Costa Deliziosa Loses Power at Valencia

Update May 19 - Costa has decided to terminate the voyage and is finalizing plans to fly passengers home. Updated compensation plans have not yet been finalized. We will have further details on Tuesday.

For you information, please find below a statement by Costa Crociere about a technical problem involving Costa Deliziosa at Valencia port:

Genoa, May 19th 12.30pm - Costa Crociere confirms that on Sunday 18 evening around 6pm LT while she was berthed in Valencia as per her planned itinerary, Costa Deliziosa experienced a technical failure which impacted on timing of scheduled departure. Guests on board were duly informed and at no time was the safety of the ship or the Guests ever put at risk. The technical personnel intervened immediately and after few hours restored the electrical power supply and all essential services. All the relevant authorities have been promptly duly informed.

The causes of the technical problem occurred are still under investigation and specialized technicians are on site. Since safety is Company’s number one priority and in order not to expose our guests to unacceptable delays and additional discomfort given the required timing for fixing the problem occurred , the company has offered to Guests on board alternative complimentary shore activities for today May 19 in Valencia. Moreover Costa Crociere is on site through its appointed Care Team to providing full assistance and reduce guests discomfort as much as possible. In addition the Company has also planned return charter flights to Rome and Genoa for Tuesday, May 20 for those guests supposed to disembark ending their cruise. Special re-protection plans have been put in place, in order to let Guests to reach the final destination or hotel, on the basis of special individual needs.
Costa Cruises is deeply sorry for what has occurred and will recognize to guests on board Costa Deliziosa a refund of 50 % of the cost they paid for the cruise and a credit of 100 € per person on the expenses incurred on board (and the complimentary shore activity in Valencia May19). Guests on board are appreciating the extension of call in Valencia offered by Costa and the atmosphere on board is calm.

Costa Crociere is also informing future guests supposed to start the cruise in Civitavecchia on May 20, that Costa Deliziosa will not be able to embark them on the scheduled timing (May20). The company is intensively working to set alternative options to make sure its guests can still enjoy their planned holidays through an appropriate solution, which will be fixed and communicated over the next hours.

Source: Costa Crociere

Costa Deliziosa Rescues Eight

COSTA DELIZIOSA RESCUES STRICKEN YACHT

IN MIDDLE OF ATLANTIC OCEAN: 8 PEOPLE SAVED

The Costa Cruises ship, currently deployed on a Around-the-World cruise, made a 170-mile detour to save the crew of a sailing boat that was sinking in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

The 8 people on board were all rescued and are said to be in good health.

Genoa – January 15, 2014 – Yesterday at 9.30 pm Italian time, the cruise ship Costa Deliziosa successfully carried out the rescue of 8 people on board a yacht that was sinking in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

Yesterday morning Captain Giuseppe Longo, the Master of the Costa Deliziosa – operating on a 100-day “Around-the-World” cruise, which left Savona on January 6 – received a call from the Delgada Coast Guard in Portugal requesting assistance for a sailing vessel in distress.

At the time, the Costa Deliziosa was crossing the Atlantic and heading for Antigua in the Caribbean, where she was scheduled to arrive on the morning of January 17. The ship left her route at once and sailed approximately 170 miles south-east in order to reach the stricken sailing boat.

The yacht, called “Buccanier”, was sinking after hitting an unidentified object and shipping water. The 8 people on board were trying to bail water out of the boat using buckets.

Despite the adverse sea and weather conditions, with 3-meter waves, the rescue operation was conducted successfully. The crew members of “Buccanier” were rescued and taken on board Costa Deliziosa: 6 Spanish, one Argentine and one Belgian. They are all said to be in good health.

The Costa Deliziosa later resumed her original route on course for Antigua.

Source: Costa Crociere, Photos courtesy of Costa Crociere. May not be copied or used without permission. All rights reserved

Video: Costa Deliziosa Departs on World Cruise

Costa Deliziosa departed Savona (near Genoa, Italy) on a 100-day world cruise Dec. 28, 2011, with a grand celebration including fireworks. This marks Costa's first return to world cruising in 17 years.

The itinerary will be a complete circumnavigation of the world, visiting five continents and making 37 port calls along the way. It will follow a westward route, across the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal to Los Angeles, Hawaii, Samoa, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Thailand, Sri Lanka, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, before returning to Italy.

Looking around

Holland America has added a neat photo on their blog today. It's a panorama photo taken from the top of the funnel of Nieuw Amsterdam which is currently under construction at the Fincantieri yard in Marghera (Italy).

The panorama is a 360-degree view of the shipyard. Not only can you see the regular activity in the yard, but and you can also see Costa Deliziosa being built at a nearby berth at the yard.

Nieuw Amsterdam will be delivered to Holland America in June.

Costa Deliziosa Technical Launch Video

Costa Deliziosa was floated out at Fincantieri's Marghera shipyard March 12. Here in some amateur video you can see the beginning of the process. Fincantieri celebrates the occasion by breaking a bottle of champagne, then lots of water floods into the drydock, floating the ship up for the first time. There's lots of video here of water gushing, but as you'll see, it's a very slow process, usually taking about 24 hours, so in reality, there's not a lot of instant gratification. Eventually, the next day, the ship is towed out to a finishing dock where construction will continue, freeing up valuable space in the drydock so the construction of another ship can begin.

We have additional photos on the CND website.

First Block of Costa Deliziosa Laid

No sooner does one ship move out of Fincantieri's Marghera yard than another begins to form. The keel has been laid for Costa Deliziosa, which will become the 15th member of the Costa fleet when the ship enters service during the spring of 2010.

The 328-foot section was built at Fincantieri's Ancona yard and towed to Marghera near Venice.

The 92,700-ton Costa Deliziosa will be a sister to Costa Luminosa, scheduled to enter service next June.

This article appeared in Cruise News Daily on July 7, 2008.