Costa Cruises
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Costa Cruises is a British
United Kingdom
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-American
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 owned Italian
Italy
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 cruise line
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, based in Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....

, Italy
Italy
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.

Founded in 1924, the company originally operated cargo ship
Cargo ship
A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade...

s, until the introduction of passenger services in 1947, with regular services between Italy and South America
South America
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. The company later converted its entire fleet to full time cruising, and as an independent company became one of the largest cruise operators in Europe. Acquired by Carnival Corporation in 2000, Costa Cruises is now one of eleven brands operated by Carnival Corporation & PLC
Carnival Corporation & plc
Carnival Corporation & plc , is a American-British Company, and the world's largest cruise ship operator. It is a dual listed company, with headquarters at Carnival Place in the Miami suburb of Doral, Florida, USA, and at Carnival House in Southampton, England, UK...

 and accounts for approximately 16% of its revenue.

Today, as Costa Cruises Group, the company is one of the main operating companies in the Carnival group, with executive control of the groups activities in Europe. The company is responsible for operation of Costa Cruises in Italy
Italy
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, AIDA Cruises
AIDA Cruises
AIDA Cruises is a British-American owned German cruise line based in Rostock, Germany.Originally founded as Deutsche Seereederei with a ship called Völkerfreundschaft , the company entered the cruise industry in the 1960s and was later acquired by P&O Princess Cruises PLC in 2000...

 in Germany
Germany
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 and Ibero Cruises in Spain
Spain
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. AIDA was previously a subsidiary of P&O Princes Cruises PLC, being transferred to Costa following the merger of Carnival Corporation and P&O Princess in 2002. Ibero Cruises is a new brand, created in 2007 as a joint venture between Carnival Corporation and Orizonia Group
Orizonia Group
The Orizonia Group is a Spanish leisure and travel group founded in 2006. The company is based on the Spanish island of Mallorca, in the Mediterranean Sea. It is one of the business groups leading Spanish tourism...

.

The Costa Cruises brand currently operates 15 cruise ships, which all sail under the Italian flag and provide cruise holidays in the Mediterranean, Northern Europe
Northern Europe
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, the Caribbean
Caribbean
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, the Indian Ocean
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, the Middle East
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, South East Asia and South America
South America
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Axel Johnson class

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Costa Allegra
Costa Allegra
MS Costa Allegra is a cruise ship owned and operated by the Italy-based Costa Cruises. She was built in 1969 by the Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard in Turku, Finland as the container ship MS Annie Johnson for the Sweden-based Rederi AB Nordstjernan...

 
1969 1992Present 28,430 tons Previously Annie Johnson, Regent Moon and Alexandra

Classica class

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Costa Classica
Costa Classica
Costa Classica is a cruise ship for Costa Cruises. She was built by Fincantieri Shipyards. In 2001 and 2005, she underwent major refurbishments. On board are two restaurants, 9 bars, 2 swimming pools, and 4 whirlpools.-MSC Poesia collision :...

 
1991 1991Present 52,926 tons
Costa Romantica
Costa Romantica
Costa Romantica is a cruise ship for Costa Cruises completed 1993 as a sister ship to Costa Classica and was refurbished in 2003. Her public rooms are decorated with rare woods, Carrara marble, and millions of dollars in original works of art. There is also a full luxury spa aboard...

 
1993 1993Present 53,000 tons In dry dock receiving a €90 million refit and to be renamed Costa neoRomantica

Sky class

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Costa Victoria
Costa Victoria
Costa Victoria is a Sky class cruise ship owned and operated by Costa Cruises. She debuted in 1996 and was refurbished in 2004. She was designed to reflect the spirit of Italy. Features include the panoramic Concorde Plaza, an indoor pool, the ultramodern Pompei Spa, and the seven deck Planetarium...

 
1996 1996Present 76,000 tons Similar to Norwegian Sky and Norwegian Sun
Norwegian Sun
Norwegian Sun is a Sky class cruise ship operated by Norwegian Cruise Line. She entered service in 2001 in a dual christening ceremony at the Port of Miami with the Norwegian Star. She was constructed at the Lloyd Werft shipyard in Bremerhaven, Germany...

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Spirit class 

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Costa Atlantica
Costa Atlantica
Costa Atlantica is a Spirit-class cruise ship owned and operated by Costa Cruises. She was built in 2000 by the Kvaerner Masa-Yards Helsinki New Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland....

