SUSTAINABILITY REPORT Results for 2015 and outlook for the future

TRAVELING AND

OPERATING IN SAFETY

Guaranteeing safety on board and throughout the voyage (including embarkation

and disembarkation of guests) is Costa Cruises’ top priority.

We do our utmost to foster a safety-centric corporate culture in order to prevent

any potential risk and help ensure that safety is of the utmost concern to the cruise

industry as a whole; accordingly, our approach to the standards and regulations

issued by

IMO

(International Maritime Organization) and set out in the

SOLAS

Convention

goes beyond mere compliance.

The procedures implemented to guarantee the protection of guests, crew

members and Company assets (ships, port terminals and IT systems) are managed

using an integrated approach in accordance with the

Corporate HESS (Health,

Environment, Safety & Security) Policy

and the guidelines laid down by

Carnival Corporation (the most updated and efficient within the industry).

Costa Cruises’

Safety Management System

(SMS) ensures that occupational

safety is an integral part of its shipboard and shoreside managerial processes with

harmonization between the Corporation’s practices and procedures, regulatory

requirements and the

OHSAS 18001 standard

Shipboard safety

Costa Cruises’ ships are designed, built

and maintained in full compliance with

international safety standards laiddown

by maritime classification societies,

which also audit the ships on a periodic

basis to verify that safety standards

are met. Additionally, in relation

to safety, advanced navigational,

weather monitoring and communication

technologies are critical components

of Costa’s ship design providing the

Master and his team with updates in

real time and constant connectivity (via

satellite) with the shoreside authorities.

The Company has a fleet-wide satellite

communication system to ensure

constant global coverage.

In 2015 Costa introduced an electronic

system for the identification of people

on board the ship and the management

of emergency drills, using cards given

to guests and a server that acts as a

backup for the main system.

The human factor is as essential as

technology when it comes to preventing

dangerous situations. For this reason

every Costa Cruises employee is

trained to act in full compliance with

procedures and so as to avoid any

possible accident. The main objective

is to guarantee that employees have a

perfect understandingof theprocedures

and acquire the competencies they are

required to apply in an emergency

situation.

SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) is the

name of the IMO international convention

concerning the safety of merchant ships.