Costa Group announced an order for two new ships for Costa Asia
The Costa Group today announced an order for two new ships to be built by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri. The ships, each with 135,500 gross tons and carrying 4,200 guests, will be delivered in 2019 and 2020.
They will be operated by Costa Asia, the Asian brand of the Costa Group, and specifically designed for the Chinese market.
Costa Asia new ships are part of contracts signed today by Carnival Corporation & plc with Fincantieri to build five new ships by 2020 at the company’s shipyards in Monfalcone and Marghera, Italy, finalizing a memorandum of agreement announced in 2015.
Thanks to the new ships announced today, the Costa Group has seven new ships on order with a total capacity of 41,000 berths (three for the German brand Aida Cruises; two for the Italian brand Costa Cruises; two for Costa Asia), bringing the total capacity of the fleet to 110,000 berths.
