Costa Crociere

Costa Crociere SpA
legal form	Società per azioni
founding	1854
Seat	Genoa , Italy
management	Michael Thamm , CEO of the Costa Group
Number of employees	19,500 (2017)
sales	EUR 4.7 billion (2017)
Branch	Cruises
Website	www.costacruise.com

The Costa Crociere SpA is an Italian cruise company with headquarters in Genoa . The company is one of the four operating companies of Carnival Corporation & plc . Through them, the world market leader for cruises operates not only the Costa Cruises but also the ships of the AIDA Cruises brand .

The family business, founded in the middle of the 19th century for the trade in olive oil, first got into freight shipping, then into liner service with passengers. From the 1960s onwards, the family concentrated on the cruise business, which was initially only accepted for the occupancy of the passenger ships in the summer months. However, success as a pioneer in this rapidly developing industry was repeatedly followed by financial difficulties. With the participation of another Genoese trading family in 1967 and the sale of all business areas that existed in addition to the cruise business in 1986, the company was able to keep up with the race for ever larger and more modern ships. In 1997, however, the family decided to sell to the financially strong American Carnival Corporation. The shipping company has now been completely absorbed into the Carnival group.

The company logo and identification mark of the ships still operated today under the name of the former traditional Italian shipping company is a cylindrical yellow chimney with a blue capital letter "C".

history

Giacomo Costa fu Andrea

The later shipping company was founded in 1854 by the brothers Giobatta and Giacomo Costa as Giacomo Costa fu Andrea as a trading company for olive oil . The two bought olive oil in different countries around the Mediterranean and then sold it in Italy. From 1860 Giacomo ran the company alone. After his death in 1916, under the management of his sons, the company expanded its business to include the manufacture of oil and containers for transport and sale. The trade in “Olio Costa” or “Olio Dante” already reached as far as America and Australia at this time . The expansion followed the Italian emigrants who wanted to keep their traditional cuisine in their new homeland. Dante olive oil is still available today. In 1985 the Dutch - British Unilever acquired the naming rights with the production facility in Inveruno , and since 2009 the brand has belonged to the Italian olive oil producer Oleifici Mataluni.

It wasn't until seventy years after the company was founded that Giacomo's sons Federico, Eugenio and Enrico tried their hand at shipping for the first time in 1924 and bought their first tanker, the steamer Ravenna . The start was a failure. There were delivery delays of about a month. It was precisely at this time that the world trade price for olive oil fell sharply. The depreciation of the oil waiting to be transported even exceeded the purchase price of the ship. Nevertheless, the brothers continued to rely on ships and bought the Langano in 1928 . In 1931 the Federico followed and with her the tradition of naming the ships after members of the family began. In 1934 Eugenio Costa and Enrico Costa , in 1935 Antonietta Costa , Beatrice Costa and Giacomo Costa . In addition to transporting its own olive oil, the fleet also took on freight services for other companies, in particular textiles between Genoa and Sardinia . The Caterina Costa in 1942 was the company's first ship that was not bought second-hand but built on its own behalf. Of the last eight ships, only the Langano survived the Second World War unscathed.

Linea C

The Costa family immediately began to rebuild after the end of the war. In view of the extensive destruction of the Italian passenger ship fleet and a flood of emigrants, the decision was made to enter the passenger service to South America. In November 1946, the shipping company therefore acquired three ships from the Luckenbach Steamship Co.'s fleet , including the former Pommern owned by Norddeutscher Lloyd , which had been confiscated by the US Navy during World War I and was used as a horse transporter under the name Rappahannock . Costa had cabins for 50 passengers installed, named the ship Maria C and used it in the liner service from Genoa to Montevideo and Buenos Aires . As the company's first passenger ship, the Anna C started on March 31, 1948 with 768 passengers from Genoa to Rio de Janeiro . 1953 followed the Luisa C to Venezuela and Franca C to the Antilles . In the same year the shipping company changed its name to Linea "C" . The management had already passed to the next generation of the family, Angelo Costa. The brand website of today's Costa Cruises describes him, not Giacomo Costa, as the founder of what would later become the cruise company.

The ships offered no luxury by today's standards, but attention was paid to a certain level of comfort from the start. With the Anna C , the fleet already had air-conditioned cabins in first and second class. This enabled the shipping company to use the Andrea C and Anna C for pleasure trips in the Mediterranean region, especially in months with low passenger load. Other ships followed, including the Federico C 1957, the first passenger ship commissioned by Costa himself. Built at the Ansaldo shipyard in Genoa, it was still divided into the three passenger classes customary in liner services, but with several restaurants and unusually shaped swimming pools it was deliberately geared towards the new business area.

