Updated—We Are Simply Hours Away From The Float-Out Of The World's Kickoff Lng Powered Cruise Ship

Update: the presently to live cruise send is (slowly) backing out of the structure hall. It is really large.

NDR livecam

Latest screengrab from Meyer Werft's webcam:

Original post: 

It's a pretty large deal.

As Manager Magazin position it before this morning: 

Abschied vom Stinker-Schiff - Aidanova fährt mit Flüssiggas

When the send goes into service for Carnival-owned AIDA afterward this twelvemonth the AIDAnova volition grade inwards the top-10 largest cruise ships inwards the world.

Here's MusterStation alongside to a greater extent than or less stats:

World’s v Largest Cruise Ships inwards 2019

...AIDA is to a greater extent than or less other nighttime Equus caballus coming through alongside a huge send out of the blue. Among their 10 other ships, the average size measures roughly 50,000 gross tons. The AIDAnova is over 3x their normal vessel weight size weighing inwards at 180,000 gross tons. Let’s promise the fellowship knows how to grip all of that ship!

We’ll notice out whether this is the illustration when the send launches inwards Dec 2018. She’ll live serving upwards itineraries inwards the Canary Islands.

The AIDAnova volition live a favorite of our environmentally witting cruisers, equally the send is powered entirely yesteryear liquified natural gas (LNG). It’s the really get-go send to characteristic this eco-friendly fuel source.

AIDAnova Statistics

• Cruise Line:  AIDA
• Cruise Ship:  AIDAnova
• Ship Class:  Helios
• Year Built:  2018
• Passengers:  6,600
• Crew: 2,500
• Total People: 9,100
• Ship Cost:  $950 Million
• Beam:  42 Meters
• Gross Tonnage:  180,000 tons
• Ship Length:  337 Meters (1,106 feet)
• Decks:  20
• Speed:  26 Knots
• IMO:  9781865
• MMSI:  TBD

The Manager Mag headline is (very) roughly: "Farewell to the stinker ships - Aidanova drives alongside LNG"

Here's a screencap from the live webcam at Meyer Werft's shipyard.

Float out of AIDAnova
August 21, 2018

And  from NDR:

Stand: 21.08.2018 16:01 Uhr - Lesezeit: ca.2 Min.

 "AIDAnova" wird heute ausgedockt 

 

Noch auf dem Trockenen, bald am Ausrüstungspier: cash inwards one's chips "AIDAnova".