Costa Luminosa

Costa Luminosa

Costa Luminosa in front of Saint Tropez during their christening cruise

Ship data flag  Italy Ship type Cruise ship class Hybrid Vista / Spirit class Callsign ICGU home port Genoa Owner Costa Crociere Shipping company Costa Crociere Shipyard Fincantieri , Marghera Keel laying October 5, 2007 baptism June 5, 2009 Launch June 30, 2008 takeover May 1, 2009 Commissioning May 5, 2009

Ship dimensions and crew length 294 m ( Lüa ) width 32.25 m Draft Max. 8 m measurement 92,720 GT   crew 1,100

Machine system machine Diesel-electric drive Top speed 23.6 kn (44 km / h)

Transport capacities Load capacity 7,600 dw Permitted number of passengers 2,826 Pax cabins 1,130 (23 handicapped accessible)

Others Classifications Registro Italiano Navale Registration numbers IMO 9398905

The Costa Luminosa is a cruise ship operated by the Costa Crociere shipping company .

history

The ship was laid down on October 5, 2007 and undocked on June 30, 2008. The Costa Luminosa was delivered on May 1, 2009 and put into service in Venice on May 5, 2009 . The christening of the Costa Lumiosa took place on June 5, 2009 in Genoa together with the Costa Pacifica . The godmother of the Costa Luminosa was the four-time Olympic fencing champion Valentina Vezzali . The baptism was also broadcast live on the Internet. Before that, the two ships made headlines because they were the first ships in the world to be launched at the same time.

Incidents

Incident 2014

On December 11, 2014, a fire broke out in the engine room on a main engine in the middle of the North Atlantic. The fire was extinguished by the crew. No people were injured in the incident.

Coronavirus 2020

→ Main article : Ships quarantined in the COVID-19 pandemic # Costa Luminosa

In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020, the Costa Luminosa was affected along with other cruise ships . The operators had let the ship leave Fort Lauderdale on March 5, 2020 , from where it should run via Antigua , Puerto Rico , Malaga , Spain , the Canary Islands and Marseille to Venice . As early as March 8th in Puerto Rico, a passenger with signs of COVID-19 disease had to be brought from board to a hospital, where she died days later on March 21st. A passenger who had traveled on the previous route of the ship also died on March 21 in the Cayman Islands as a result of a COVID-19 illness. In the Canary Islands, several passengers had to leave the ship with symptoms of the disease. On March 20, the ship docked in Marseille, 24 crew members and about 50 passengers had shown symptoms of infection with COVID-19 by then. From Marseille the passengers were brought to the airport in groups to fly from there to their home countries. Three passengers on the ship, who were sent on a scheduled flight to the United States, had tested positive for the virus, but their results did not arrive until their flight was already in the air. After landing in Atlanta , passengers had to wait 3 hours on the plane before the sick people were taken out of the plane. The others had to provide information about their state of health and were instructed to quarantine themselves for 14 days before they could leave the airport after measuring their temperature.

Areas of application

In the summer of 2017 that drove Costa Luminosa in the Adriatic from Trieste on weeklong trips to destinations in Croatia , Montenegro and Greece . In winter the ship is usually on a world tour.

The ship

Furnishing

The Costa Luminosa has a wellness center on board, called Samsara Spa, with a size of 3500 m². The ship has two swimming pools, one with a retractable roof and four whirlpools. A theater in the bow area extends over three decks. In addition, the Costa Luminosa is the first Costa ship to have an 18-hole golf simulator.

The 910 kg bronze statue "Donna sdraiata 2004" by Fernando Botero is set up in the central hall, which extends over all decks above deck 2 and in which three glass elevators are installed, and its creation is documented in a nine-part photo cycle in the stairwell.

style

The ship is under the sign of light. So the names of the decks are just Italian words for colors. There are also 120 teardrop-shaped Murano glass chandeliers and more than 3,100 meters of LED lights on the ship .

Sister ship

• Costa Deliziosa

Web links

Commons : Costa Luminosa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Data of the ship with current webcam
• M / S Costa Lumiosa.

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b} Joint baptism of Costa Luminosa and Pacifica
2. ↑ Simultaneous launching of two ships in Italy
3. ↑ Fire on board the Costa Luminosa. (No longer available online.) December 18, 2014, archived from the original on December 24, 2014 ; Retrieved December 18, 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.  
4. ^ "Covid-19: Costa Luminosa cruise ship docks in Marseille, France" ship-technology.com of March 20, 2020
5. ↑ Frances Robles: "Hundreds Exposed to Coronavirus on Cruise Ship Fly Home" NYT of March 20/21, 2020
6. ↑ Botero's sculpture on board the Costa Luminosa  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved November 28, 2009.