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Italy’s Costa Cruises starts construction of its first LNG-fired ship

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Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – Italian company Costa Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, has said it started the construction of its first ship powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the Meyer shipyard in Turku, Finland. The ship, named Costa Smeralda, will enter service in October 2019. It will exceed 180,000 gross…

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