Costa Fascinosa, the new flagship of the Italian passenger fleet and Costa Cruises built at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard, left Venice last Sunday, crossing the sea in front of St Mark square.

A huge public relations exercise marked the entry into service of the 114,500 tonne Costa Fascinosa, sister-ship of the ill-fated Costa Concordia which ran aground and capsised off northwest Italy on January 13 with the loss of 32 lives.

A tragedy like the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise liner “will not happen again,” the shipping line’s boss said today as he unveiled a new luxury vessel to the public.

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