Work On AIDA LNG Cruise Ship Starts With MEYER WERFT Steel Cutting Ceremony

Work On AIDA LNG Cruise Ship Starts With MEYER WERFT Steel Cutting Ceremony

Work On AIDA LNG Cruise Ship Starts With MEYER WERFT Steel Cutting Ceremony

The work has begun on the next cruise ship for AIDA Cruises with the symbolic steel cutting ceremony at MEYER WERFT. This ship will be fitted with a particularly environmentally friendly liquefied natural gas (LNG) propulsion system like the AIDAnova that was delivered at the end of 2018.

The button to start the computer-controlled steel cutting machine was pressed by Sven Fahle, Project Manager at AIDA Cruises, together with the MEYER WERFT team, thus starting production of the next LNG cruise ship. It is expected to be delivered in spring 2021. MEYER WERFT will be delivering the third ship in this class to AIDA Cruises in 2023.

“We are very pleased to work with AIDA Cruises and Carnival Corporation at further establishing LNG as a fuel in the cruise industry. We will also be implementing other innovative technologies onboard this ship”, says Stephan Schmees, Executive Board Member Project Management Ships at MEYER WERFT.

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This generation of ships for AIDA Cruises uses LNG engines by Caterpillar / MaK, which fulfill the strictest environmental regulations. This class of ships has been developed and designed keeping the prime focus on energy efficiency. The planning and design activities gave absolute priority to heat recovery, innovative electric motors, LED lighting, ship automation, and glazing, all geared to energy efficiency, optimized underwater paintwork to reduce resistance, weight-optimized material selection, and many other topics.

The new ships for AIDA Cruises have the capacity for around 2,600 cabins, with a rating of 183,900 GRT.

Reference: meyerwerft.de

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