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Costa Crociere S.p.A.

Costa Crociere S.p.A., operating as Costa Cruises, is an Italian cruise line founded in 1854 and organized as a wholly owned subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc since 2000.

Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 23/2020 – The cruises are preparing to sail

Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 23/2020 – July 3, 2020 After the devastating impact of COVID on cruises, which have stopped since the first...

Marseille port and SGMF promote LNG as ship fuel

With a second bunkering operation completed on 15 June, Marseille Fos demonstrates its commitment to liquefied natural gas (LNG) and its aim of achieving...

Marseille port carries out first cruise LNG bunkering operation

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) May 15, 2020 – The port of Marseille Fos, Shell and Carnival have completed the first operation ship to ship liquified...

Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 12/2020 – tourism & cruises in search of a new normal

Covid-19 Update – Issue 12/2020 – Ports of Genoa – May 8, 2020 Global Economic TrendsTourism is one of the most affected sectors of the pandemic, in...

Leading cruise ship companies further delay restart

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 5, 2020 – Both Costa Cruises and MSC Cruises have announced further delays to restarting operations. Genoa-based Costa...

Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 4/2020

Covid-19 Update – Issue 3/2020 – Ports of Genoa – April 10, 2020 While control measures for the COVID-19 epidemic seem to be starting to work, concerns...

Costa extends cruise suspension until May 30

News – Costa Cruises – April 9, 2020 Genoa, April 9, 2020 – Costa announces the further suspension of its cruises until May 30, 2020. Due to...

Costa Cruises announces a temporary pause of its global operations

Due to the global pandemic of Covid-19, the Italian company has decided to voluntarily suspend cruises on its ships to protect the health and safety of guests,...

Costa Crociere reviews its itineraries in Italy to respect government containment measures

Genoa, March 10, 2020 – Following the new measures introduced last evening by the Italian Government in an effort to contain the health emergency on the...

Marseille Fos, Costa Group, Pôle Mer Méditerranée join forces to develop and promote greener stop overs for cruise ships

A partnership agreement was signed today to enhance existing technological systems and explore all the possible solutions to improve the quality of the air...

Costa Crociere promotes LNG as ship fuel

Savona, Italy (Ports Europe) January 26, 2020 – Costa Crociere has held a public event entitled, “The use of LNG in ports, between innovation and...

MSC Cruises and Costa Crociere to manage cruise terminals in Western Sicily

Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) November 25, 2019 – An agreement has been reached between Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia...

Savona port inaugurates Costa Cruises Calata delle Vele quay

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) November 15, 2019 – The “renewed” Calata delle Vele quay and the Palacrociere terminal 1, has been inaugurated in...

Cruise companies sign emissions past with La Spezia port

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 23, 2019 – The international cruise ship companies, Costa Cruises (also representing AIDA Cruises), MSC Cruises...

Cruises companies, Marseille port and others sign “Blue Charter”

Port de Marseille – October 17, 2019 Today, on the occasion of the Blue Maritime Summit Marseille Provence – Cruise Initiatives organized in Marseille...

Costa Group: €12.6 billion and over 63,000 jobs generated in Europe

The figures are drawn from a study conducted by Deloitte & Touche, the University of Genoa and the University of Hamburg, which takes a snapshot of the...

Costa Cruises signs Genoa port Blue Agreement

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 14, 2019 – Costa Cruises has signed the so-called Genoa Blue Agreement requiring marine gasoil with a sulphur content not...

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