Cruise news (Costa Cruises-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Costa Cruises announces new itineraries for 2022-2023 season
Costa Cruises announced new Mediterranean itineraries from April 2022 through April 2023, which are now available for booking. In all Mediterranean...
April 10, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Costa restarts cruises in May
Carnival Corporation's Italian brand Costa Cruises revised plans to move the operations' restart to May 2021. The decision was taken in...
March 22, 2021 - Accidents
Manslaughter allegations against Costa Cruises over Coronavirus deaths
French investigators are opening manslaughter allegations against the Carnival Corporation-owned Italian company Costa over Coronavirus deaths. The...
February 24, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Costa restarts cruises on March 27 with Smeralda ship
The Carnival Corporation-owned Italian brand Costa Cruises announced its liners are ready for passenger shipping with fleetwide enhanced health and...
February 18, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Costa's Savona Cruise Terminal turned into Covid vaccination site
Costa Cruises' passenger terminal Palacrociere (in Port Savona Italy) now serves as a Coronavirus/COVID vaccination site for elderly people (aged 80...
February 15, 2021 - Accidents
Costa Cruises cancels Mediterranean itineraries through March 13
Given current COVID travel restrictions, Costa Cruises announced it plans to resume its Italians-only Mediterranean cruises on March 13, with the...
January 22, 2021 - Accidents
VIDEO: Costa Cruises' ship Costa Smeralda hits quay and damages gantry crane in Port Savona
Friday morning, January 22, Costa Cruises' ship Costa Smeralda was supposed to dock in Port Savona, Italy, and upon maneuvering, the vessel hit an...
January 22, 2021 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Costa Cruises' newest ship Costa Toscana launched at Meyer Turku Finland
On January 14, Costa Cruises celebrated the launch (float-out from drydock) of the company's newest ship - Costa Toscana at the Meyer Shipyard...
January 16, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Costa Victoria cruise ship to be scrapped in Turkey
The plans to use the Costa Victoria cruise liner as a hotel ship have been dashed. Costa Cruises' oldest vessel is to be scrapped at Turkey's...
January 11, 2021 - Accidents
Costa Crociere cancels cruises in Italy until January 31
Due to the travel uncertainties and with regard to COVID restrictions in the coming weeks, Costa Cruises decided to cancel all departures planned...
January 6, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Newbuild Costa Firenze delivered to Costa Cruises by Fincantieri
Costa Cruises has taken delivery of the 5200-passenger liner Costa Firenze from the Italian shipyard Fincantieri. According to Costa Group's CEO...
December 23, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Costa Cruises cancels Christmas & New Year voyages
Costa Crociere-Costa Cruises joined the further efforts requested to Italy and all Italians during the next Christmas and New Year holidays, via...
December 4, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Costa Crociere introduces short cruises on flagship Costa Smeralda
Between December 3, 2020, and February 21, 2021, Costa Cruises' flagship Costa Smeralda has scheduled 7-day long itineraries exclusively dedicated to...
November 28, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Costa Cruises announces suspension of Costa Deliziosa voyages to Greece
As a result of the measures enacted by the government of Greece in response to the number of COVID cases that impose restrictions on travel, Costa...
November 6, 2020 - Cruise Industry
CLIA cruise lines voluntarily extend ex-USA cruise suspension through 2021
CLIA (Cruise Lines International Association), which represents 95% of the world's ocean-going cruise shipping capacity, announced on Tuesday...
November 4, 2020