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Allision in Savona

While manoevering in the port of Savona upon its arrival in the morning of Jan 22, 2021, the 'Costa Smeralda' the ship allided with the Colacem terminal. With its port side it slammed along the elevators and caused damage to the terminal silos plant, to an elevator that was pushed off the tracks as well as to the fixed structures. A lifeboat of the vessel was crushed, torn open and fell into the water. A fender was pushed onto the quayside under the pressure. The Port Authority, the Port Authority and the police attended on the quay. Fortunately there were no injuries. A steering mistake was thought to have contributed to the accident. The ship had sailed from Civitavecchia on Jan 20 and berthed at the terminal of Costa Crociere at 8 a.m. Italian report with photos and video: https://www.lavocedigenova.it/2021/01/22/leggi-notizia/argomenti/cronaca-5/articolo/savona-costa-smeralda-sbaglia-manovra-e-danneggia-gru-e-le-strutture-fisse-foto-e-video.html https://www.ilsecoloxix.it/savona/2021/01/22/news/savona-la-nave-costa-smeralda-urta-la-banchina-e-danneggia-una-gru-durante-l-attracco-una-scialuppa-finisce-in-mare-1.39805997

Third Costa ship resumes cruising

Starting on Oct 10, 2020, the 'Costa Smeralda' will sail Italy and, from Nov 14, will resume its one-week itinerary to Italy, France and Spain from Savona. Five Italy cruises will run until Nov 7 and include Savona – from where passengers can visit Genoa or Finalborgo – and La Spezia, with excursions to Cinque Terre, Lerici, Florence or Pisa. Cagliari and Naples will follow, with visits to Sorrento, Pompei and the Royal Palace of Caserta. Thevessel will then sail to Messina for excursions to Mount Etna and Taormina, before heading to Civitavecchia which will enable passengers to visit Rome and Tarquinia, being the third Costa Cruises vessel, after the 'Costa Deliziosa' and 'Costa Diadema', to resume sailing since COVID-19 halted operations. Antigen swab test for guests and crew before embarkation, temperature checks, specially chosen excursions based on their safety, physical distancing and a reduced number of passengers are among the measures in place.

600 Filipino workers in Italy and Maldives repatriated

About 600 Filipino workers in Italy and Maldives were repatriated and arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on April 25. The 336 OFWs from Maldives arrived via a chartered Philippine Airlines flight. They were stranded on the island nation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The OFWs had to be fetched in Maldives since there is no embassy there. The nearest Philippine Embassy overseeing Maldives is in Dhaka, Bangladesh but there are no direct flights going there. Saturday night also it was busy again for the DFA & partner agencies as they gladly welcomed the arrival of 337 Filipino seafarers of the 'Costa Diadema', 'Costa Luminosa' and 'Costa Smeralda'. The flight was facilitated through the coordination of the PH Consulate General in Milan, the DFA-Office Migrant Workers Affairs and the Costa Cruises Management. All the arriving OFWs were interviewed upon arrival for their contact details and other information, and underwent a rapid antibody test for COVID-19 conducted by personnel in hazmat suits. The health condition of the OFWs were checked in Maldives and also before disembarking the plane at NAIA. No one exhibited COVID-19 symptoms. All the OFWs will undergo mandatory 14-day quarantine Those from Italy were brought to hotels while those from Maldives were brought to the World Trade Center. The DFA also repatriated OFWs from London, Madrid, and Cotê d’Ivoire, Ghana and Sierra Leone in Africa. A total of 610 seafarers working on the 'Queen Mary 2' arrived at NAIA in the afternoon of April 25.