Costa Voyager, the 24,400 gross ton ship that is the smallest unit in the fleet of costa Crociere, is reported to be up for sale.

The ship, which was built in Germany as Olympic Voyager for the now defunct Royal Olympic Cruises in Greece, is to be sold as part of a three part strategy of Costa Crociere, according to Michael Thamm, CEO. The first part of this is to grow capacity by introducing new ships, the second one focuses on bringing existing ships in line with latest ones through upgrades, while the third one entails disposals of units that have reached the end of their life cycle, Thamm was cited by the cruisetricks.de website as saying.

Carnival Corp & plc, which is the parent company of Costa Crociere, said in its third quarter 2013 interim report that two units of its Italian contemporary market unit would either be sold or scrapped.