In 1959, the company offered to the Franca C as the world's first operator cruises in the Caribbean on. The ship had been rebuilt at the beginning of the year so that each cabin was now equipped with its own shower and toilet. Routes to South America down to Antarctica and in Europe on the Black Sea followed after a short time. On October 22, 1961, after an explosion on board the Bianca C, a fire broke out and the ship sank off the Caribbean island of Grenada . A memorial donated by the shipping company in the port of St. George’s commemorates the successful rescue of all passengers. In 1964, Line C ordered the Eugenio C, its first new building, which completely dispensed with any division into passenger classes and, with its main deck as the center, already had a design typical of later cruise ships.

Costa Armatori SpA and Costa Line Inc.

In 1967 the company changed from a family business to a holding company. The shipping activities were bundled in Costa Armatori SpA based in Genoa. All other areas, especially olive oil and the textile trade, are sold separately and mostly. The family remained the main owner with 90 percent of the shares. The Romanengo family acquired 10 percent.

A year later, Costa Line Inc. was founded as a subsidiary in the United States . Also in 1968 the Eugenio C started service. From 1977 Costa Armatori participated in the partly private, partly state cooperation "Italia Crociere Internazionali (ICI)", which was founded in order to transfer the ships of the state-owned Italia di Navigazione SpA, which were used in liner services to America until 1976 with high losses, to the cruise business take over. After a failure on its own, the state-owned company put its hope in cooperation with experienced private partners. The ships did not meet expectations, however, and after disagreements in management, the partnership ended in 1981. One of the ships involved, the Guglielmo Marconi , was subsequently taken over by Costa, converted and put back into service in 1983 as Costa Riviera .

Costa Crociere SpA

In 1986 the company was fundamentally reorganized under the name Costa Crociere SpA . All business areas that previously existed alongside the cruises were sold or discontinued. Fresh capital was obtained in 1989 when it went public. For 20.5 percent of the company, over 12.5 million shares at 2,500 lire each were in regular trading or over 3.5 million employee shares at 1,000 lire each were offered to the 1,767 employees of the Costa Group at the time.

In 1990 the company's board member Nicola Costa signed a contract with the Soviet AKP Sowkomflot to set up a joint venture under the name "Prestige Cruises". The Daphne and Danae were transferred to Prestige Cruises by Costa . With the collapse of the Soviet Union , however, further plans failed. Around the same time, Costa reorganized its American business. While maintaining the offices in Miami and Hollywood , Florida , the US subsidiary was replaced by Costa Cruise Lines, NV, a new company registered in the Netherlands Antilles , and the fleet was largely flagged out from Italy to Liberia .

In 1993 the Costa fleet grew by taking over the French Croisieres Paquet to include the two ships Mermoz and Costa Playa . Four years later, however, Costa Crociere was taken over itself. In 1997, Carnival Corporation and Airtours plc each shared half of the shares. In September 2000, Airtours sold its stake and Carnival gained complete control of the company.

Carnival Corporation & plc

After the merger of Carnival Corp. with the cruise business of Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. (P&O) to Carnival Corporation & plc , the decision was made to return the Costa fleet to the Italian Tricolore . In addition, as of November 2004, the group left its Italian subsidiary to look after the German brand AIDA Cruises .

Starting in 2006, the group positioned itself with Costa Asia on the still underdeveloped Asian cruise market and transferred Costa Allegra to Hong Kong . However, getting started in Asia was difficult. In April there were protests among the approximately 800 passengers in the port of Colombo , Sri Lanka , after the toilets and air conditioning systems on the Costa Allegra had failed and on the first South Asia cruise in July 2006, the itinerary had to be changed due to problems with the machinery .

For further expansion in the Spanish-speaking market, Carnival Corporation & plc founded the Ibero Cruceros joint venture with Orizonia Corporaciòn in 2007 . The group delegated the operational control of the cruise operation with four ships to its southern European subsidiary Costa Crociere. After Orizonia left the joint venture in 2009, Costa Crociere was given overall responsibility for the Spanish brand, including sales. In the same year, the Costa Pacifica , the largest passenger ship built in Italy up to that point, was delivered.

