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From gCaptain:

UPDATED—We Are Just Hours Away From The Float-out Of The World's First LNG Powered Cruise Ship
It's a pretty large deal. When the shipyard hands over the keys to AIDA Cruises, Ltd. (Carnival sub.) it volition hold upwards the quaternary or fifth largest cruise send (gross tonnage) inward the world. And powered past times LNG.

Here's gCaptain:

Meyer Werft Floats AIDAnova, the World’s First LNG-Powered Cruise Ship

 

AIDANova pictured Tuesday, August 21, 2018, afterwards its float-out from Meyer Werft’s covered edifice dock. Photo: Meyer Werft

High German shipbuilder Meyer Werft has floated out the world’s offset LNG-powered cruise send from its covered structure dock inward Papenburg.

The float-out of AIDAnova took house Tuesday eve from the shipbuilder’s 504-meter edifice dock II. The vessel was too hence berthed at the outfitting pier, where its mast too funnel cladding volition hold upwards fitted....MORE

There were reports that afterwards the float-out about of the assembled spectators continued the festive mood mit bier und schnaps too got, ah, send faced.