Posted on 26 November 2016. Tags: Fincantieri, float out ceremony, Italian cruising, Mediterranean, MSC Cruises, MSC Seaside, new ship, Pierfrancesco Vago
MSC Cruises celebrated the float out of MSC Seaside, one of two new groundbreaking mega-ships that MSC Cruises is bringing into service between June and December 2017. The ceremony took place this weekend at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Monfalcone, where the…
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Posted on 01 September 2016. Tags: European cruising, fastest growing cruise line, Italian cruising, mainstream cruising, mega ship, Meraviglia class ship, MSC Bellissima, MSC Cruises
MSC Cruises – the Swiss-based world’s largest privately-owned cruise line and market leader in Europe, South America and South Africa – revealed today the name of its second STX France-built Meraviglia-generation ultramodern mega cruise ship. She will be called…
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Posted on 27 February 2012. Tags: Asian cruising, China, Chinese, Costa Allegra, Costa Cociere, Costa Concordia, Costa Cruises, engine room, fire, generatior, Indian Ocean, Italian cruising, Italy, older ships, Pirates, Seychelles
A fire broke out in the generator room of the Costa Allegra leaving the vessel adrift in the Indian Ocean off the Seychelles Islands. According to company reports there were no casualties from the fire as it was extinguished…
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Posted on 14 January 2012. Tags: abandon ship, Carnival Corporation, casualties, Costa Cociere, Costa Concordia, cruise deaths, cruise ship hits rocks, cruise ship sinking, deaths at sea, Giglio, grounded, Italian cruising, Italy, life boat drill, life boats, ship rescue, tragedy at sea
This statement is from Carnival Corporation & plc in Miami, FL. Carnival Corporation & plc is the parent company of Costa Cruises. On January 13, 2012, Costa Cruises’ vessel, the Costa Concordia, departed from Civitavecchia, Italy with approximately 3,200…
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Posted on 14 January 2012. Tags: Carnival Corp., Carnival Corporation, Costa Cociere, Costa Concordia, Costa Cruises, cruise disaster, cruise ship disaster, cruise ship sinking, deadly cruise, disaster at sea, friday the 13th, Giglio, hits rock, Italian cruising, Italy, passengers killed, ship sinks, Titanic
The Costa Concordia carrying more than 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew, hit a rock and sank in the shallow waters off the Italian island of Giglio. Concordia had just started the first leg of a seven-day cruise out of…
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Posted on 02 February 2010. Tags: Abu Dhabi, Bharain, Carnival Corporation, ciao, Costa Cociere, Costa Cruises, Costa Deliziosa, Dubai, Fun ships, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Sidra, Italian cruising, Italy, Oman, Qatar, Savona, UAE, United Arab Emirates
Costa Cruises took delivery of its 15th cruiseship, the $625 million Costa Deliziosa in Venice on Saturday. Sister ship to the Costa Luminosa the 92,600-ton Costa Deliziosa carries 2,826 guests in 1,130 staterooms – including 52 Samsara, 718 veranda…
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