry, will be the focus of attention at Seatrade Cruise Shipping Miami 2011. It is estimated that this year, with about 2,800 calls in 92 destinations,  there will be almost 9 million passenger movements in Mediterranean ports for the ships in the Costa fleet, all of which are Italian-flagged; this amounts to a 33% increase compared to 2010.

09 Nov 2010

Additional Cruise Ship Orders for SAM Electronics

Hamburg-based SAM Electronics, an L-3 company, has received orders to supply four NACOS 65-5 integrated navigation command systems for new cruise ships currently under construction in major European shipyards on behalf of Carnival Cruise Lines, Celebrity Cruises and Costa Cruises for delivery in 2011 and 2012. Ships to be equipped with the NACOS systems include Carnival Cruise Lines’ Carnival Magic being built at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard in Italy, and Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Silhouette under construction by Meyer Werft in Germany. The other two systems will be installed onboard Costa Cruises’ Costa Fascionosa and Costa Favolosa vessels, both of which are being completed by Fincantieri at its Breda shipyard.

24 Jun 2010

Costa Cruises Installs Funnel on Costa Favolosa

Photo courtesy Costa Crociere S.p.A

Work is continuing in Fincantieri’s Marghera yard on the construction of the Costa Favolosa, the 15th member of the Costa fleet. Her funnel was recently installed: the same distinctive yellow funnel with the blue “C” that for over 60 years has graced every vessel in the fleet of Costa Cruises. Since the establishment of the brand in the 1940s, some 35 ships have sported the iconic Costa funnel. Like the other 14 members of the fleet currently in service, the Costa Favolosa will fly the Italian flag.

30 Nov 2009

Costa Deliziosa Completes Sea Trials

Photo courtesy Costa Crociere S.p.A.

The new ship, The Costa Deliziosa, Costa’s 15th fleet member, built at Fincantieri’s Marghera (Venice) shipyard, was put through her paces in the open sea for the first time, with a series of running tests on the ship’s systems, machinery and engines. She completed the trials successfully. During the official trials performed at sea, the Costa Deliziosa was sailed at maximum speed (in excess of 23 knots), for eight hours non-stop during the endurance test. A crash stop was also carried out…

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