Costa neoRiviera

Costa neoRiviera as Grand Mistral departing Tallinn, 11 June 2012
Career
Name:	1999–2003: Mistral 2003–2013: Grand Mistral 2013–: Costa neoRiviera
Owner:	Carnival Corporation & plc[1]
Operator:	1999–2003: Festival Cruises 2003–2013: Iberocruceros 2013 onwards: Costa Crociere
Port of registry:	France, Mata Utu Marshall Islands , Majuro  Italy, Genova  Portugal, Madeira  Italy, Genova
Builder:	Chantiers de l'Atlantique, France
Completed:	1999
Identification:	Callsign: IBDU IMO number: 9172777 MMSI number: 247325300
Status:	In service
General characteristics
Class & type:	Mistral-class cruise ship
Tonnage:	48,200 GT
Length:	216 m (709 ft)
Beam:	28.8 m (94 ft)
Depth:	5 meters
Decks:	8 passenger decks
Speed:	19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph)
Capacity:	1,700 Passengers
Crew:	670

MS Costa neoRiviera is a cruise ship currently sailing for Costa Crociere and formerly owned by Ibero Cruises.

History

In 1999 Festival Cruises has been finally given their first new build MS Mistral which was built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique. Her first cruise started 17 July 1999, from Venice to the Greek islands. In winter she has done Caribbean cruises. Following the collapse of Festival Cruises in 2004 most of its fleet was sold off including Mistral that was sold to Ibero Cruises which was then called Iberojet. Mistral was renamed Grand Mistral. In 2008 she received the new Ibero Cruises livery and continued sailing for Ibero Cruises. ^[2]

Grand Mistral was transferred to Costa Crociere in November 2013 and renamed to Costa neoRiviera, her itineraries will feature more overnight and unusual calls to ports, as a part of Costa's new project featuring their smaller ships. Costa Crociere invested 10 million euros into refurbishing Costa neoRiviera and into maintenance checkup of Costa Classica and Costa Voyager.^[3][4]

Costa neoRiviera as Mistral in Kiel Harbour, May 2003

A petition recently won to Costa Crociere that the NeoRiviera would sail year-round from Los Angeles to Tijuana and to destinations like Mexico and Brazil. ^[6]

References

External links

• http://www.costacruise.com/usa/costa_neoriviera.html

v t e Ships of the Costa Cruises fleet Current ships Costa Atlantica Costa Classica Costa Deliziosa Costa Fascinosa Costa Favolosa Costa Fortuna Costa Luminosa Costa Magica Costa Mediterranea Costa neoRiviera Costa neoRomantica Costa Pacifica Costa Serena Costa Victoria Out of service Costa Concordia (shipwreck) Costa Voyager Future ships Costa Diadema