AIDAnova at
Meyer Werft, August 2018
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History | |
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Italy | |
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 |
Identification |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Excellence-class cruise ship |
Tonnage | |
Displacement | 87,306 tons [3] |
Length | 337 m (1,105 ft 8 in) [1] |
Beam | 42 m (137 ft 10 in) [3] |
Height | 69.3 m (227 ft 4 in) [2] |
Draught | 8.8 m (28 ft 10 in) [1] |
Decks | 16 [3] |
Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) [4] |
Capacity | |
Crew | 1,646 [3] |
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, AIDAcosma, delivered on December 21, 2021. [5] [6]
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]
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