Cruise ship operator Costa Cruises has received its fifteenth ship Costa Diadema from Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri.
The vessel was constructed at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Marghera under a contract worth €550m and will be the new flagship of Costa Cruises fleet.
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The project involved around 1,000 shipyard workers along with a further 2,500 subcontractors and about 400 contracted suppliers.
Fincantieri CEO Giuseppe Bono said: "Costa Diadema is the 44th cruise ship we have built since 2002, the 12th cruise ship we have built for our friends from Costa Crociere."
Costa Diadema is 300m-long and 37m-wide featuring 1,862 guest cabins and offers Italian lifestyle, entertainment, gastronomy and hospitality.
At 132,500gt, the new vessel provides large, split-level rooms that provide a direct view of the sea.
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By GlobalDataOn 30 October, Costa Diadema will start sailing from Venice to Trieste and begin its cruise on 1 November. The vessel will reach Genoa on 7 November for the official naming ceremony and later will be deployed in the Mediterranean Sea.
Recently, Fincantieri launched a super-luxury cruise ship Le Lyrial, constructed for French cruise line Compagnie du Ponant (Bridgepoint Group).
