Costa Cruises
Italian cruise line
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| March 31 2023 | Costa Cruises celebrated its 75th anniversary. |
| February 2023 | Costa Magica was sold to Seajets, a Greek/Cypriot ferry company. |
| 2022 | Carnival Corp announced transfer of ships out of Costa fleet to balance fleet capacities, including Costa Luminosa to be transferred to Carnival Cruise Line. |
| 2021 | Costa Toscana, sister LNG ship to Costa Smeralda, joined the fleet. |
| April 3 2021 | Planned restart of cruise operations with Costa Magica. |
| April 2 2021 | Planned restart of cruise operations with Costa Deliziosa. |
| February 28 2021 | Planned restart of cruise operations with Costa Firenze, targeting Italian ports and passengers. |
| January 9 2021 | Costa Cruises planned to gradually restart operations with hopes of resuming sailings in Europe, with initial plans to start cruises from Italian ports. |
| September 27 2020 | Costa Cruises expanded passenger eligibility to all European citizens from countries listed in the Italian Prime Minister's decree, after implementing strict health protocols. |
| September 6 2020 | Costa Cruises resumed new sailings in Italy with two ships, Costa Deliziosa and Costa Diadema, initially allowing only Italian passengers. |
| March 2020 | Costa Cruises cancelled all cruises worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic, suspending global operations. |
| December 2019 | Costa debuted Costa Smeralda, becoming the second cruise line to operate a cruise ship fully powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). |
| May 2018 | The site remediation project continued and was completed in May 2018, involving activities such as ocean floor cleaning, anchor block removal, grout bag removal, and platform removal. |
| February 2018 | Costa announced a partnership with Italian football club Juventus. |
| May 31 2016 | An Italian appeals court upheld the 16-year prison sentence for Captain Francesco Schettino for his role in the Costa Concordia disaster. |
| February 11 2015 | Captain Francesco Schettino was found guilty in an Italian court of multiple counts including manslaughter, causing the shipwreck, and abandoning passengers, and was sentenced to 16 years in prison. |
| 2014 | Costa Crociere assigned Micoperi to manage the site remediation project (WP9) for the Costa Concordia wreck site, with an initial budget of $85 million and a planned duration of approximately 15 months. |
| 2014 | Ibero Cruises was absorbed into Costa Cruises. |
| July 2014 | The Costa Concordia was towed to the Port of Genoa over a five-day period and subsequently dismantled and scrapped after being parbuckled and refloated with caissons earlier that year. |
| 2012 | Costa Allegra was beached at Aliaga, Turkey, for scrapping. |
| March 9 2012 | Costa Cruises announced that Costa Allegra would be permanently removed from service and transferred to Themis Maritime Ltd. |
| February 27 2012 | Costa Allegra was withdrawn from service following an engine room fire. |
| January 13 2012 | Costa Concordia ran aground and capsized off the coast of Italy, resulting in 32 fatalities. |
| October 18 2010 | The Costa Classica cruise ship collided with the Belgian bulk carrier Lowlands Longevity at the mouth of the Yangtze river, resulting in a significant gash over 60 feet long in the side of the ship. |
| February 25 2010 | Costa Europa cruise ship collided with a pier in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, resulting in 3 crew member fatalities and 4 injuries. The company attributed the accident to strong winds. |
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