references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . january 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message costa crociere s.p.a. type subsidiary industry transportation founded 1854 headquarters genoa italy key people michael thamm ceo products cruises parent carnival corporation & plc website costacruise.com costa crociere s.p.a. italian pronunciation k sta kro t re trading as costa cruises italian costa crociere is a british american owned italian cruise line based in genoa italy and under control of the carnival corporation & plc. 1 2 founded in 1854 3 the company originally operated cargo ships in order to carry olive oils and textiles from sardinia to liguria . 3 in 1924 the company passed to founder s sons federico eugenio and enrico that started commercial activities buying the ship ravenna . 3 commercial activities continued until the introduction of passenger services in 1947 with regular services between italy and south america . the company later converted its entire fleet to full time cruising and as an independent company became one of the largest cruise operators in europe . acquired by carnival corporation in 2000 costa cruises is now one of ten brands operated by carnival and accounts for approximately 16 % of its revenue . 4 today as costa cruises group the company is one of the main operating companies in the carnival group with executive control of the groups activities in europe . the company is responsible for operation of costa cruises in italy and aida cruises in germany and was formerly responsible for the operation of ibero cruises in spain . aida was previously a subsidiary of p & o princess cruises being transferred to costa following the merger of carnival corporation and p & o princess in 2002 . ibero cruises is a new brand created in 2007 as a joint venture between carnival corporation and orizonia group . the costa cruises brand currently operates fifteen cruise ships which all sail under the italian flag and provide cruise holidays in the mediterranean northern europe the caribbean the indian ocean the middle east south east asia and south america . the company gained international attention on january 13 2012 when one of its cruise ships the costa concordia ran aground and capsized off the coast of italy because captain francesco schettino wanted to salute the italian island of giglio off tuscany with a close sail past at night . the captain was one of the crew to leave the sinking ship early while many passengers were still on board . the ship was left lying on its starboard side in shallow water . thirty two persons have been confirmed dead . 5 six weeks later the company made headlines again when a fire on costa allegra left it drifting without power for 13 hours in waters near somalia frequented by pirates before the ship was taken under tow . on july 27 2014 after tugboats had slowly towed the wreck 200 miles 320 kilometers north from the island of giglio over a period of five days the costa concordia arrived in its home port of genoa italy for eventual scrapping . 6 the total cost of the disaster is estimated to be over 2 billion including 500 million for the loss of the ship and 1.5 billion for the salvage and recovery operations . on february 11 2015 captain francesco schettino was found guilty by an italian court of multiple manslaughter causing the shipwreck and abandoning his passengers and was sentenced to 16 years in prison . 7 an italian appeals court on may 31 2016 upheld the 16 year prison sentence . 8 contents 1 market position 2 fleet 2.1 current fleet 2.1.1 mistral class 2.1.2 classica class 2.1.3 victoria sky class 2.1.4 atlantica spirit class 2.1.5 luminosa class vista class 2.1.6 fortuna destiny class 2.1.7 concordia class 2.1.8 diadema dream class 2.2 future ships 2.3 former fleet 3 summer 2015 itineraries 3.1 western mediterranean 3.2 eastern mediterranean 3.3 norwegian fjords 3.4 baltic sea 3.5 asia 4 accidents and incidents 4.1 costa concordia sinking 4.2 costa allegra engine room fire ship adrift 5 gallery 6 references 6.1 notes 6.2 bibliography 7 external links market position edit as of 2015 update according to scott knutson vice president of sales and marketing for costa cruises north america costa was ... uniquely positioned as the only international brand that hasn t adapted its product to the american market . that authenticity allows us to go to a certain segment of the market . it s those vacationers who like the international experience the food the wine the service . italians accounted for 25 to 30 percent of bookings on most costa cruises and they were followed by passengers from france germany and spain . depending on the season or destination north americans could make up 5 to 15 percent of the passenger list . the universal language on board was english . 9 fleet edit current fleet edit mistral class edit ship built builder entered service for costa gross tonnage flag notes image costa neoriviera 10 1999 chantiers de l atlantique 2013 present 48 200 previously mistral for the failed festival cruises and grand mistral for iberocruceros . 