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On 5 May Costa Crociere will take in delivery Costa Fascinosa, the new flagship of the fleet of the company
The ceremony to Venice. The cruise ship is constructed in the Fincantieri plant of Marghera
April 24, 2012
Next 5 May to the Marine Station of Venice Costa Crociere will take officially in delivery Costa Fascinosa, the new flagship of the fleet of the company. The ship, that it has a tonnage of 114.500 tons and an ability to 3.800 passengers, is constructed in the Fincantieri plant of Marghera and, after to have old with success the tests in sea who have verified the corrected operation of equipment and engines, it will leave on 6 May for its first cruise.
The cruise of vernissage of Costa Fascinosa will be directed in Slovenia, Trieste and Croatia and will accommodate the "Protagonists of the Sea", an initiative which reached its 19ª edition that is dedicated to the best travel agents, coming from 5 continents, partner of Costa Crociere. 11 May, always from Venice, will leave the inaugural cruise of 10 days in Greece, Israel and Turkey. For all the remainder of the summery season, until the end of November, Costa Fascinosa will propose cruises of a week with departures from Venice and Bari towards Greece and Croatia.
The supported total investment by Costa Crociere for Costa Fascinosa is of 510 million euros. The construction has engaged altogether about 3.000 assigned directed and others 7,000 of the induced one. The majority of the enterprises that have participated to the construction, about 500, is Italian.
The delivery of Costa Fascinosa arrives to two months about from the delivery to the company of neoRomantica Costa, new ship been born from the complete restyling of Costa Romantica, with an investment of 90 million euros, carried out in the Saint George yards of the Port of Genoa.
After Costa Fascinosa, the plan of expansion of the fleet of Costa Crociere previews the construction, always near the Fincantieri plant of Marghera, a new ship from 132.500 tons of tonnage and the ability to 4.928 passengers that will be the greatest Italian cruise ship, in delivery to October 2014.
From 1990 today Costa Crociere it has invested 5,8 billion euros in the Italian yards of Fincantieri, T. Mariotti and Saint George of the Port for a total of 14 constructed ships or in order, as well as the modernization of other ships already you anticipate in the fleet.
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Next 5 May to the Marine Station of Venice Costa Crociere will take officially in delivery Costa Fascinosa, the new flagship of the fleet of the company. The ship, that it has a tonnage of 114.500 tons and an ability to 3.800 passengers, is constructed in the Fincantieri plant of Marghera and, after to have old with success the tests in sea who have verified the corrected operation of equipment and engines, it will leave on 6 May for its first cruise.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
