Costa Smeralda Photo politeness Meyer Turku

Costa Cruises has actually taken distribution of the Costa Smeralda, the brand name’s very first cruise liner powered by cleaner burning dissolved gas.

Costa Cruises is the Italian cruise ship brand name of Carnival Corporation, the globe’s biggest cruise ship business.

The handover event happened at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Turku, Finland, where the ship was developed.

With the distribution, Costa Smeralda comes to be Carnival Corporation’s 4th brand-new ship of 2019 and also its 2nd LNG-powered ship.

Costa Smeralda is the very first of 2 brand-new sis ships for Costa Cruises that can be powered in port and also mixed-up by LNG. The 2nd vessel, Costa Toscana, is presently unfinished at Meyer Turku and also set up to be provided in 2021.

In enhancement to the Costa Smeralda and also the launch of AIDAnova at the end of 2018, Carnival Corporation has an extra 9 next-generation LNG-powered cruise liner on order with anticipated distribution days for these brand-new ships in between 2020 and also 2025.

“Costa Smeralda will be a further boost to the use of LNG in cruise ships, a technology our company has pioneered in the cruise sector,” stated Neil Palomba, head of state of Costa Cruises, which has actually stood for Italian design and also friendliness for greater than 70 years. “It is an exciting evolution in maritime transport, as it guarantees a significant reduction in our environmental impact.”

Costa Smeralda will certainly leave Turku shipyard in Finland on December 6 for the Mediterranean, where it will certainly be refueled with LNG in Barcelona on December 18, adhered to by contact us to Marseille and alsoSavona On December 21, Costa Smeralda will certainly leave Savona for its initial trip to Marseille, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Civitavecchia and also La Spezia.

Costa Smeralda is Carnival Corporation’s 4th ship to launching in 2019 complying with Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Panorama, Princess Cruises’ Sky Princess and also Costa Cruises’ Costa Venezia, which is Carnival Corporation’s very first ship created and also developed particularly for the Chinese market.