From my friends over at Costa Cruises I have a couple of nice photos of the bow section of the new Costa Pacifica floating out at Fincantieri’s Palermo yard. The bow section was launched the old-fashioned way, down a slipway in Palermo on Monday, and will now go to Fincantieri’s Sestri Ponente yard in Genoa [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Costa Cruises’
Wednesday, 27 June 2007
Costa Expands to Mauritius
Lately Costa Cruises, Europe’s largest cruise line and arguably the world’s most international, has been sailing into one new market after another. Last year the company began deployments from Dubai and China (Beijing and Shanghai). Now in the 2007-2008 winter season, Costa Marina will be positioned in Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, leaving every Saturday [...]
Tuesday, 15 May 2007
60 Years of Costa Passenger Shipping
Yesterday Costa Cruises marked 60 years of Costa passenger shipping with an offer of 60% off most of its 2008 Europe cruises. A bit gimmicky, perhaps, but it does highlight the fact that Costa is one of the oldest cruise lines still around today.
Costa was originally founded in 1854 as a trading company and bought [...]
Thursday, 10 May 2007
For Sale: Costa Marina
The large and reputable London shipbroker Galbraith’s says that it has been appointed to find a buyer for Costa Marina:
“EXCLUSIVELY IN OUR HANDS FOR SALE
On behalf of our very close clients COSTA CROCIERE we have been appointed exclusive brokers for the sale of their cruise ship COSTA MARINA.”
It has been well-known for some time [...]
