Costa neoRomantica

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Costa neoRomantica in Hamburg in 2012.
History
Name
  • (1993–2011): Costa Romantica
  • (2011–2020): Costa neoRomantica
  • (2020–2021): Celestyal Experience
  • (2021–2021): Antares Experience
Owner
Operator Costa Cruises (1993–2020)
Port of registry
Builder Fincantieri, Marghera, Italy
Yard number5899
Laid down23 April 1992
Launched28 November 1992
Completed25 September 1993
Maiden voyageNovember 1993
In service1993
Out of serviceJanuary 2020
Identification
FateScrapped at Gadani, Pakistan in 2021.
General characteristics as built
Class and type Classica-class cruise ship
Tonnage
Length
  • 220 m (721 ft 9 in) oa
  • 181.9 m (596 ft 9 in) pp
Beam30.8 m (101 ft 1 in)
Decks12
Propulsion4 × diesel engines, 2 shafts, 22,800  kW (30,600  hp)
Speed19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph)
Capacity1,578 passengers
Crew662

The MS Costa neoRomantica was a cruise ship completed for Costa Cruises in 1993 by Fincantieri in Italy as Costa Romantica, and a sister ship to Costa Classica. She was refurbished in 2003, renamed Costa neoRomantica in 2011, and from 2017 assigned to the Asian market. The ship was sold in 2020 to Celestyal Cruises as Celestyal Experience. She never operated for Celestyal and was sold again and renamed Antares Experience in September 2021, then beached for demolition at Gadani, Pakistan in December 2021.

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Design and description

The vessel as built had a gross tonnage of 53,049 tons and 7,781 tons deadweight (DWT). Costa Romantica measured 220 m (721 ft 9 in) long overall and 181.9 m (596 ft 9 in) between perpendiculars with a beam of 30.8 m (101 ft 1 in). The vessel was powered by four diesel engines with two propellers creating 22,800  kW (30,600  hp ). This gave the ship a maximum speed of 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph). [1] [2]

In November 2011, Costa Romantica underwent a refurbishing. Two new half decks were added as a part of the refurbishment, as well as 111 new cabins, 120 cabins and suites with a balcony and several new amenities including bars and lounges. This increased the gross tonnage of the ship from 53,000 to 56,769 tons. [3] [4] The length was increased to 220.6 m (723 ft 9 in). [3]

The cruise ship had capacity for 1,578 passengers in 789 cabins. Cabins ranged in size from 17.2–40 m2 (185–431 sq ft) of which 74 had a balcony. The ship had a crew of 662. [3]

Construction and career

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Costa Romantica
Costa Romantica at Santorini caldera. Costa Romantica in Caldera Santorini (cropped).jpg
Costa Romantica at Santorini caldera.

The vessel was constructed by Fincantieri at their yard in Marghera, Italy with the yard number 5899. The cruise ship's keel was laid down on 23 April 1992 and the vessel was launched on 28 November 1992. Costa Romantica was completed on 25 September 1993 and entered service in November of that year. [1] [3] The vessel was registered in Genoa, Italy and was owned and operated by Costa Crociere. [5]

On 25 February 2009, a small fire erupted in one of the engines and in one of the electric generators of Costa Romantica off the coast of Uruguay, about 10 km (6.2 mi) from the city of Punta del Este. After the incident, the vessel was stalled for more than 24 hours and for a long period there was no electricity or running water. Costa Romantica was partially repaired and was able to sail to approximately 1 km (0.62 mi) from the coast where she was then evacuated by landing ships. The passengers were sent home and Costa Romantica's next scheduled cruise was cancelled. [6]

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Costa neoRomantica at Sortland.

Costa Romantica underwent a €90 million refurbishing at San Giorgio del Porto shipyard in Genoa in November 2011. After the contract was awarded to San Giorgio del Porto, the shipyard workers at Fincantieri began a week of strike action. After the refurbishing, the ship was renamed Costa neoRomantica and started her first voyage with the new name in March 2012. [4] In early 2017, Costa neoRomantica arrived in Hong Kong to operate cruises in the Asia market. [7] In February 2018, Costa neoRomantica served as The J Winter Fashion Show 2018 setting in Hong Kong. [8]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, cruises from China aboard Costa neoRomantica were cancelled at the end of January and early February 2020. [9] This was later extended through the end of February. While awaiting permission to sail, the vessel remained in Vietnam. [10] [11] On 26 March the ship with no passengers on board, anchored at the roadstead of Vladivostok, Russia to refresh the ship with water, fuel, and food. However, it was denied entrance as the Russian sanitary officials stipulated the dock workers to be quarantined for 14 days. No COVID-19 cases on board were reported. [12] [13]

In July 2020, the ship was sold to Celestyal Cruises, renamed Celestyal Experience and laid up at Piraeus, later at Eleusis. [14] In September 2021, due to the pandemic, Celestyal sold the ship, while still in lay-up, to Beacon & Bay Shipping Services of Dubai, who renamed her Antares Experience, reportedly for on-sale for future trading. It was later reported that she was sold for scrap. [15] [16] [17] In November 2021, the ship sailed to the Gadani Ship Breaking Yard in Pakistan for scrapping and was beached on 3 December. [18] [19]

Citations

  1. 1 2 Miramar Ship Index.
  2. ↑ Leonardo Info.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Ward 2019, p. 715.
  4. 1 2 "Costa outlines € 90m transformation for "neoRomantica"". Seatrade Insider. 8 August 2011. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  5. ↑ Equasis.
  6. ↑ "Fire Onboard Costa Romantica Impacts Cruise, Cancels Another". cruisecritic.com. 27 February 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "neoRomantica Arrives in Asia Market for Costa". Cruise Industry News. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "neoRomantica Provides Setting for Fashion Show in Hong Kong". Cruise Industry News. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  9. ↑ Williamson, Jeannie & Golden, Fran (4 February 2020). "Coronavirus: The latest on cruise line cancellations and policy changes". USA Today. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  10. ↑ "Costa Cancels More February Sailings from China". Cruise Industry News. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "Siêu du thuyền Costa NeoRomantica cập Hạ Long chỉ để tiếp nước ngọt". Laodong (in Vietnamese). 10 February 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  12. ↑ "Лайнер Costa Neoromantica прибыл в Приморье на "карантин"". Primpress.ru (in Russian). 26 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  13. ↑ "Во Владивостоке лайнеру Costa Neoromantica предложили пройти карантин". ria.ru (in Russian). 26 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  14. ↑ Kalosh, Anne; Glass, David (3 September 2021). "Celestyal Cruises is selling its newest ship, Celestyal Experience (**updated**)". Seatrade Cruise News. Archived from the original on 13 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  15. ↑ Boonzaler, Jonathan (14 October 2021). "Former Carnival Corp cruiseships on the move as new owners get cold feet". TradeWinds. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  16. ↑ "Weekly vessel scrapping report 2021: week 42". Ship & Bunker. Vancouver, Canada. 21 October 2021. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  17. ↑ "Στη Beacon & Bay το Antares Experience (Antares Experience at Beacon & Bay)" (in Greek). 26 October 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  18. ↑ "Antares Experience beached At Gadani". YouTube.com. Gadani Ship Breaking. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  19. ↑ "Former Costa Ship Officially Beached in Pakistan". Cruise Industry News. New York. 6 December 2021. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

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