And they said the Costa brand was dead…. When Carnival ordered 3 ships for AIDA/Costa back in August, there was a provision for a second ship for Costa. Rumor has it that Carnival my be close to picking up that option. Here’s what I wrote back in August: [The deal] calls for one ship for [...]
In what was dubbed a ‘low-key’ event by spectators, Costa Cruises launched their latest ship. The 114,500grt ship debuted in Venice. Traditionally, during the ceremony, line officials will take the podium and at this event, they didn’t disappoint! Costa’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pier Luigi Foschi: Booking volumes are back to the same levels recorded this [...]
Blame it on the terrible economy of Europe right now. Blame it on the Costa Concordia fallout. Either way Pier Luigi Foschi, Costa Cruises CEO has announced that he will retire effective July 1, 2012. The 65 year old Italian, will still remain with Carnival plc. as chairman and managing director of Costa. He also [...]
Costa Cruises and Italian officials have announced the plan that was chosen for the salvage of the Concordia. Still laying partially capsized off of Giglio, the vessel recently had all her bunkers (fuel) pumped out as the the first phase of the recovery was complete. The plan that was chosen for the next operation was [...]
Costa and local Italian officials announced today that they have finally pumped all bunkers (fuel) out of the ship. The operation began on February 12th and workers have been removing the fuel oil around the clock ever since. Total cost of the operation is said to be in the couple of million euros. Costa President [...]
News broke today that apparently the ships bell has been stolen. The all brass fixture with “COSTA CONCORDIA” written on it, was taken somewhere around 2 weeks ago. Police say they don’t have any suspects, but do have some leads. The wreck is being guarded by police and coastguard 24/7. Imagine how much this would [...]
As part of Carnival’s latest press release regarding their financials, Micky Arison, CEO of Carnival Corporation, stated that the Costa Allegra will not be returning to service with Costa Cruises. She will either be sold or scrapped in the next few months. She always seemed out of place in Costa’s fleet. Even more than [...]
Italian Crocieristi.it has photos of the interiors of the Costa neoRomantica port-drydock. Check them out. The insides are night and day compared to the atrocity that is her exterior.
Here are some photos of the Costa Allegra arriving (being towed) in the Seychelles. We can finally put this ordeal behind us.
