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A fundraiser to support Venice devastating flooding was organized by the Port Authorities. Pino Musolino, President of the Port of Venice sent a letter to all cruise lines calling to Venice, asking for their help and support. (crew-center.com)
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With the ribbon-cutting ceremony held this morning, the “renovated” Calata delle Vele cruise ship quay and Palacrociere terminal 1 were inaugurated in the historic port of Savona. (more…)
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Italian cruise liner Costa Cruises will launch new trips linking Sanya, a coastal city in south China’s Hainan Province to tourist destinations in Vietnam and the Philippines in January 2020, the company said Monday. The Costa cruise liner will depart from Sanya on Jan. 4 and carry passengers from Sanya to cities including Da Nang, Ha Long Bay, Nha Trang in Vietnam and Manila and Subic in the Philippines. (xinhuanet.com)
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Costa Cruises and Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri today celebrated the official float-out ceremony of Costa Firenze, Costa second ship designed and built specifically for the Chinese market. (more…)
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Costa Cruises Captain Pietro Sinisi has been presented with an award by the Association for Rescue at Sea (AFRAS) for his actions in saving the crew of a cargo ship that was on fire in the Aegean Sea. (more…)
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Costa Cruises has unfortunately been notified by the Finnish Meyer shipyard in Turku of a further delay in the construction of its new flagship Costa Smeralda. (more…)
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Calling all chocoholics! Your dreams are about to become a reality. Costa Cruises will be have a chocolate-themed European cruise set sail in 2020. The Eurochocolate cruise will offer a unique on-the-water experience that takes travelers all around Europe and features chocolate-related events both on and off the boat. (delish.com)
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The main cruise ship operators in French waters have agreed on measures to limit pollution caused by their vessels, including hooking up to the power grid instead of keeping their engines running during stopovers. The “Blue Charter” agreement signed in Marseille by Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises, Royal Carribean Cruises and Ponant also pledged to use less-polluting fuel when maneuvering in harbors as well as other measures to reduce emissions. (reuters.com)
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Through “4GOODFOOD”, a program laying down a marker for the global shipping industry, the Italian cruise company set itself the objective of halving food waste fleetwide by 2020, some ten years ahead of the deadline prescribed by the UN’s 2030 Agenda target 12.3. (more…)
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The first concerns Costa Smeralda, the new flagship currently nearing completion at the Meyer shipyard in Turku, Finland. During the 2020 summer season, from May 28 to September 24, Costa Smeralda will be in Cagliari every Thursday, from 7.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m., making a total of 18 calls. (more…)
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The Chinese cruise industry is pushing capacity up in 2020 as Costa Cruises has signed a key agreement with the Hianan and Sanya governments and will homeport the 1993-built neoRomantica out of Sanya for a three month period starting in January 2020. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Working to reduce capacity growth in Southern Europe, five ships will leave the Costa Cruises fleet by May 2021, according to Arnold Donald, CEO of Carnival Corporation, speaking on the company’s third quarter earnings call on Thursday, Sept. 26. Donald said that two Europe-based ships will leave the Costa fleet in 2020, and he added that two ships will leave the Costa fleet in Asia in 2020. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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The Costa Group is relying on Genoa’s technical skills, announcing its decision to bring to Genoa an important restyling project on a ship in its fleet, for a total investment of 50 million euros. (more…)
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Cruises confirm their positive contribution to the European and Italian economy. In particular, the Costa Group, a leader in this sector, both in Europe and China, with 3.2 million guests, generated a total economic impact in 2018 of 12.6 billion euros in Europe, creating over 63,000 full-time equivalent jobs. (more…)
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Costa Cruises announces the arrival of Costa Luminosa in South America in the winter of 2020/2021. From November 2020 to April 2021 the company flying the flag of Italy will be about to count on three ships operating in the region: Costa Luminosa will support Costa Fascinosa and Costa Pacifica, whose positioning in South America had already been announced. (more…)
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Costa Smeralda, the first Costa Cruises ship powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), will now commence her inaugural program of cruises on November 30, 2019 as a result of delays in her construction which mean that she cannot be delivered on the date originally agreed. (more…)
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The sea and good food: two sources of Italian excellence that have always been part of Italy’s DNA, making the Country famous all over the world. Costa Cruises and Le Cesarine, ambassadors of Italian tradition and style, have signed a strategic, original partnership just in the name of excellence both at the table and at sea. (more…)
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