World’s First LNG Cruise Ship Handed Over To AIDA Cruises

MEYER WERFT from Papenburg handed over the world’s first LNG (liquid natural gas) cruise ship to AIDA Cruises (Rostock). The largest cruise ship ever built in Germany will be setting new standards in terms of environmental compatibility with its innovative LNG technology. The emissions produced by the ship will be cut drastically by using the clean fuel LNG.

AIDAnova_World First LNG cruise Ship_Delivery — Image Credits: meyerwerft.de

Before the ship was handed over, AIDANova had proven its seaworthiness during three sea trials on the North Sea when many technical and nautical systems were successfully put to the test. The engine room unit with the modern power station supplying energy for all the ship and hotel operations was made at NEPTUN WERFT in Warnemünde. The four very low-emission dual fuel engines came from Caterpillar (Kiel/Rostock) and can run 100% on LNG both at sea and in port.

AIDAnova is the first of three new ships for the AIDA brand. The other ships with a rating of over 183,000 GRT and capacity for more than 2,500 cabins each will be reinforcing the AIDA fleet at the end of 2021 and 2023. Six other ships for Carnival Corporation (Miami) for other brands of the group have already been ordered in Papenburg and with MEYER TURKU.

AIDAnova_World First LNG cruise Ship — Image Credits: meyerwerft.de

Technical equipment and organization systems for the very best in entertainment concepts are standard for cruise ships from Papenburg. Besides numerous entertainment possibilities, many other technical systems on board the ship help to protect the environment, illustrated clearly by features such as the electric pod drive, improved hydrodynamics, heat recovery or extensive water cleaning systems.

Main data AIDAnova

Tonnage	183.900 GRT
Overall length	337,00 m
Width	42 m
Number of decks	20
Draught	8,60 m
Machine output	gesamt 61.760 kW
Propulsion power	37.000 kW
Speed	17 kn
Passengers	5228
No. of passenger cabins	2626
Crew	ca. 1500
Theatre seating capacity	ca.1.100
No. of restaurants	17
No. of bars/lounges	17
Total weight of applied paint	ca. 350 t
Total length of installed cables	2.500 km
Flag	Italien
Class	RINA
Diameter of the propellers	5,2 m
Weight of each propeller	13,2 to
Carpet	65.000m²
Parquet flooring	2.500 m²
PVC	14.100m²
Tiles	16.000m²
Glass for the exterior	4.555 m²
Glass wall (theatre)	ca. 300 m²
Size of the AIDA “eye”	140 m²
Length of the AIDA “mouth”	16,8 m
Length of the AIDA “tail”	196 m
Light fittings	40.030 fittings
LED strip material	8.000 m

Reference: meyerwerft.de

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