Tag: Costa Concordia

• Thursday, February 12th 2015 - 05:26 UTC

  Costa Concordia cruise captain sentenced to 16 years in prison for 2012 shipwreck

  

  The former captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner was sentenced to 16 years in prison for his role in the 2012 shipwreck, which killed 32 people off the Tuscan holiday island of Giglio. Francesco Schettino was commanding the vessel, a floating hotel as long as three football pitches, when it hit rocks off the island, tearing a hole in its side.

• Thursday, November 7th 2013 - 07:51 UTC

  Venice reducing cruise traffic in front of St Mark's square

  

  A special commission approved this week a plan to divert cruise ships away from Venice's historic center by 2016, but activists seeking to rid the city of the giant ships expressed reservations about the proposed new route.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2013 - 06:34 UTC

  Italian engineers manage to set Costa Concordia upright 20 months after grounding

  

  Engineers in Italy have succeeded in setting the cruise ship Costa Concordia upright, 20 months after it ran aground off the island of Giglio. They said that the unprecedented salvage effort ”reached degree zero (vertical), which was our target”.

• Monday, July 22nd 2013 - 06:09 UTC

  First convictions from the Costa Concordia shipwreck that killed 32 people

  

  A court in Italy has convicted five people of manslaughter over the Costa Concordia shipwreck off Giglio Island which killed 32 people in January 2012. Two officers, the helmsman, the head of cabin service and the head of the crisis team were given up to two years and 10 months in jail for multiple manslaughter, negligence and shipwreck.

• Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 07:00 UTC

  Costa Cruises pay a million Euros fine to dismiss criminal charges

  

  Costa Cruises accepted a one million Euros fine as part of a settlement with the Italian government that would dismiss possible criminal charges for last year's ‘Costa Concordia’ shipwreck, which killed 32 people.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2012 - 21:29 UTC

  Carnival cruise operator beats analysts and plans expansion in Asian markets

  

  Cruise ship operator Carnival has reported profits that beat analysts' expectations, sending shares higher. Carnival had said in March that the sinking of its Costa Concordia cruises ship in January could wipe out profits this year as people shunned cruises.

• Tuesday, May 8th 2012 - 22:35 UTC

  Costa Concordia French survivors reach settlement with the cruise company

  

  The owner of the Costa Concordia cruise liner that ran aground off northwest Italy in January has paid more than two million Euros to French survivors in a settlement, their lawyer said Tuesday.

• Tuesday, May 8th 2012 - 22:29 UTC

  Costa cruise announces 7 new safety measures including mandatory safety drills

  

  Costa Cruises announced the introduction of seven new safety measures over the weekend during a ceremony celebrating the delivery of the company's new 665 million dollars flagship.

• Wednesday, February 29th 2012 - 00:19 UTC

  Tugs pulling ‘Costa Allegra’ to Seychelles; helicopter drops of bread and torches

  

  Two tugs finally reached on Tuesday the stranded “Costa Allegra” cruise and are pulling her to the Seychelles Islands. The vessel on Monday suffered a fire which left her powerless approximately 200 miles southwest of the Indian Ocean islands.

• Monday, February 27th 2012 - 17:29 UTC

  Costa Allegra out of power adrift 200 miles from the Seychelles Islands

  

  An Italian cruise ship with more than 1,000 people on board is without power in the Indian Ocean following a fire. The Costa Allegra is adrift more than 200 miles southwest of the Seychelles, near Alphonse Island.