AIDAblu
 AIDAblu in Emden |
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| Name: | AIDAblu |
| Owner: | Carnival Corporation & PLC |
| Operator: | AIDA Cruises |
| Port of registry: | Genoa  Italy[1] |
| Ordered: | July 1, 2006[1] |
| Builder: | Meyer Werft (Germany) |
| Cost: | $420 million |
| Yard number: | S. 680[1][2] |
| Christened: | February 9, 2010 in Hamburg by Jette Joop[3] |
| Maiden voyage: | February 9, 2010 to Palma, Majorca |
| In service: | Spring 2010 (planned)[2][4] |
| Identification: | IMO number: 9398888[5] |
| Status: | In Service[6] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Sphinx series[7] cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 71,300 gross register tons (GRT)[2] |
| Length: | 827 ft (252.07 m)[2][4] |
| Beam: | 105.5 ft (32.16 m)[2][4] |
| Decks: | 15 decks |
| Installed power: | Diesel-electric (about 36,000kW)[2] |
| Propulsion: | 4 Caterpillar MaK engines[2][7] |
| Capacity: | 2,050 passengers |
| Crew: | 607 crew |
AIDAblu is a Sphinx class cruise ship, operated by the German cruise line, AIDA Cruises. AIDAblu is the seventh ship[4] in the cruise line. The vessel was delivered by Meyer Werft to its owners last 4 February 2010.[6] She is a sister ship to AIDAdiva, AIDAbella and AIDAluna[4] with a half deck more. She has a passenger capacity of 2,050.
The name of AIDAblu has been used for a former AIDA ship from 2004-2007. AIDA Cruises' parent company, Carnival Corporation & PLC, then transferred the ship to another cruise line., Ocean Village, and was renamed Ocean Village Two. In 2009, Ocean Village Two was again transferred to another cruise line, P&O Cruises Australia, also a Carnival daughter company, and was renamed Pacific Jewel.
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[edit] Record Holder
AIDAblu is presently the record holder for the fastest English Channel crossing between Le Havre and Southampton by cruise ship. AIDAblu left Le Havre, France at 20:00 5/9/2011 in poor weather with 70mph winds and 5metre seas and arrived in Southampton, England at 02:45 6/9/2011 (a crossing time of 6 hours, 45 minutes). This was originally reported in SHIPS MONTHLY shipping journal, November 2011, Page 8, published by Kelsey -http://www.shipsmonthly.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65&Itemid=54 .
[edit] Facilities
AIDAblu offers six restaurants (with a total area of 3,988 square metres (43,000 sq ft)[7], ten bars[7], a 1,956 square metres (21,000 sq ft) wellness area[7], 8,120 square metres (87,000 sq ft) of outer deck area,[7] and a 3,000 square metres (32,000 sq ft) theatrium[7]. There are also special internal and external areas for children.[7]
AIDAblu currently feature one of the largest wellness centers on a cruise ship, at 2,600 m2, surpassing the Costa Concordia, of Costa Cruises, with a 2,000 m2 (21,000 ft2).[6] It also has the first brewery installed on a cruise ship, where the beer served in the ship are brewed.[6]
AIDAblu has 1096 cabins, 374 are on the inside and 722 on the outside.[6] The callsign is IBWX . IMO 9398888 . MMSI 247282500.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Yard No. 680 Meyer W.". Vessel Assessment System. Archived from the original on 2009-07-10. http://www.webcitation.org/5iAa3OOeE. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
- ^ a b c d e f g "AIDA Cruises orders new cruise ship". Meyer Werft. 2006-12-06. http://www.meyerwerft.de/page.asp?lang=e&main=3&subs=8&did=858. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
- ^ "AIDAblu Christened Successfully". Cruise Industry News. 2010-02-10. http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/3663-21010-aidablu-christened-successfully.html. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
- ^ a b c d e "New Cruise Vessel, AIDAblu". Maritime News. 2009-06-01. http://marinelink.com/en-US/News/Article/New-Cruise-Vessel-AIDAblu/330783.aspx. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
- ^ United States Coast Guard (USCG). "AIDAblu". Port State Information Exchange. U.S. Department of Homeland Security. http://psix.uscg.mil/PSIX/PSIXDetails.aspx?VesselID=942736. Callsign IBWX MMSI 247282500.
- ^ a b c d e "Delivery of AIDAblu". Meyerwerft website. 4 February 2010. http://www.meyerwerft.de/page.asp?lang=e&main=3&subs=0&did=1722. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "New club ship generation with MaK engines from Caterpillar" (PDF). Caterpillar Marine Power Systems. 2005. p. 6. http://www.mak-global.com/news/pdf/Toplaterne78e.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
[edit] External links
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- Official AIDAblu website (German)
- Germanischer Lloyd (2010). "MV AIDAblu ". Register Online. Hamburg: Germanischer Lloyd. http://www.gl-group.com/register/index.jsp?STyp=204&RegNo=112808. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
- Current Position
- Deck Plans
- Ministry of Transport (2010). "AIDAblu". Equasis. Government of France. http://www.equasis.org/EquasisWeb/restricted/ShipList?fs=ShipSearch&P_PAGE=1&P_IMO=9398888. Retrieved 2010-08-31. (Free registration required.)
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