Engineering:AIDAnova
.jpg) AIDAnova at Meyer Werft, August 2018
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| Name: | AIDAnova |
| Operator: | AIDA Cruises |
| Port of registry: |
Genoa,  Italy |
| Builder: | Meyer Werft |
| Laid down: | 6 September 2017 |
| Launched: | 21 August 2018 |
| Christened: | 31 August 2018 |
| Completed: | 12 December 2018 |
| In service: | 2018–present |
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| Status: | In service |
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| Class and type: | Excellence-class cruise ship |
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| Displacement: | 87,306 tons[1] |
| Length: | 337 m (1,105 ft 8 in)[2] |
| Beam: | 42 m (137 ft 10 in)[1] |
| Height: | 69.3 m (227 ft 4 in)[3] |
| Draught: | 8.8 m (28 ft 10 in)[2] |
| Decks: | 16[1] |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)[4] |
| Capacity: | |
| Crew: | 1,646[1] |
AIDAnova is a cruise ship built by Meyer Werft GmbH in Papenburg, Germany under contract from Carnival Corporation for AIDA Cruises. The first of the new Excellence-class ships, she was launched on 21 August 2018 and delivered on 12 December 2018.
She has one sister ship the AIDAcosma, delivered on December 21, 2021.[5][6]
General information
The ship is the first cruise ship in the world that can operate completely using liquefied natural gas (LNG), like the cruiseferry Viking Grace.[7][8][9]
AIDAnova has four dual-fuel hybrid engines, which can use either LNG or traditional fuel oil.[7]
Her delivery was marred by delays; complications arose from her engineering being the first-of-its-kind for a ship of her scale. In October 2018, the first postponement was announced, cancelling all scheduled preview cruises.[10] A small fire had also broken out during its construction in the shipyard, delaying her sea trials.[10] Her maiden voyage was then scheduled for 2 December 2018 from Hamburg.[10] Later, in November 2018, a second postponement was announced.[11] Her sea trials were scheduled to begin on 16 November 2018 and all work was scheduled to be completed by 30 November 2018.[11] AIDAnova was delivered on 12 December 2018 and her maiden voyage was on 19 December 2018 for a seven-day cruise from Santa Cruz de Tenerife around the Canary Islands and Madeira.[12]
As of September 2019, AIDAnova was sailing on cruises around the Mediterranean and Canary Islands.[5] In 2022 it has been sailing in Northern Europe, the port of Nordfjordeid in Norway is visited on every cruise.[13]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "AIDAnova (9781865)". Registro Italiano Navale. https://www.leonardoinfo.com/leonardoInfo/LeoInfoLogInExternalServlet?ImoNum=9781865.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "AIDAnova (9781865)". Lloyd's Register. https://classdirect.lr.org/lros?lrno=9781865.
- ↑ "Captain Boris Becker will take command of AIDAnova". 2018-05-31. https://www.carnivalcorp.com/news-releases/news-release-details/captain-boris-becker-will-take-command-aidanova.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "AIDAnova Kreuzfahrten". AIDA Cruises. https://aida.de/kreuzfahrt/schiffe/aidanova. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "AIDAcosma". https://aida.de/kreuzfahrt/schiffe/aidacosma.
- ↑ "AIDA Cruises takes delivery of new cruise ship AIDAcosma". https://www.carnivalcorp.com/news-releases/news-release-details/aida-cruises-takes-delivery-new-cruise-ship-aidacosma.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "AIDAnova LNG-Powered Cruise Ship". https://www.ship-technology.com/projects/aidanova-lng-powered-cruise-ship/.
- ↑ Parkin, Brian; Wilkes, William; Dezem, Vanessa (2019-04-20). "Trump's LNG Push Is Helping Power German Green Cruise Liner Boom". https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-19/trump-s-lng-push-is-helping-power-german-green-cruise-liner-boom.
- ↑ "Viking Grace". https://www.wartsila.com/marine/customer-segments/references/ferry/viking-grace.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Staff, C. I. N. (2018-10-25). "AIDAnova Delivery Pushed Back" (in en-gb). https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/19858-aidanova-delivery-pushed-back.html.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Staff, C. I. N. (2018-11-16). "AIDAnova Delivery Further Pushed Back" (in en-gb). https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/19958-aidanova-delivery-further-pushed-back.html.
- ↑ Staff, C. I. N. (2018-12-12). "AIDAnova Delivered" (in en-gb). https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/20060-aidanova-delivered.html.
- ↑ "Cruise List 2022". https://portofnordfjordeid.no/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Booking-2022-090522.pdf.
External links
- AIDA Cruises official site page about the ship (in German)
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