https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Despite the protests of the local mayor, a cruise ship carrying hundreds of quarantined international holidaymakers docked at an Italian port on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20200325/coronavirus-fears-on-cruise-ship-docked-in-rome-after-case-confirmed Wed, 25 Mar 2020 17:59:49 +0100 coronavirus-fears-on-cruise-ship-docked-in-rome-after-case-confirmed Over 6,000 tourists have been confined on a cruise ship off the coast of Italy on Thursday over fears of two suspected cases of the deadly coronavirus on board. https://www.thelocal.it/20200130/italian-cruise-ship-on-lockdown-over-feared-coronavirus-cases Thu, 30 Jan 2020 13:46:28 +0100 italian-cruise-ship-on-lockdown-over-feared-coronavirus-cases A cruise liner came close to crashing into a dock in Venice on Sunday as it was buffeted by a storm, the latest incident to spark calls for mega ships to be banned from the fragile Venetian lagoon. https://www.thelocal.it/20190708/venice-cruise-ship-crash-costa-deliziosa-costa-cruises Mon, 08 Jul 2019 12:41:56 +0200 venice-cruise-ship-crash-costa-deliziosa-costa-cruises Thousands of people took to the streets in Venice on Saturday calling for a ban on large cruise ships in the city following last week's collision between a massive vessel and a tourist boat. https://www.thelocal.it/20190609/thousands-demonstrate-against-cruise-ships-in-venice Sun, 09 Jun 2019 12:10:54 +0200 thousands-demonstrate-against-cruise-ships-in-venice A massive cruise ship lost control as it docked in Venice on Sunday, crashing into the wharf and hitting a tourist boat after suffering an engine failure. https://www.thelocal.it/20190602/cruise-ship-crashes-into-venice-wharf-as-tourists-flee Sun, 02 Jun 2019 16:47:36 +0200 cruise-ship-crashes-into-venice-wharf-as-tourists-flee UPDATED: Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino told a court on Tuesday that he was showing off when he steered the cruise ship onto rocks off the Italian island of Giglio, triggering a disaster in which 32 passengers and crew died. https://www.thelocal.it/20141202/schettino-takes-to-the-stand-in-concordia-trial Tue, 02 Dec 2014 12:52:00 +0100 schettino-takes-to-the-stand-in-concordia-trial The helmsman who was steering the Costa Concordia cruise ship when it crashed in 2012, leaving 32 people dead, has been picked up in Indonesia by international police agency Interpol. https://www.thelocal.it/20140410/costa-concordia-helmsman-found-in-indonesia Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:00:00 +0200 costa-concordia-helmsman-found-in-indonesia Salvage operators in Italy lifted the Costa Concordia cruise ship upright off the island of Giglio on Tuesday in the biggest ever project of its kind. https://www.thelocal.it/20130917/costa-concordia-turned-upright-in-unique-salvage Tue, 17 Sep 2013 09:35:00 +0200 costa-concordia-turned-upright-in-unique-salvage