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It was a cold day in Finland when Costa Toscana floated out at the Meyer shipyard in Turku.   Here's something few people normally get ...

Fincantieri delivered the 135,500-ton Costa Firenze to Carnival's Costa Crociere brand today at Trieste. As the name would imply, the sh...

Costa Smeralda refuled (bunkered) with LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) for the first time in Italy on October 25 (2020) at La Spieza.  Photos co...

Costa has launched a video campaign in all their European markets that is laying the groundwork for their return to cruising. It's calle...

The 185,000-ton Costa Smeralda glided into Savona, Italy on Friday directly from Meyer Turku, ready for her first cruise on Saturday. It pro...

Fincantieri floated out the 135,500-ton Costa Firenze at their Marghera yard today. The ship is the sister to Costa Venezia which was built ...

CND subscribers also read about: An additional delay for Costa Smeralda's delivery, pushing the inaugural cruise back to December 21....

The first steel was cut today at Meyer Turku for Costa's second LNG-powered ship, Costa Toscana. The 180,000-ton ship will be a sister t...

Costa Cruises said today their second new ship dedicated to the Chinese market will be named Costa Firenze. The 135,500-ton vessel will be a...

Most people who book a Costa cruise do so because they want the Italian experience Costa exports so well all around the world. Costa often p...

Authorities in two countries have disrupted major drug smuggling operations on two cruise ships in the last few days by arresting groups of ...

Costa Cruises' headquarters are in Genoa. Of course their cruise ships always called there at the busy port in the heart of town. Then a...

Meyer-Turku celebrated the float out of Costa Smeralda today at their yard in Finland, marking the first time the ship has touched water, wh...

CND subscribers also read about: Winter weather in the Northeast creating some scary moments for passengers aboard Norwegian Escape on Sa...

Fincantieri delivered Costa Venezia today at their yard in Monfalcone, and within six hours it was on its way to Trieste for Costa's cel...

Meyer Turku "topped off" Costa's new flagship, Costa Smeralda, this week when it installed the funnel aboard the 180,000 ship....

CND subscribers also read about: A passenger going overboard from Carnival Victory Costa extending their contract to manager Savona's...

Costa said today they are going to christen Costa Venezia in their hometown of Trieste on March 1 before they send it off for the foreseeabl...

CND subscribers also read about: Carnival Legend going to Europe in 2020 Costa's new television commercial airing in Europe (but not ...

CND subscribers also read about: Costa expanding their food donation program to Barcelona. Since it's inception, the program has provi...