 
2000 2000Present 85,619 tons Panamax
Panamax
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 form factor
Costa Mediterranea
Costa Mediterranea
Costa Mediterranea is a Spirit-class cruise ship operated by Costa Cruises. She was constructed at the Kvaerner Masa-Yards in Helsinki, Finland at a cost of over 400 million Euros...

 
2003 2003Present 86,000 tons Panamax form factor

Fortuna class

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Costa Fortuna
Costa Fortuna
Costa Fortuna is a cruise ship for Costa Cruises built in 2003 on the same platform as Carnival Cruise Lines' Destiny-class. She was inspired by the Italian steamships of the past. Models of these ships are on display in the ship's public areas...

 
2003 2003Present 105,000 tons Identical to Carnival Triumph
Carnival Triumph
Carnival Triumph is a post-Panamax Triumph-class cruise ship, operated by Carnival Cruise Lines in the Caribbean.-Layout:Carnival Triumph has a "Great Cities of the World" theme. Her amenities include the Paris Dining Room, the London Dining Room, the Rome Lounge, Club Rio featuring music, and a...

 and Carnival Victory
Carnival Victory
Carnival Victory is a Triumph-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Lines in the Caribbean.-Layout:Carnival Victory is themed to depict the different oceans and seas of the world. She is structurally identical to her sister ship, Carnival Triumph...

Costa Magica
Costa Magica
Costa Magica is a cruise ship for Costa Cruises. She debuted in 2004 as a sister ship to Costa Fortuna, built on the same platform as Carnival Cruise Lines' Destiny-class. She pays homage to some of the most famous destinations in Italy. Places like Positano, Portofino, Bellagio, and Sicily are all...

 
2004 2004Present 105,000 tons Identical to Carnival Triumph and Carnival Victory

Concordia class
Concordia class cruise ship
The Concordia class is a class of cruise ships that are operated by Costa Cruises and Carnival Cruise Lines, subsidiaries of Carnival Corporation & plc....

 

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Costa Concordia
Costa Concordia
Costa Concordia is a Concordia-class cruise ship owned and operated by Costa Cruises. She was built at Fincantieris Sestri Ponente yards in Italy...

 
2006 2006Present 114,500 tons Modified Conquest-class
Costa Serena
Costa Serena
Costa Serena is a Concordia-class cruise ship for the Italian cruise line, Costa Cruises. The name Serena was intended to symbolize harmony and serenity....

 
2007 2007Present 114,500 tons Modified Conquest-class
Costa Pacifica
Costa Pacifica
Costa Pacifica is a Concordia-class cruise ship for Costa Cruises. She was handed over to Costa Cruises in 29 May 2009. Her sister ships, Costa Concordia and Costa Serena, were launched in 2006 and in 2007, and another two sister ships, Costa Favolosa and Costa Fascinosa will be launched in 2011...

 
2009 2009Present 114,500 tons Modified Conquest-class
Costa Favolosa
Costa Favolosa
Costa Favolosa is a cruise ship ordered for Costa Cruises in October 2007. Based on the Concordia class design, Costa Favolosa was laid down by Fincantieri's Marghera shipyard on 5 November 2009 and launched on 6 August 2010...

 
2011 2011Present 114,500 tons Modified Concordia-class

Hybrid Spirit/Vista class

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Costa Luminosa
Costa Luminosa
Costa Luminosa is a cruise ship, owned and operated by Costa Cruises. Costa Luminosa entered service on May 5, 2009. The ship's design is a Hybrid, taking the best elements of Spirit-class and Vista-class cruise ships. A sister ship, Costa Deliziosa was launched in February 2010 and is based on the...

 
2009 2009Present 92,700 tons Hybrid design between Spirit and Vista-class ships
Costa Deliziosa
Costa Deliziosa
Costa Deliziosa is a cruise ship operated by Costa Cruises. Ordered in 2007 as part of a five-ship expansion of the Costa Cruises Fleet, Costa Deliziosa was constructed by Fincantieri, launched in March 2009, and handed over to Costa Cruises in January 2010...

