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More cruiseships join AIDA’s club
AIDA expands its club resort concept with an order for two 71,000tonne
newbuilds.
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art of Carnival Corp, the AIDA
cruiseship brand is undergoing rapid
growth with a contract which will
triple its total fleet capacity to 16,384 berths
by May 2012. The company has signed an
agreement with German shipyard Meyer
Werft to build two 71,000tonne cruiseships,
with the two vessels costing €380 million
and €385 million respectively.
These two newbuilds bring to six the
new ships that the German cruise operator
has ordered within three years. They will
be part of the informal club resort concept
and are due to be delivered in April 2011
and May 2012.
Additionally, the fourth vessel in the
series is being enlarged to make it a sister
ship to the two newbuilds at 71,000tonnes;
once again Meyer Werft is the contractor.
The passenger capacity will now be 2174,
and the total cost has risen from €335
million to €350 million.
These vessels will join the 68,500tonne
AIDAbella, set to debut in April 2008, and
an as-yet unnamed sister ship in April AIDAbella, part of the club resort series, under construction at Meyer Werft’s Papenburg
2009. shipyard.
AIDAbella is currently under
construction at the Meyer Werft shipyard
in Papenburg, Germany, at a total cost of AIDAbella, it is 252m long, but with a 2300kW, and two 1500kW stern thrusters.
€315 million. It will be 252m long, with gross tonnage of 69,200tonnes. Four diesel It is classed by Germanischer Lloyd to 100
a beam of 32.2m, and a total of 1025 engines of 36,000kW, two electric engines A 5 E1 IW Passenger Ship MC AUT RP3
cabins. of 12,400kW, and two propellers give a 50%/Environmental Passport standards.
The first vessel in the series, AIDAdiva, speed of 22knots. A maximum of 2500 passengers and 646
was introduced in 2007 and was also The ship is fitted with two full balanced crew can be carried onboard AIDAdiva, in
constructed by Meyer Werft. Like twisted rudders, two bow thrusters of 1025 cabins. NA
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