In the above video the float out of the first mega block of AIDAnova on December 11, at the shipyard MEYER WERFT in Papenburg, Germany, is depicted. The AIDAnova is to be delivered by MEYER WERFT to the cruise line AIDA CRUISES in autumn 2018.
AIDAnova is the world’s first cruise ship that, because of its four dual-fuel engines, can be operated both in port and at sea with LNG and will begin its first season as it leaves Hamburg and sets sail for the Canary Islands.
Its twin ship with over 180,000 GT and 2,600 staterooms is set to be commissioned in the spring of 2021.
In September, the first Floating Engine Room Unit for the LNG-powered AIDAnova has been released into the water for the first time, at the Neptun shipyard in Rostock.
In the beginning of December, the last engine room module for AIDAnova, which was manufactured by the Neptun shipyard in Rostock Warnemünde, will be sent to the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg.
Following the completion of the last engine room module, AIDA is set to start its premier season, which will begin on December 2, 2018.
