WILLEMSTAD - Costa Fortuna, the cruise ship from the Italian cruise company Costa Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, made its inaugural visit to Curaçao on January 16. 

As it was the first time this cruise ship visited the port of Curaçao, an inaugural ceremony was held on board the ship. During this ceremony, an exchange of plaques took place between the ship's captain and the Minister of Economic Development, Mr. Ruisandro Cijntje, along with representatives from Curaçao Ports Authority (CPA), the Curaçao Tourist Board (CTB), and the ship's agent, Armada Port Agency. 

Costa Fortuna, built in 2003 in the same style as the cruise ships of Carnival Cruise Line's "Destiny" class, has a maximum capacity of 3,470 cruise passengers. It arrived in Curaçao with 2,785 cruise tourists on board. The ship measures 272 meters in length and has a gross tonnage of 102,669 GRT. 

On this day, in addition to the Costa Fortuna docked at Megapier Tula, the cruise ship Rhapsody of the Seas was also present at Megapier Jackie Voges in the port of Curaçao.