On January 13, 2012, the Costa Concordia ran aground under the command of 51-year-old Captain Francesco Schettino on a cruise through the western Mediterranean near the Tuscan coast and sank below the waterline on the starboard side. The ship had to be evacuated. At the time of the accident there were 4,229 people on board, 32 of whom were killed. On February 27, 2012, just one month later, a fire broke out in the engine room of the Costa Allegra about 260 nautical miles off the Seychelles . The ship was towed into the port of Mahé , where the passengers could go ashore unharmed.

Michael Thamm , who until then was only responsible for the AIDA Cruises brand, took over the overall management of the subsidiary on July 1, 2012. On May 12, 2014, at the “Protagonisti di Mare” event on board the Costa Luminosa , he announced that he would be discontinuing the Spanish brand Ibero Cruceros at the end of the year. In November 2013, the company withdrew the Grand Mistral from Ibero Cruceros , built in 1999, and transferred it to the internationally oriented Costa fleet as Costa neoRiviera . The Grand Celebration followed this path in November 2014 . Freshly repainted, however, it was sold to Celebration Cruise Line just one day before its first voyage as Costa Celebration and handed over to the Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line, which had emerged from the Celebration Cruise Line, on December 20, 2014. The Grand Holiday had already been taken over by Cruise & Maritime Voyages at the beginning of November to go there as Magellan from 2015 .

In October 2014, the shipyard handed Fincantieri , the Costa Diadema than hitherto largest new building with 4,930 passengers and 132 500  GT .

In March 2015, Carnival Corporation & plc announced its intention to build nine more cruise ships in Europe between 2019 ^[obsolete] and 2022 . Four ships are to be ordered from the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg and Turku and five from Fincantieri in Genoa. However, the company initially left it open for which brands the ships should be used. At the end of July 2015 it was finally confirmed that Costa Crociere will receive one ship each from Meyer Turku OY in 2019 ^[obsolete] and 2020 . The ships will be powered entirely by LNG . In addition, it was announced in December 2015 that Fincantieri will also deliver two ships to Costa Crociere in 2019 and 2020, which are to enter the Asian market. However, contrary to earlier plans, the second new building from Finland will not be delivered until 2021.

The enterprise

strategy

Costa Diadema

The Carnival Corporation laid down an extensive expansion strategy for its southern European subsidiary operating under the name Costa Crociere in 2000. Over a period of 16 years, the company is investing around 16 billion euros in new ships. The trend for newbuilds is towards ever larger ships with higher passenger capacities. This is because the numerous entertainment facilities have to be accommodated in order to give the ships the character of floating resorts. The number of ships is expected by 2016

Parts of this article seem out of date as of 2016 .
Please help to research and insert the missing information .

still grow to 29 ships. The Costa Crociere brand alone already has a total capacity of more than 40,000 passengers with 14 ships and the new flagship Costa Diadema will be launched from October 2014

Parts of this article appear to be out of date as of October 2014 .
Please help to research and insert the missing information .

enable another 4,947 more.

Positioning and guest structure

The brands of the Costa Group are assigned to the “contemporary cruise” market segment. A large range of leisure and sports facilities and the resort character of a ship are decisive for this. Further key figures are a passenger-to-seat ratio (PSR) below 45 and a passenger-to-crew ratio (PCR) greater than 2. The ships that have been newly built since 2000 with a capacity of over 2,500 passengers are clearly geared towards the mass market and show Costa the corresponding values.

With the concept of the Costa Crociere brand, the "Italian-Style-Cruising", the company appeals to a very wide audience, so that the guest structure on the ships of the shipping company differs considerably depending on the season and route . In summer there are more families with children and honeymooners on board. The low season is characterized by couples of different ages.

Apart from that, the company is trying to attract new target groups in order to generate additional bookings. In 2006, Costa Crociere became the first cruise operator in Asia . Another undeveloped shipping area followed a year later, Mauritius and the Indian Ocean , which had not previously been offered by any other shipping company . For the first time in decades, a circumnavigation of the world was offered for December 2011 . The Costa Deliziosa took participants around the world in 100 days. After corresponding conversions of two ships and renaming to Costa neoRomantica and Costa neoRiviera , the company tried from 2012 to offer cruises again more in the direction of exclusivity and luxury.

Destinations

The Costa Magica in Norway

The shipping areas of the ships cover trips to the Mediterranean, Northern Europe, the Baltic Sea, the Caribbean, Central America, South America, the Persian Gulf, the Far East, the Red Sea and world travel.

