Costa Concordia News

Italy Wraps Up Probe of Cruise Liner Shipwreck

Prosecutors in Tuscany have officially finished their probe of the Costa Concordia shipwreck that killed 32 people off the Italian coast. Prosecutors deposited some 50,000 pages of evidence Thursday with court officials. The evidence includes testimony, experts’ reports and a …

Packed Court as Shipwreck Captain Hears Evidence

The captain of the cruise ship that crashed into an Italian reef appeared in court Monday to hear the evidence against him, while hundreds of passengers who survived the deadly shipwreck and the families of those who died in it …

U.S. Lawsuits Target Carnival in Italy Cruise Crash

Hundreds of passengers from the stricken Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia and up to 1,000 businesses on the island where it ran aground are pressing ahead with lawsuits in the U.S. against Miami-based Carnival Corp., the world’s largest cruise line. …

Concordia Captain: Distraction Figured in Crash

The captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that he was distracted by a phone conversation shortly before the cruise liner crashed into a reef off an Italian island and capsized, killing 32 people. Francesco …

Cruise Line Executives Defensive, Optimistic After Costa Concordia Tragedy

In their first major industry gathering since the deadly Costa Concordia accident, cruise line chief executives defended their overall safety record on Tuesday and said they were confident of better days ahead. The Concordia capsized off Italy in January, killing …

Rome Expands Cruise Ship Probe as Bodies Found

Italian prosecutors placed four ship’s officers and three company executives under investigation on Wednesday in connection with the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster as divers found eight more bodies on the wreck including that of a 5-year-old girl. The officers …

Wrecked Italian Liner Will Not Be Moved for Months

The wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia could remain where it lies near the Italian island of Giglio until the end of the year or longer before it can be broken up or salvaged, the official in charge of …

Reinsurer Sees Major Loss From Concordia Capsize

German reinsurer Hannover Re AG says it expects the fatal capsizing of the Costa Concordia cruise ship to cost it tens of millions of euros (dollars). Hannover Re said Monday it expects losses of some (euro) 30 million ($39 million) …