The Marghera shipyard (Venice) is where Fincantieri delivered to Costa
Cruises, Italy’s largest tourism group and Europe’s no. 1 cruise
company, the newest flagship, the Costa Favolosa (114,500 gross tonnage
and a capacity of 3,800 total Guests): the largest cruise ship flying
the Italian flag.

The Costa Favolosa (www.costafavolosa.com),
the 15th vessel comprising Costa’s fleet, the only fleet flying the
Italian flag, is a symbol of Italian pride that will sail the seven
seas. About 3,000 employees and 7,000 workers from linked industries
contributed to the construction of the ship. Most of the companies
involved in the shipbuilding activities, about 500, are Italian. The
total cost of the investment in the new building undertaken by Costa
Cruises is worth approximately 510 million euros.