Costa Cruises has pushed out its restart by two weeks with plans to pull up anchor in late March.

Carnival Corp's owner of 11 cruiseships expects to resume sailing again on 27 March with the departure of 5,224-berth Costa Smeralda (built 2020).

Costa Cruises has not changed its itineraries, which include three-day and four-day "mini-cruises" or seven-day voyages to Italian ports Savona, La Spezia, Civitavecchia, Naples, Messina and Cagliari.