Photos circulating online show the former Costa Fortuna with its name removed from the bow and stern while still wearing its distinctive Costa Cruises livery of yellow, blue and white.
The vessel, long a familiar sight in the Mediterranean, is now in the early stages of a complete rebranding as it prepares for a new life as Margaritaville at Sea Beachcomber.
Costa Cruises has introduced a new watchkeeping schedule intended to give engine department officers longer periods of uninterrupted rest between shifts.
The company explained that the new rotation replaces two separate four-hour watches with one continuous six-hour watch. The ship’s engine control room will remain covered 24 hours a day.
Costa Crociere is entering the world of Italian basketball through a new partnership with one of the country’s most successful clubs.
The cruise line has been named the Title Sponsor and Main Sponsor of Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna for the 2026/27 season. The team will compete in Italy’s Lega Basket Serie A under the new name Virtus Costa Bologna.
Thirteen passengers between the ages of 18 and 20 have been charged following a fight aboard the cruise ship Costa Smeralda. According to Sky TG24, the confrontation involved two groups of young passengers. One group was reportedly from Lecce and had boarded the ship in Civitavecchia, while the other group was from Sicily and had boarded in Palermo.
A health program designed to help Costa Crociere crew members manage chronic conditions while working at sea has been named a finalist for a major maritime welfare award.
The cruise ship Costa Toscana donated surplus food to local charities during its call at the Port of Cagliari, Italy.
Around 80 kilograms of surplus food were unloaded from Costa Toscana at the Port of Cagliari and donated to organizations supporting people in need. The carefully packaged food will be used by the Caritas soup kitchen and Mensa del Viandante.
Crew members working onboard Costa Cruises are speaking out through an anonymous letter that they hope will reach relevant authorities.
Costa Cruises is reminding guests about onboard hygiene and sanitation rules, warning that passengers who remove food from buffet areas and restaurants for consumption outside designated dining spaces may face a €60 cleaning fee.
A labor court in Italy has ruled that a former cruise director who worked on Costa Cruises ships for 18 years under temporary contracts must be rehired and compensated with approximately €130,000 after his final contract was not renewed, ANSA reported.
A cruise terminal in Marseille was temporarily evacuated Sunday morning after unattended luggage triggered a security alert, briefly halting operations for passengers traveling on the Costa Smeralda.
