AIDAblu
 AIDAblu in Corfu | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Italy | |
| Name | AIDAblu |
| Owner | Costa Crociere S.p.A.[1] |
| Operator | AIDA Cruises |
| Port of registry | Genoa, Italy |
| Ordered | July 1, 2006[2] |
| Builder | Meyer Werft (Germany) |
| Cost | $420 million |
| Yard number | S. 680[2] |
| Launched | July 11, 2009 |
| Christened | February 9, 2010[3] |
| Maiden voyage | February 9, 2010 to Palma, Majorca |
| In service | 2010–present |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Sphinx-class[4] cruise ship |
| Tonnage | 71,304 GT[1] |
| Length | 253.33 m (831.14 ft)[1] |
| Beam | 32.2 m (105.64 ft)[1] |
| Draught | 7.3 m (23.95 ft)[1] |
| Decks | 15 decks |
| Installed power | Diesel-electric (about 36,000kW)[2] |
| Propulsion | 4 Caterpillar MaK engines[2][4] |
| Capacity | 2,192 passengers |
| Crew | 607 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.
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
- ^ a b c d e "AIDAblu (112808)". Vessel Register for DNV. Germanischer Lloyd. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
- ^ a b c d "AIDA Cruises orders new cruise ship". Meyer Werft. 6 December 2006. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
- ^ "AIDAblu Christened Successfully". Cruise Industry News. 2010-02-10. Archived from the original on 17 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ a b "New Cruise Vessel, AIDAblu". Maritime News. 2009-06-01. Archived from the original on 21 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
- ^ a b c "Delivery of AIDAblu". Meyerwerft website. 4 February 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
- ^ "Costa Capt. Crashed Before: Report". The Daily Beast. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ^ "Filipino Crew Member Found Dead in His Cabin on Aida Cruise Ship". 18 May 2020.
External links
- Official AIDAblu website Archived 2011-11-18 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
- "AIDAblu (9398888)". Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Retrieved 2010-08-31.