Cruise terminals

For several years, the shipping company has also been active as an operator of port facilities and terminals that are used for the cruise business and above all for embarking its own passengers.

• In Savona , ( Liguria ), an important summer base port for the Costa Crociere brand , the organization had already been involved for some time when the decision was made in 2003 to expand the port with EUR 3.6 million for the Participate in the construction of the Palacrociere terminal, which is exclusively for cruise passengers . This investment was followed in autumn 2013 by a satellite building of around 3,500 square meters with lounge and baggage handling area for 9 million euros.
• In Barcelona erected for 12 million euros proprietary terminal was in autumn 2007 Palacruceros opened.
• In the Dominican Republic , Costa Crociere has the Casa de Campo terminal in La Romana , as a base for the AIDA Cruises brand .
• In addition, there are holdings in handling and port terminals and significant responsibility for management in other ports, in particular in the Napoli terminal in Naples , in Civitavecchia near Rome and in Marseille .

fleet

Current ships and newbuildings

Costa Crociere operates a total of 26 cruise lines:

• 14 ships under the AIDA Cruises brand: AIDAcara , AIDAmira , AIDAvita , AIDAaura , AIDAdiva , AIDAbella , AIDAluna , AIDAblu , AIDAsol , AIDAmar , AIDAstella , AIDAprima , AIDAperla and AIDAnova . Two new buildings have been ordered for delivery by 2023.

• 12 ships under the Costa Crociere brand:

Current ships
Surname	Indienst- position	Surveying (GT)	Shipyard	Construction class	Status / comments
Costa Deliziosa	2010	92,720	Fincantieri , Marghera	Hybrid Spirit / Vista class	in service since February 2010
Costa Diadema	2014	132,500	Fincantieri, Marghera	Dream class	in service since November 2014
Costa Fascinosa	2012	113.216	Fincantieri, Marghera	Concordia class	in service since May 2012
Costa Favolosa	2011	113.216	Fincantieri, Marghera	Concordia class	in service since June 2011
Costa Fortuna	2003	102,587	Fincantieri, Monfalcone	Triumph or Destiny class	in service since November 2003
Costa Luminosa	2009	92,720	Fincantieri, Marghera	Hybrid Spirit / Vista class	in service since June 2009
Costa Magica	2004	102,587	Fincantieri, Monfalcone	Triumph or Destiny class	in service since November 2004
Costa Mediterranea	2003	85,619	Kvaerner Masa Yards, Turku	Spirit class	in service since June 2003
Costa Pacifica	2009	114,288	Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente	Concordia class	in service since June 2009
Costa Serena	2007	114.147	Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente	Concordia class	in service since May 2007; since 2015 Costa Asia (only bookable on the Asian market)
Costa Smeralda	2019	185.010	Meyer Turku	Helios class	in service since December 2019
Costa Venezia	2019	135,000	Fincantieri, Monfalcone	Vista class	in service with Costa Asia since March 2019 (only bookable on the Asian market)
New buildings
Costa Firenze	-	135,000	Fincantieri, Marghera	Vista class	Commissioning planned for 2020.
Costa Toscana	-	182,700	Meyer Turku	Helios class	Commissioning planned for 2021.

