The owners of the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia are offering 11,000 euro compensation for for lost baggage and psychological trauma.
The ship ran aground off Tuscany when the captain deviated from his route. Sixteen bodies have been recovered and 16 people are missing, presumed dead.
Costa Crociere SpA, a unit of the world's biggest cruise operator, the Miami-based Carnival Corp, also said it would reimburse passengers the full costs of their cruise, their travel expenses and any medical expenses sustained after the grounding.
The agreement was announced after negotiations between Costa representatives and Italian consumer groups who say they represent 3,206 cruise ship passengers from 61 countries who suffered no physical harm when the Costa Concordia hit a reef on January 13.
The deal does not apply to the hundreds of crew on the ship, the roughly 100 cases of people injured or the families who lost loved ones.
Passengers are free to pursue legal action on their own if they are not satisfied with the deal. Some consumer groups have already signed on as injured parties in the criminal case against the Concordia's captain,...
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