AIDAblu

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NameAIDAblu
Owner Costa Crociere S.p.A. [1]
Operator AIDA Cruises
Port of registry Genoa, Italy
OrderedJuly 1, 2006 [2]
Builder Meyer Werft (Germany)
Cost$420 million
Yard numberS. 680 [2]
LaunchedJuly 11, 2009
ChristenedFebruary 9, 2010 [3]
Maiden voyageFebruary 9, 2010 to Palma, Majorca
In service2010–present
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics
Class & typeSphinx-class [4] cruise ship
Tonnage71,304  GT [1]
Length253.33 m (831.14 ft) [1]
Beam32.2 m (105.64 ft) [1]
Draught7.3 m (23.95 ft) [1]
Decks15 decks
Installed power Diesel-electric (about 36,000kW) [2]
Propulsion4 Caterpillar MaK engines [2] [4]
Capacity2,192 passengers
Crew607 crew

AIDAblu is a Sphinx-class cruise ship, operated by the German cruise line AIDA Cruises. AIDAblu is the seventh ship [5] in the cruise line. The vessel was delivered by Meyer Werft on 4 February 2010. [6] She is a sister ship to AIDAdiva , AIDAbella , AIDAluna [5] with a half deck more, and is followed by similar AIDAsol and AIDAmar . She has a passenger capacity of 2,050.

Contents

The name of AIDAblu was used for a former AIDA ship from 2004 to 2007.

Facilities

AIDAblu has six restaurants, ten bars, [4] 8,120 square metres (87,000 sq ft) of outer deck area and 3,000 square metres (32,000 sq ft) theatrium. [4]

It also has the first brewery installed on a cruise ship, where the beers served in the ship are brewed. [6]

AIDAblu has 1096 cabins, 374 on the inside and 722 on the outside. [6] The callsign is IBWX . IMO 9398888 . MMSI 247282500.

Incidents

In 2010 Francesco Schettino, the captain of the ill-fated Costa Concordia before, was the captain of the Costa Atlantica, also a Carnival Corporation ship as it entered the port of Warnemünde, Germany, at too high a speed, allegedly causing damage to the AIDAblu. [7]

On 18 May 2020, whilst the ship was docked in Hamburg, a male Filipino crew member of AIDAblu who had worked in the galley department was found dead in his cabin. The crew member was not suspected to have died of COVID-19. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "AIDAblu (112808)". Vessel Register for DNV. Germanischer Lloyd . Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "AIDA Cruises orders new cruise ship". Meyer Werft. 6 December 2006. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
  3. ↑ "AIDAblu Christened Successfully". Cruise Industry News. 2010-02-10. Archived from the original on 17 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "New club ship generation with MaK engines from Caterpillar" (PDF). Caterpillar Marine Power Systems. 2005. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-03-31. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  5. 1 2 3 "Delivery of AIDAblu". Meyerwerft website. 4 February 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  6. ↑ "Costa Capt. Crashed Before: Report". The Daily Beast. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Filipino Crew Member Found Dead in His Cabin on Aida Cruise Ship". 18 May 2020.


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