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The 2025 Perspective on LNG and the upcoming, fuel cells on cruise ships Royal Caribbean’s newest ship Star of the Seas is the latest in the LNG powered newbuilds that are being launched. In early August, she completed her first…
During an internal corporate review of Italian brand Costa Crociere, it was announced that they will see a fleet makeover soon. In November last year it was announced that the Costa Atlantica and Costa Mediterranea will leave their fleet for…
Easily the most anticipated ship to be launched this year is the AIDAnova. She being touted as the first cruise ship to be able to operate with LNG as bunkers while underway. She’s part of the brand new Excellence-class of…
The most hotly anticipated ship this year has just been christened in Germany. Taking place at the Meyer Werft yard in Papenburg, 25,000 guests crowded the dock to witness the formal naming of the AIDAnova. This is the first ship…
Carnival Corp. has announced that they have agreed with Germany’s Meyer Werft for the construction of a third ship for Aida. She will be based on the Excellence-class of vessels. The first in that line, AIDAnova, will be launched later…
At the steel-cutting ceremony at Meyer Turku in Finland, Costa Cruises announced that their newest ship will be named Costa Smeralda. They also released this new rendering of her. She’ll be based on the AIDAnova class of vessels. These are…
Carnival’s German brand, AIDA, have officially taken delivery of their newest vessel AIDAperla. She is the sistership to the AIDAprima which, when launched last year, became the first cruise ship to feature the vertical axe-bow. Their profile is rather unique…
Germany’s AIDA Cruises just celebrated the steel cutting for the first of their LNG Newbuilds. AIDA’s President AIDA Felix Eichhorn and Meyer Werft Managing Director Bernard Meyer pushed the button to start the first cutting of the first steel plate for the…
There has been a lot of talk about LNG and fuel cells as use on cruise ships, but what does it actually mean. BACKGROUND Thus far, there have been some small ferries, riverboats and some offshore supply vessels that have…
Carnival Corp. surprised the industry last year when they not only ordered 9 ships, but ordered most of them with LNG fueled power plants. LNG is still new to the maritime industry with only a handful of commercial vessels using…
AIDA Cruises have confirmed that they have finally taken delivery of the AIDAprima. And get this, she’s scheduled to arrive Hamburg earlier than expected. She will do an additional preview cruise. The much delayed 124,500grt ship is a prototype newbuild…
Germany’s AIDA Cruises have announced that the christening of their latest flagship will be on May 7th. Her first cruise is scheduled to depart the week prior (April 30) so this is a bit unusual. On May 7, the AIDAprime…
Various media outlets in Japan and Germany have reported that yesterday, while finally being outfitted at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries yard in Nagasaki, Japan, there was a fire in an electrical compartment onboard. The fire was quickly extinguished due to…
Fincantieri has announced that they have finalized and agreement with Carnival Corp. for the construction of 4 more ships. With this announcement, we now know 8 of the 9 ships they ordered back in March. This order breaks down as…
Here’s the latest on the oft delayed AIDAprima: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) told Tradewinds that it is “optimistic” that the AIDAprima will be delivered this month. However given we are at the 25th of the month, I don’t see this…
UPDATE FRIDAY: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have announced that they will set a delivery date for sometime this December. There’s no mention of an exact day, so interpret that as you will. The heavily delayed AIDAprima has left Mitsubishi Heavy…
The debut of one of the most eagerly anticipated ships to come out in quite awhile is being delayed, yet again. The AIDAprima has faced serious delays during it’s construction at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan. It was…
UPDATE:Here’s official photos from Costa. These blurry photos my be the first glimpse we have of 4 of the 9 ships that Carnival Corp placed in their massive 9 ship order back in March. It was announced that of the nine, four…
We finally have details of Carnival’s 9 ship order. LNG is always thought of as the future so its nice to see it’s finally here. It will be exciting if theses are a radically new design. Because of the way…
This is a neat concept until fully LNG powered ships are launched. When launched, fleetmate AIDAprima will be able to operate off of LNG while in port. Under this concept being tested in Hamburg, all electricity needed onboard will be generated…
Normally that headline would raise some eyebrows. However it’s entirely true. At the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Nagasaki Japan, workers have painted on the trademark lips that adorn the bow of all AIDA ships. A total of 342 liters…
Rather quietly AIDA is building one impressive vessel. Make sure to click on the picture above to get a zoomed in look of her features. from Aida: For the first time on the German cruise market, the new flagship of…
On Saturday, the AIDAprima was floated out from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard. The shipyard in Japan is currently constructing the ship which features a straight bow design. It’s a throwback to the Ocean liner days.
I mentioned a few weeks ago that there were some issues with the finances on Mitsubishi Heavy Industries[MHI] part: MHI booked a ¥60bn loss on the two AIDA ships. Design and procurement costs due to changes made by AIDA said…
UPDATE: Looks like there was a bit of a ‘misunderstanding’: via Cruise Currents: The original press release made by the Port of Tampa stated that AIDA Cruises would begin home porting two ships in Tampa beginning in 2014 through 2016. AIDA…