 
2010 2010Present 92,700 tons Hybrid design between Spirit and Vista-class ships

Voyager class

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Costa Voyager  1999 2011Present 24,391 tons Formerly Grand Voyager for Iberocruceros
Iberocruceros
Ibero Cruises is a British-American and Spanish owned cruise line based in Madrid, Spain. The company was founded in 2007 as a joint subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc and Orizonia Corporation, under the executive control of Costa Cruises Group, Carnival Corporation's European division...


Under Construction

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Costa Fascinosa
Costa Fascinosa
Costa Fascinosa is a Concordia-class cruise ship that was ordered in October 2007 for Costa Cruises. Based on the Concordia class design, Costa Fascinosa will be constructed by Fincantieris Marghera shipyard in Venice...

 
Concordia Spring 2012 114,500 tons Modified Concordia-class

Future ships

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unnamed TBA October 2014 132,500 tons Costa's largest ship ever built, will be a variation of Carnival Cruise Line's Dream class cruise ship
Dream class cruise ship
The Dream class is a class of cruise ships, operated by Carnival Cruise Lines, The lead vessel of the class, Carnival Dream, entered service in September 2009....

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Former fleet

  • Andrea C (1948-1981)
  • Anna C (1948-1981) Built in 10.1955 at Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam yard in Holland. LOA 150.3m, 19.2m, DWT 10,272, Flag Panama, Class Registro Italiano Navale. Sold in 1981 to Chaldeos Freighters Ltd and renamed Damenham.
  • Amerikanis
    SS Amerikanis
    SS Amerikanis, formerly the SS Kenya Castle was a Greek owned cruise ship.-Building:Kenya Castle was completed in 1952 as a British passenger liner, also fitted with considerable refrigerated and general cargo capacity...

     (Chartered 1980-1984)
  • Angelina Lauro (Chartered 1978-1979)
  • Bianca C (1959-1961)
  • Carla C/Carla Costa
    SS Flandre
    A number of steamships have been named Flandre, a cargo ship built in 1889 for the Wick & Pulteneytown Steamship Co Ltd, wrecked in 1920., an ocean liner built in 1913 for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique which struck a mine and sank in 1940, an ocean liner built in 1951 for the French Line....

     (1967-1985, 1986-1992) (1981-1984) (1995-1998)/ (1999-2000)
  • Costa Tropicale
    Pacific Star (ship)
    The Ocean Dream is a cruise ship, built in 1981. The ship began sailing for Carnival Cruise Lines as the Tropicale in 1982. The Tropicale was Carnival's first newly built ship. Operating mainly in the Caribbean...

     (2001-2005)
  • Costa Riviera (1981-2002)
  • Costa Europa
    Costa Europa
    MS Thomson Dream is a cruise ship currently owned by Costa Cruises and operated under charter by Thomson Cruises. She was built in 1986 at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, West Germany as MS Homeric for Home Lines. In 1988 she was sold to Holland America Line and renamed MS Westerdam. In 1990...

     (2002-2010)
  • Costa Marina
    Costa Marina
    MS Costa Marina is a cruise ship owned and operated by the Italy-based Costa Cruises. She was built in 1969 by the Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard in Turku, Finland as the container ship MS Axel Johnson for the Sweden-based Rederi AB Nordstjernan...

     (1969-2011)
  • Danae (1979-1992)
  • Daphne (1979-1997)
  • Enrico C/Enrico Costa (1965-1994) (ex-Provence (1951))
  • Eugenio C/Eugenio Costa
    SS Eugenio C
    The SS Eugenio C was a 1966 Italian built ocean liner/cruise ship originally owned by the Costa Line. She was scrapped as the Big Red at Alang, India in June 2005. -History:...

     (1966-1996)
  • Flavia (1968-1982)
  • Federico C (1958-1983)
  • Franca C
    MV Doulos
    The MV Doulos Phos was the world's oldest active ocean-faring passenger ship. She is now owned by Mr. Eric Saw, Director and Chief Executive of BizNaz Resources International Pte Ltd in Singapore. She was previously owned by the German charity Gute Bücher für Alle , and was used as a floating ...

     (1952-1977)
  • Fulvia (1969-1970)
  • Giovanna C (1947-1953)
  • Italia
    MS Sapphire
    MS Sapphire is a 1967 Italian built cruise ship that most recently operated for Louis Cruise Lines, now laid up at Eleusis Bay awaiting sale.-Construction:...

    (1974-1983 )
  • Luisa C (1947-1951)
  • Maria C (1947-1953)

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