Former ships

Costa Crociere SpA cruise ships in the Carnival group
Surname	Indienst- position	Measurement (GRT / GT)	Shipyard	Shipping company	Whereabouts / remarks
AIDAblu	1990	70,310	Fincantieri, Monfalcone	2004–2007 (AIDA Cruises)	Commissioned as Crown Princess at Princess Cruises . From 2002 - 2004 as A'Rosa Blu in use 2004 to 2007 in use as AIDAblu Subsequently as Ocean Village Two at Ocean Village , 2009-2019 as Pacific Jewel for the P&O Cruises Australia brand and since 2019 as a carnival for the Jalesh Cruises brand .
Costa Allegra	1969	28,597	Wärtsilä , Turku T. Mariotti, Genoa	1990-2012	Built as a container ship Annie Johnson for Rederi AB Nordstjernan. Scrapped in autumn 2012 after a fire in the engine room on February 27, 2012.
Costa Atlantica	2000	85,619	Kvaerner Masa Yards , Turku	2000-2020	Handed over to CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping Limited in 2020
Costa Celebration Grand Celebration	1987	47,262	Kockums , Malmo	2008-2014 (Ibero Cruceros)	Built for Carnival Cruise Lines as a Celebration , from 2008 to November 2014 at Ibero Croceros as a Grand Celebration , the change to Costa Crociere was planned for 2014, but was not implemented, sold in 2015 and renamed again to Grand Celebration
Costa Classica Costa neoClassica	1991	52,926 53,015	Fincantieri, Monfalcone	1991-2014 2014-2018	Commissioned as Costa Classica in December 1991 , Costa neoClassica from 2014 , sold to Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line in 2018 .
Costa Romantica Costa neoRomantica	1993	53,700 56,769	Fincantieri, Monfalcone	1993–2012 2012–2020	Classica class from September 1993 to October 2011 as Costa Romantica , renamed Costa neoRomantica in 2012 ; (only available in the Asian market) since 2017 Costa Asia 2020 Celestyal Cruises sold in Celestyal Experience renamed
Costa Concordia	2006	114.147	Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente	2006–2012	On January 13, 2012, ran aground in front of Giglio and partially sunk on a ledge. On 16./17. Salvaged September 2013; arrived on July 27, 2014 at the home port of Genoa for scrapping. Type ship of the Concordia class
Costa Europe	1986	54,763	Meyer shipyard , Papenburg	2002-2010	Built as Homeric for Home Lines, 2010 as Thomson Dream at TUI UK Ltd
Costa Marina	1969	25,558	Wärtsilä, Turku T. Mariotti, Genoa	1988-2011	Built as a container ship Axel Johnson for Rederi Nordstjernan, 2011 as Harmony Princess to Harmony Cruises, scrapped in Alang from October 2014.
Costa neoRiviera	1999	48,200	Chantiers de l'Atlantique , Saint-Nazaire	2013-2019	Built in 1999 as Mistral for Festival Cruises, then in service as Grand Mistral for Ibero Cruceros, from November 2013 to November 2019 after renovation Costa neoRiviera , from December 2019 as AIDAmira
Costa Olympia	1996	77.104	Bremer Vulkan , Lloyd Werft , Bremerhaven	1996-1999	The construction contract was withdrawn and the completed hull was sold to Norwegian Cruise Line in 1997.
Costa Playa Joy Wave	1967	8,583	Wärtsilä, Helsinki	1995-1998 1999-2000	Built in 1967 as Finlandia for Finland SS Co , 1995–1998 as Costa Playa , sold in 1998 and renamed as Oriental Pearl by Mega Wave, in 1999 again by Costa and in Joy Wave , from 2000 broken up as Golden Princess for Eurasia International 2009 in China.
Costa Riviera American Adventure	1963	27,905	Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Monfalcone	1983-2002 1993-1994	Built as Guglielmo Marconi for Lloyd Triestino , now in service as American Adventure for American Family Cruises, a joint venture between Costa and Bruce Kidneyburg. Scrapped in 2002.
