COSTA PACIFICA is a large Italian cruise ship built by Fincantieri at Genoa Sestri Ponente and delivered to Costa Cruises in 2009.
A member of the Concordia class, she was developed from the same basic platform as COSTA CONCORDIA and COSTA SERENA and represented one of the largest ships in the Costa fleet when introduced.
With a gross tonnage of 114,500 GT, a length of 290.2 metres and accommodation in more than 1,500 passenger cabins, COSTA PACIFICA remains a major unit of the Costa Cruises fleet.
Seventeen years after delivery, she is still fully active in 2026, operating primarily in the Mediterranean.
Vessel Details
Name: COSTA PACIFICA
IMO: 9378498
MMSI: 247258100
Call Sign: ICJA
Type: Cruise Ship
Class: Concordia class
Flag: Italy
Port of Registry: Genoa
Operator: Costa Cruises / Costa Crociere
Owner Interests: Carnival Corporation & plc
Built: 2009
Builder: Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente, Genoa, Italy
Yard Number: 6148
Delivered: 29 May 2009
Christened: 5 June 2009
Maiden Voyage: 6 June 2009
Gross Tonnage: 114,500 GT
Length Overall: 290.2 m
Moulded Beam: 35.5 m
Design Draught: 8.0 m
Passenger Cabins: 1,504
Original Published Passenger Capacity: 3,780 guests
Maximum Persons on Board: 4,890
Crew Cabins: 601
Main Diesel Engines: 6 × Wärtsilä 12V46
Power per Engine: 12,600 kW
Total Installed Electrical Power: 75,600 kW
Propulsion Motors: 2 × Alstom 21,000 kW
Service Speed: 20 knots
Maximum Speed: 23 knots
Classification: RINA
Current Status: Active
Built at Genoa
COSTA PACIFICA was constructed at Fincantieri's:
Sestri Ponente shipyard in Genoa.
The ship formed part of the major expansion of Costa Cruises during the 2000s, when the company rapidly introduced a new generation of increasingly large vessels.
Approximately:
3,000 workers
were involved in the design, engineering and construction process, including Fincantieri personnel and hundreds of subcontracting companies.
The total investment was approximately:
€500 million.
Concordia Class
COSTA PACIFICA belongs to the:
Concordia class.
Fincantieri officially identifies her as a sister ship of:
COSTA CONCORDIA
and:
COSTA SERENA.
Later related vessels further developed the same basic platform.
At 114,500 GT, the class represented a major increase in scale for the Italian cruise market when introduced.
The “Ship of Music”
COSTA PACIFICA was created around a distinctive theme:
music.
Costa marketed the vessel as:
“the Ship of Music.”
Italian musician and composer:
Mauro Pagani
created an exclusive soundtrack for the ship.
COSTA PACIFICA was even equipped with a real onboard recording studio, an unusual feature for a cruise vessel.
Music influenced the decoration and names of many public spaces throughout the ship.
Delivery – 29 May 2009
Fincantieri formally delivered COSTA PACIFICA to Costa Cruises on:
29 May 2009.
At the time she became the:
14th ship in the Costa fleet.
The vessel was also described as a new flagship of Italian passenger shipping.
Record-Breaking Christening
One week later, on:
5 June 2009
COSTA PACIFICA was christened in:
Genoa.
She did not celebrate the event alone.
Costa simultaneously christened:
COSTA LUMINOSA.
The ceremony was promoted as the first occasion on which two new cruise ships constructed by the same shipbuilder for the same owner were christened:
at the same time
in the same port.
The event was submitted for recognition by Guinness World Records.
Maiden Voyage
COSTA PACIFICA began her maiden cruise on:
6 June 2009
from:
Savona.
Her first itinerary operated in the:
Western Mediterranean,
a region that has remained closely associated with the vessel throughout much of her career.
1,504 Cabins
Fincantieri's official specification lists:
1,504 passenger cabins.
These include:
521 balcony cabins
56 suites
and:
10 penthouse suites.
The ship was designed to accommodate approximately:
3,780 passengers
in normal full-capacity operation.
Diesel-Electric Propulsion
COSTA PACIFICA uses a large:
diesel-electric propulsion system.
Electrical power is generated by:
6 × Wärtsilä 12V46 diesel engines
rated at:
12,600 kW each.
Total installed generating power is:
75,600 kW.
Propulsion is provided through:
2 × 21,000-kW Alstom electric motors.
The ship has a service speed of approximately:
20 knots
and a maximum speed of around:
23 knots.
An Important Costa Ship
COSTA PACIFICA became a familiar sight throughout:
Mediterranean
Northern Europe
Atlantic
Caribbean
and South American cruise regions during various stages of her career.
Unlike many cruise ships that change companies after fifteen or twenty years, she has remained continuously associated with:
Costa Cruises.
She has also retained her original name since delivery.
Piraeus Connection
COSTA PACIFICA has repeatedly visited:
Piraeus
during Mediterranean cruise programmes.
PiraeuShips documented the vessel and published the dedicated:
COSTA PACIFICA – IMO 9378498
entry in July 2016.
The original PiraeuShips page includes footage from a period when the vessel was still only around seven years old.
Still Active in 2026
COSTA PACIFICA remains a fully active member of the Costa fleet in:
2026.
Costa's current programme continues to advertise sailings aboard the ship from Mediterranean ports including:
Savona
Civitavecchia / Rome
and:
Palma de Mallorca.
This means that seventeen years after delivery, COSTA PACIFICA continues operating in the same broad Western Mediterranean region where her maiden voyage began in 2009.
PiraeuShips Record
COSTA PACIFICA was recorded at Piraeus by PiraeuShips during the continuing Mediterranean career of one of Costa Cruises' most recognisable large vessels. Built by Fincantieri at Genoa Sestri Ponente and delivered in May 2009, the 114,500-GT Concordia-class ship was developed around a unique musical theme and entered service as Costa's “Ship of Music.” Measuring 290.2 metres in length and containing more than 1,500 passenger cabins, she was among the larger European cruise ships of her generation. COSTA PACIFICA has retained both her original name and Costa Cruises identity throughout her career and remains fully active in Mediterranean service in 2026. The PiraeuShips footage preserves the ship during an earlier stage of what has become a long and continuing association with Mediterranean cruising.
Original video footage © PiraeuShips. All rights reserved.
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