Cruise Liner News – COSTA LUMINOSA transferred to Carnival Cruise Line – 08.09.2022
Last Thursday 8th September , the 2009 built 294 metre long cruise liner COSTA LUMINOSA officially joined the Carnival Cruise Line (CCL) renamed as CARNIVAL LUMINOSA flying a PRT flag at Palermo, Sicily, Italy. In Palermo, Costa Capt. Nicolantonio Palombella handed over the ship to Carnival Capt. Adriano Binacchi, with additional leadership team members from […]
Valletta Cruise Port – COSTA FIRENZE started calling at Malta from 29.07.2021
On Thursday 29th July, 2021 the 2020 built Vista Class Cruise Ship COSTA FIRENZE entered Grand Harbour for the first time with passengers but the second time she passed breakwaters upon her entry. She was built by Fincantieri at their Marghera Yard in Italy and she’s a sistership to COSTA VENEZIA. On 6th May 2019, […]
Bookships – GBA Ships 50 Years of Service at Sea – 2021
GBA Ships is celebrating 50 years of Service at Sea this year, 2021. Serving others with ocean-going ships began in 1970 with the purchase of the original LOGOS. Since then the ships (LOGOS, DOULOS, LOGOS II and LOGOS HOPE) have visited over 500 different ports in more than 150 countries and territories and welcomed over […]
Cruise Liner News – AIDACARA has been sold – 23.06.2021
Carnival Corporation’s AIDA Cruises brand yesterday Wednesday 23rd June announced that the cruise liner AIDAcara has been sold and will leave the fleet soon after 25 years in service for the German cruise brand. So far a buyer was not named. Back to 10th April,2006 while entering Grand Harbour, Malta. AIDA Cruises was started with […]
Cruise Liners – PALLAS ATHENA
PALLAS ATHENA was an ocean liner that operated for French line as FLANDRE and Costa Crociere as CARLA C from 1992 to 1994. Built in 1951 as FLANDRE she was the French Line’s first new ocean liner following World War II. Her maiden voyage of 23rd July 1952 was considered a complete disaster, as she experienced mechanical difficulties throughout […]
Broken Up – COSTA VICTORIA – 24.01.2021
During the first week of January, 2021 the 2015 built offshore supply ship VOS CHABLIS entered Piombino Port to tow the cruise liner COSTA VICTORIA towards Aliaga, Turkey for scrapping. As reported last June, 2020 which Costa Crociere confirmed that the ownership of COSTA VICTORIA was transferred to a subsidiary of the Genoese company San […]
Cruise Liners – PRINCESS DANAE
One of the converted ships to a passenger ship was the 1955 built PRINCESS DANAE. She was built in Northern Ireland by Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries Ltd at Belfast as a fast cargo liner named PORT MELBOURNE for Port Line’s UK-Australia express service from 1955 to 1972. In 1972 she was converted as a […]
Palumbo Malta Shipyard – COSTA FIRENZE – 05.10 to 14.10.2020.
On Monday 5th October the new building cruise liner Hull 6273 named as COSTA FIRENZE entered Grand Harbour, Malta on a dull afternoon coming from Fincantieri Marghera Shipyard, Italy. She was due to be assisted by 3 tugs but LIENI went disable and duty pilot took responsibility with 2 tugs – SEA SALVOR and SPINOLA […]
Cruise Liner News – Carnival Corporation to dispose 6 cruise liners in the next 90 days – June 2020
Carnival which owns nine cruise brands ( Princess Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line, Costa Cruises, Aida Cruises, P&O Cruises, P&O Australia, Cunard Line, Seabourn, and Holland America Line) around the world has revealed that cruises will be resumed soon and it will be disposing off six cruise ships in the next 90 days on mid June […]
Cruise Liner News – COSTA VICTORIA sold – 15.06.2020
Costa Crociere announced that they sold the cruise liner COSTA VICTORIA to San Giorgio del Porto Group (part of the holding Genova Industrie Navali). No official mention has been made by Costa’s parent company Carnival Corporation. Built in Germany and entering service in 1996, COSTA VICTORIA is a relatively “young” ship and she could still sail several […]