11 classica class edit ship built builder entered service for costa gross tonnage flag notes image costa neoclassica 1991 fincantieri 1991 present 52 926 originally costa classica received a 18 million refit in 2014 and renamed costa neoclassica costa neoromantica 1993 fincantieri 1993 present 56 769 originally costa romantica received a 90 million refit in 2012 and renamed costa neoromantica victoria sky class edit ship built builder entered service for costa gross tonnage flag notes image costa victoria 1996 bremer vulkan 1996 present 75 166 similar to norwegian sky and norwegian sun . atlantica spirit class edit ship built builder entered service for costa gross tonnage flag notes image costa atlantica 2000 kv rner masa yards helsinki new shipyard 2000 present 85 619 panamax form factor costa mediterranea 2003 kv rner masa yards helsinki new shipyard 2003 present 85 619 panamax form factor luminosa class vista class edit ship built builder entered service for costa gross tonnage flag notes image costa luminosa 2009 fincantieri 2009 present 92 700 hybrid design between spirit and vista class ships costa deliziosa 2010 fincantieri 2010 present 92 700 hybrid design between spirit and vista class ships fortuna destiny class edit ship built builder entered service for costa gross tonnage flag notes image costa fortuna 2003 fincantieri 2003 present 102 587 identical to carnival triumph and carnival victory costa magica 2004 fincantieri 2004 present 102 587 identical to carnival triumph and carnival victory concordia class edit ship built builder entered service for costa gross tonnage flag notes image costa serena 2007 fincantieri 2007 present 114 500 concordia class costa pacifica 2009 fincantieri 2009 present 114 500 concordia class costa favolosa 2011 fincantieri 2011 present 114 500 modified concordia class costa fascinosa 2012 fincantieri 2012 present 114 500 modified concordia class diadema dream class edit ship built builder entered service for costa gross tonnage flag notes image costa diadema 2014 fincantieri 2014 present 132 500 currently the largest ship built for costa cruises . currently costa crociere s flagship . modified dream class future ships edit ship in costa service builder gross tonnage flag notes image unnamed 2019 meyer turku 183 200 will be the largest ship to be built for costa cruises . unnamed 2021 meyer turku 183 200 will be the largest ship to be built for costa cruises . unnamed 2019 fincantieri 135 000 will be built specially for the chinese market . 12 unnamed 2020 fincantieri 135 000 will be built specially for the chinese market . 12 former fleet edit ship in costa service notes image anna c i 1948 1971 anna c ii 1971 1981 built in 10.1955 at wilton fijenoord schiedam yard in the netherlands . loa 150.3 m 19.2 m dwt 10 272 flag panama class registro italiano navale . sold in 1981 to chaldeos freighters ltd and renamed damenham . sold to geofman international for demolition . broken up at gadani beach on 2 june 1984 . andrea c 1948 1981 luisa c 1947 1951 maria c 1947 1953 franca c 1952 1977 flavia 1968 1982 federico c 1958 1983 fulvia c 1969 1970 giovanna c 1947 1953 italia 1974 1983 bianca c 1959 1961 explosion and shipwreck carla c 1967 1985 1986 1992 columbus c 1981 1984 danae 1979 1992 daphne 1979 1997 enrico c enrico costa 1965 1994 eugenio c 1966 1996 costa riviera 1981 1993 1994 2002 costa olympia never entered service originally ordered for costa cruises but following the financial collapse of the shipyard the hull was sold to norwegian cruise lines and became norwegian sky . costa playa 1995 1998 costa tropicale 2001 2005 costa europa 2002 2010 costa marina 1988 2011 costa concordia 2006 2012 ran aground capsized and partially sunk . later deemed a total constructive loss and is in the process of scrapping . costa splendor never entered service originally ordered for costa cruises but transferred during construction to carnival cruise lines and became carnival splendor . costa allegra 1989 2012 costa voyager 2011 2013 costa celebration never entered service on the day before the ship was scheduled to depart on its inaugural voyage the vessel had been sold to an unnamed buyer which turned out to be bahamas paradise cruise line . summer 2015 itineraries edit western mediterranean edit costa diadema naples la spezia savona marseille barcelona & palma de mallorca . costa fascinosa savona civitavecchia palermo ibiza palma de mallorca & barcelona . costa magica savona marseille tangier casablanca c diz lisbon & valencia . costa neoriviera savona toulon propriano olbia trapani valletta salerno capri & portoferraio . eastern mediterranean edit costa deliziosa venice bari corfu mykonos santorini & dubrovnik . costa mediterranea trieste split kotor argostoli corfu & dubrovnik . costa neoclassica venice split corfu santorini athens istanbul izmir mykonos argostoli & dubrovnik . norwegian fjords edit costa favolosa copenhagen hellesylt geiranger bergen kristiansand oslo & warnem nde . costa pacifica kiel hellesylt geiranger honningsvag tromso leknes trondheim andalsnes & bergen . costa fortuna amsterdam bergen hellesylt geiranger andalsnes olden fl m & stavanger . costa neoromantica hamburg haugesund kristiansand bod sortland narvik leknes & fl m. baltic sea edit costa pacifica kiel stockholm helsinki saint petersburg tallinn riga klaipeda & gdynia . costa luminosa stockholm helsinki tallinn & saint petersburg . asia edit costa serena costa atlantica costa victoria accidents and incidents edit see also carnival cruises accidents and incidents for incidents associated with the parent company s other cruise operations . costa concordia sinking edit costa concordia capsized on reef main article costa concordia disaster on january 13 2012 costa concordia ran aground off isola del giglio tuscany . the ship capsized and partially sank killing 32 people . in 2014 the ship was parbuckled and refloated with caissons and in july 2014 it was towed to its home port of genoa where it will be dismantled and eventually scrapped . costa allegra engine room fire ship adrift edit main article costa allegra 2012 fire on february 27 2012 costa allegra suffered an engine room fire and went adrift in the indian ocean . after several days adrift without power the ship was towed to the seychelles island of desroches but was unable to dock there . she was then towed to mah seychelles where the passengers disembarked . no casualties were reported . on 9 march 2012 it was announced that costa allegra would not return to service with costa and she was given to themis maritime ltd ship company . 13 in late 2012 costa allegra was beached at aliaga turkey for scrapping . 14 gallery edit costa pacifica moored at katakolo greece . costa atlantica approaching miami cruise ship terminal . costa luminosa in magdalenefjorden spitsbergen