Fincantieri put water under the keel of Costa Diadema allowing the ship to float for the first time today at the company's Marghera yard (near Venice) today.
The 132,500-gross ton vessel will be delivered on October 30, 2014. Deployment will initially be in the western Mediterranean during the winter 2014-2015 season.
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| Just before the valve is turned and water pours into the dry dock. |
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| The first water pours into the dry dock. Filling the dry dock takes almost a day. The ship will then be towed to a finishing dock. |
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Antonio Quintano (Director Fincantieri
Marghera shipyard
), Franca Grasso (madrina - godmother), and Michael Thamm: CEO Costa Crociere
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