Costa Tropicale	1981	36,674	Aalborg Værft , Aalborg	2002-2005	Built in 2005 as Pacific Star for P&O Australia as Tropicale for AVL Marine, chartered to Carnival Cruise Lines
Costa Victoria	1996	75.166	Bremer Vulkan , Lloyd Werft , Bremerhaven	1996-2020	Sun class decommissioned in 2020 as part of the COVID-19 pandemic
Costa Voyager	2000	24,430	Blohm + Voss , Hamburg	2010–2014 2008–2011 (Ibero Cruceros)	Bought in 2008, first as Grand Voyager from Ibero Cruceros, built from 2010 to 2014 by Costa Crociere as Olympic Voyager for Royal Olympic Cruise Lines since August 2014 Chinese Taishan with Bohai Ferry
Grand Holiday	1985	46.052	Aalborg Værft, Aalborg	2009-2014 (Ibero Cruceros)	2009 after renovation at the Ibero Cruceros brand. Sold to Cruise & Maritime Voyages in November 2014 and in service as Magellan since March 2015 .
Passenger and cruise ships operated by Linea C and Costa Armatori SpA
A selection of vessels in service after 1946 as owned, chartered or as part of joint ventures.
Andrea C.	1942	7,800	Todd-California Shipbuilding Corp., Richmond	1946-1982	Wrecked in 1982 in La Spezia , Italy, built as Ocean Virtue for the British Ministry of War Transport, sunk by torpedo hits in 1943, lifted again and laid up in Sicily. Bought by Costa Line in 1946, restored and renamed by 1948. Conversion to a cruise ship in 1959
Angelina Lauro	1939	24,377	Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij , Amsterdam	1978-1979	Burned out in 1979, sunk for demolition on September 24, 1979 en route to Taiwan
Anna C.	1928	11,736	Lithgows , Port Glasgow	1947-1971	Wrecked in 1971 built as a Southern Prince for Prince Line
Americans	1952	19,904	Harland & Wolff , Belfast	1980-1984	Broken down in 2001 in Alang , India, built as Kenya Castle for Union Castle Line.
Bianca C. (1)	1926	10,825		1957-1958	1963 scrapped built in 1947 as Indrapoetra for Rotterdam Lloyd , initially in the postal service, then troop carriers, 1,957 purchased by Costa and renamed in 1958 as the Melanesian for Messageries Maritimes in the charter
Bianca C. (2)	1949	18,427	Société Provençale de Constructions Navales, La Ciotat	1959-1961	Sunk in 1961 after explosion and fire off Grenada built from 1939 as Marechal Petain , sunk before the end of the war; raised in 1949 and first in service as La Marseillaise for Messageries Maritimes , from 1957 as Arosa Sky at Arosa Line, after renovation from 1959 until the fire as Bianca C.
Carla C. Carla Costa	1952	20,469	Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Dunkerque	1968-1992	Wrecked in 1994 after a fire, built as Flandre for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique , renamed Carla Costa in 1987 , from 1992 as Pallas Athena at Epirotiki Line.
Columbus C.	1953	21,511	Koninklijke Maatschappij "De Schelde" , Vlissingen	1981-1984	Scrapped in Barcelona in 1985 after the ship hit a pier in 1984. built as Kungsholm , used as Europe for Hapag-Lloyd until 1981 .
Danae	1954	16,531	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	1979-1992	Sold to Harbor Maritime in 1992 and scrapped in Aliağa from July 2015, built as Port Melbourne for Port Line
Daphne	1954	15,833	Swan, Hunter & Wigham, Richardson , Newcastle upon Tyne	1979-1996	Wrecked in Alang in June 2014 , chartered in 1996, sold to Dreamline Cruises in 2001, built as Port Sydney for Port Line
Provence Enrico C. Enrico Costa	1951	15,889	Swan, Hunter & Wigham, Richardson, Newcastle	1961-1965 1965-1987 1987-1994	Broken down in 2001, built as Provence for Société Générale des Transports Maritimes, chartered by Costa 1962–1965, then bought and in service as Enrico C. , 1987–1994 as Enrico Costa , sold to Starlauro as Symphony in 1994
