22 December 2020 | 14:47pm
StockMarketWire.com - Costa Cruises, a part of Carnival Corporation, officially took delivery of the new Costa Firenze ship from shipbuilding company Fincantieri, designed and built in the Marghera shipyard.
The ship will first sail in the Mediterranean in 2021, providing two different week-long itineraries in the western Mediterranean.
The first itinerary, available from 28 February 2021, includes the Italian destinations of Genoa, La Spezia – with excursions also departing to Florence – and Naples, as well as Valencia, Barcelona and Marseille.
With 135,500 gross tonnage and a capacity of more than 5,200 guests, the Costa Firenze is part of the development plan that includes seven new ships to be delivered for the Costa Group by 2023, for a total investment of more than €6 billion. Costa Firenze is the fourth of these new ships to be delivered with three more to come.
Handover Of Costa Firenze, The Ship Inspired By The Beauty Of The Renaissance
The new ship, scheduled to sail in the Mediterranean in 2021 and then move to the East, represents a step forward towards the restart of the cruise industry
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GENOA and TRIESTE, Italy, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/
Costa Cruises, a part of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL;NYSE: CUK), officially took delivery of the new
Costa Firenze ship from
Fincantieri, designed and built in the Marghera shipyard and inspired by the Florentine Renaissance. The event has taken place in full digital mode today.
The card room on the Costa Firenze.
Built at Fincantieri s Marghera, Italy, shipyard, the ship s design is inspired by the Florentine Renaissance, Costa said, with common spaces that reflect the harmony of a stroll through a Florentine street or square. The ship has 13 bars and seven restaurants and features an adventure park. Our hope is that people will soon be able to travel again and that more ships will set sail and contribute to the revitalization of tourism in Italy, Europe and globally, said Michael Thamm, group CEO of Costa Group and Carnival Asia, in a statement, calling the ship s delivery a sign of hope and restart for the whole cruise and tourism ecosystems.