Eugenio C. Eugenio Costa	1966	30,567	Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Monfalcone	1966-1997	Broken down in 2005, renamed Eugenio Costa in 1987
Federico C.	1958	20,416	Ansaldo , Sestri Ponente	1958-1983	2000 sunk
Flavia	1947	15,465	John Brown & Company , Clydebank	1969-1982	Broken down after fire in 1989, built as media for Cunard Line
Franca C.	1914	6,806	Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Norfolk	1952-1977	Laid up as Doulos Phos , since 2013 Doulos (hotel ship) built as Medina for Mallory Line
Fulvia	1949	16,844	Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, Amsterdam, Holland	1969-1970	Burned out and sunk near the Canary Islands in 1970
Giovanna C.	1919	6,475		1947-1953	Wrecked in 1953, built as an Eastern Trader for the United States Shipping Board
Italia	1967	12,263	Cantiere Navale Felszegi, Muggia ( Trieste )	1973-1983	Wrecked in 2012 as an Aspire in Alang, India
Luisa C.	1919	6,461		1947-1951	Wrecked in 1959, built as an Eastern Merchant for the United States Shipping Board , from 1955 as Sula at Globo de Navegacion
Maria C.	1913	6,557	Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack	1947-1953	Broken down in 1953, built as a cargo ship Pommern for North German Lloyd
World Renaissance	1966	12,000 (approx.)	Chantiers de l'Atlantique , St. Nazaire	1977-198?	Wrecked in 2010 in Alang, India built as a Renaissance for Paquet
Giacomo Costa fu Andrea (until 1945)
Cargo ships
Antonietta Costa	1913	5,900	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino , Trieste	1937-1940	ran aground on October 9, 1940 after a torpedo hit by the British submarine HMS Regent. built as Nimrod for Gerolimich & Co. SiA, Trieste, from 1915 as Monte Bianco , owned by the Italian state at the time of purchase in 1937
Beatrice Costa	1920	6.132	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste	1935-1941	scrapped on June 4, 1941 after it was badly hit by a British bomber the day before off the Kerkenna Islands at the time of purchase in 1935 as Clara Camus at Gerolimich & Co.
Enrico Costa	1928	4,080	Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. , Burntisland	1934-1941	sunk on June 26, 1941 by a torpedo from the British submarine HMS Utmost. built as Cerasus for Arbor Shipping Co. Ltd. (Howard Tenens)
Eugenio Costa	1928	4,078	Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Burntisland	1934-1944	sunk on April 26, 1944 after bombing by British aircraft attack built as Cedrus for Arbor Shipping Co. Ltd. (Howard Tenens)
Federico	1920	1,488	Bremer Vulkan , Bremen	1931-1941	Sunk on July 28, 1941 by a torpedo from the British submarine HMS Utmost. built as Emmapark for Halcyon Lijn, Vlaardingen , 1926–1931 as Ilos at Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij
Giacomo Costa	1920	4,638	Cantieri San Rocco SA, Trieste	1936-1949	1954 in Savona scrapped when purchased in 1935 as generals Pitti at Gerolimich & Co., after sales from 1949 as Ardens at A. & F.
Langano	1894	1,294	Henry Koch , Lübeck	1928-1950	Wrecked on September 17, 1950, built as Sines for Oldenburg-Portugiesische Dampfschiffs-Rhederei , from 1918 in service with J. Pedersen, Hadersleben , from 1921 as neutral with Paulsen & Ivers, Kiel
Ravenna	1888	1,243	Ramage & Ferguson, Leith in Leith (Scotland)	1924-1943	Sunk in front of Genoa in 1943 built for Leith, Hull & Hamburg Steam Packet Co. Ltd. (James Currie); 1911–1924 in service with London & Edinburgh Shipping Co., Leith.

literature

• Dickinson B., Vladimir A., Selling the Sea. An Inside Look at the Cruise Industry , 2nd Edition, Hoboken, New Jersey 2008
• Mancini M., Cruising: A Guide to the Cruise Line Industry , 2nd edition, New York 2004
• Schäfer C., cruises. The touristic conquest of the oceans , dissertation, Nuremberg 1998
• Schulz A., Mode of Transport in Tourism. Air traffic - rail traffic - road traffic - ship traffic , Munich 2009

Web links

Commons : Costa Crociere  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Costa Crociere SpA website
• Costa Cruises website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} company profile. (No longer available online.) In: Company website. Costa Crociere, archived from the original on February 15, 2014 ; accessed on February 2, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ ^{A b} Piergiorgio Costa: Where We Come From . iUniverse, 2008, ISBN 978-0-595-53158-5 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
3. ↑ An Italian history. (No longer available online.) In: Company website. Oleifici Mataluni, archived from the original on October 29, 2013 ; accessed on October 26, 2013 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ Giacomo Costa, Fu Andrea / Costa Armatori SpA / Costa Crociere SpA / Costa Line. In: The Ships List. S. Swiggum, accessed October 25, 2013 . 
5. ↑ Costa Celebrates 60 Years of History , In: Cruise Industry News March 27, 2008 (English)
6. ↑ Company , on the brand website costakreuzfahrten.de , accessed on March 1, 2018
7. ↑ La Costa sbarka in Borsa. In: La Repubblica . May 25, 1989, accessed October 26, 2013 (Italian). 
8. ^ Costa Crociere and Sovcomflot create Prestige Cruises. (No longer available online.) In: Press release. Costa Crociere, December 7, 1990, archived from the original on October 27, 2013 ; accessed on June 6, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Position Statement of Dr. Nicola Costa. In: press release. Costa Crociere, August 4, 1990, accessed October 26, 2013 . 
10. ↑ A German becomes the boss of the unlucky shipping company Costa , Die Welt , April 23, 2012.
11. ↑ Carmen Winkler: Iberocruceros will be discontinued at the end of the year. In: cruisetricks.de. May 12, 2014, accessed November 9, 2014 . 
12. ↑ Costa Celebration, sold ex Grand Celebration. December 20, 2014, accessed February 2, 2015 . 
13. ↑ CMV takes over Grand Holiday from Costa Crociere: MS Magellan. (No longer available online.) November 3, 2014, archived from the original on November 4, 2014 ; Retrieved November 3, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
14. ↑ Il tradizionale cambio di bandiera rappresenta uno dei momenti più importanti: ora #CostaDiadema si è unita alla flotta Costa e batte bandiera italiana! October 25, 2014, accessed October 25, 2014 . 
15. ^ Carnival Corporation: Carnival Corporation Enters into Strategic Partnerships to Add Nine Cruise Ships to its Fleet over a Four-Year Period Starting in 2019. Press release. March 26, 2015, accessed September 4, 2015 . 
16. ^ Equasis - French Ministry for Transport: Register data of the ships. Retrieved January 16, 2012 . 
17. ↑ ^{a b} Meyer Werft builds two huge cruise ships for Costa Crociere. (No longer available online.) July 28, 2015, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on July 28, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
18. ↑ Aida brings climate researchers on board. Retrieved August 11, 2015 . 
19. ^ Carnival Announces Newbuilds for Costa, Princess and P&O Australia. December 30, 2015, accessed December 30, 2015 . 
20. ^ Equasis - French Ministry for Transport: Register data of the ships. Retrieved January 16, 2012 . 
21. ↑ Pascal Wepner: From Costa Romantica is for 90 million euros, the Costa neoRomantica . (No longer available online.) Ships and Cruises, archived from the original on October 4, 2013 ; Retrieved January 16, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
22. ↑ Pascal Wepner, Ships and Cruises: Grand Mistral becomes Costa neoRiviera . (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 30, 2013 ; Retrieved September 27, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
23. ↑ Finlandia. In: Simplon Postcards - The Passenger Ship Website. Retrieved October 1, 2013 . 
24. ↑ IMO 6622458
25. ^ M / S Finlandia. Retrieved December 15, 2017 . 
26. ^ Costa Line - Linea "C" , Simplon Postcards - The Passenger Ship Website
27. ↑ Fleet. In: Norwegian Cruise Line website . Retrieved February 4, 2014 . 
28. ↑ Costa Crociere Cruise Ships. Retrieved January 15, 2014 . 
29. ↑ Bohai Ferry to start first cruise service in August. (No longer available online.) In: AsiaCruiseNews. June 16, 2014, archived from the original on June 19, 2014 ; accessed on June 17, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
30. ^ Micke Asklander: Costa Crociere. Facta om Fartyg, accessed October 26, 2013 . 
31. ↑ Costa Line - Line "C". In: Simplon Postcards - The Passenger Ship Website. Retrieved October 26, 2013 . 
32. ↑ Orange - Angelina Lauro. In: Simplon Postcards - The Passenger Ship Website. Retrieved October 1, 2013 . 
33. ↑ American. In: Simplon Postcards - The Passenger Ship Website. Retrieved October 1, 2013 . 
34. ↑ Indrapoera 1926-1956. In: Simplon Postcards - The Passenger Ship Website. Retrieved October 25, 2013 . 
35. ↑ Bianca C , at www.100-beste-tauchreviere.de, accessed on October 25, 2013
36. ^ Provence - Enrico C - EnricoCosta - Symphony - Aegean Spirit - Ocean Glory 1. In: Simplon Postcards - The Passenger Ship Website. Retrieved October 8, 2013 . 
37. ^ Costa Line - Linea "C": The Later Liners 1966-1983. Retrieved October 1, 2013 . 
38. ↑ Giovanna C. In: naviearmatori.net. Retrieved October 13, 2013 (Italian). 
39. ↑ Costa Crociere. In: kreuzfahreten-haben.de. Retrieved October 13, 2013 . 
40. ^ "Italia - Princess Italia - Ocean Princess - Sapphire". In: Simplon Postcards - The Passenger Ship Website. Retrieved October 4, 2013 . 
41. ^ Italia. Retrieved October 5, 2013 . 
42. ↑ Cruise ship Italia. In: Cruise ships in the Baltic Sea resort of Warnemünde and in the Hanseatic city of Rostock. Retrieved October 6, 2013 . 
43. ↑ Renaissance. In: Simplon Postcards - The Passenger Ship Website. Retrieved October 1, 2013 . 
44. ^ HMS Regent (N 41). In: uboat.net. Gudmundur Helgason, accessed October 27, 2013 . 
45. ↑ ^{a b} HMS Utmost (N 19). In: uboat.net. Gudmundur Helgason, accessed October 27, 2013 .