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  • Embracing sustainability: AIDA Cruises embarks on largest to-date fleet modernization program

    20 February 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    German cruise line AIDA Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation, has launched AIDA Evolution, the largest fleet modernization program in the company’s history, to make its ships future-proof and more environmentally friendly.

  • Titan bunkers LNG-powered AIDAnova in Hamburg

    23 November 2023
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Dutch bunker supplier Titan has performed a bunkering operation of AIDA Cruises’ AIDAnova for the first time in Hamburg.

  • AIDA Cruises, Port of Hamburg ink LTA to support sustainability

    4 September 2023
    Ports & Logistics

    Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) and AIDA Cruises have signed a long-term agreement (LTA) to strengthen Hamburg as a cruise location.

  • EU earmarks €2.2 billion in hydrogen funding for spring 2024

    21 November 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy

    The President of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen has announced new investments into the hydrogen industry, including €2.2 billion worth of funding reserved for the spring of 2024. During a speech at the European Hydrogen Week 2023, via video message, von der Leyen said that the hydrogen economy is blooming as the […]

  • Shell joins BP and numerous shipping giants in putting all Red Sea shipments on ice as vessel attacks escalate

    17 January 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Safety, Vessels

    Shell is the latest firm in a long line of companies, which decided to steer clear of the Red Sea shipping route in response to rising Houthi vessel attacks.

  • Denmark inaugurates first shore power facility with AIDAmar in Aarhus

    21 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Technology, Transition, Vessels

    Port of Aarhus, Denmark’s largest commercial port, opened its first shore power facility for cruise ships on June 20, 2023 enabling the vessels to keep their engines running on electricity while docked in the port and thus cut their emissions. The Port of Aarhus is one of Denmark’s largest cruise destinations, and the port’s location is perfect for guests […]

  • WATCH: Meyer Turku unveils captivating video of engine installation on methanol-ready Mein Schiff 7

    19 July 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    The construction of the methanol-ready Mein Schiff 7 cruise ship, being built for TUI Cruises at Finnish shipbuilding company Meyer Turku, has reached a landmark feat with the installation of main engines. The engines are being provided by Finnish technology company Wärtsilä and the ship will have a total engine power of an astounding 48,000 […]

  • Biofuel debut for AIDA Cruises ship in Rotterdam

    22 July 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    German cruise line AIDA Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation, has started using biofuels as part of its CO2 emission reduction strategy.

  • AIDA Cruises plugs two ships simultaneously to shore power in German port

    17 April 2023
    Green Marine, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    German cruise line AIDA Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation, kick-started this cruise season with a double call in Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany, while two of its cruise ships, AIDAsol and AIDAmar, simultaneously connected to a shore power facility. This is a first-of-its-kind achievement in Germany’s cruise industry. “Thanks to the opening of further shore power facilities in European ports, […]

  • AIDA Cruises expands shore power use in German ports

    9 November 2021
    Environment, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vessels

    With the restart of its cruises from Germany, cruise company AIDA Cruises has expanded the use of green shore power with ships of its fleet to two more German ports in the 2021 summer season.

  • GoodFuels delivers 100% biofuel to AIDA Cruises vessel

    12 December 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Vessels

    Netherlands-headquartered biofuel provider GoodFuels has delivered 140 mt of 100% biofuel to AIDAprima, Carnival Corporation’s AIDA Cruises vessel. AIDAprima, the Aida Cruises Hyperion-class cruise ship, was refuelled with GoodFuels’ sustainable biofuels, without blending with conventional marine fuels, during its 8 December port call to Rotterdam, the Netherlands. “This bio-bunkering with AIDA Cruises comes as yet […]

  • AIDA Cruises aims to have carbon-neutral fleet by 2040

    8 September 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    German cruise line AIDA Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation, wants its fleet to be zero-emission by 2040, ten years ahead of the climate targets set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

  • AIDA Cruises sells its oldest ship to drive sustainable growth

    24 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vessels

    German cruise company AIDA Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation & plc, has decided to dispose of AIDAcara, the oldest ship in its fleet.

  • AIDA Cruises takes delivery of 2nd LNG-powered cruise ship

    22 December 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    German cruise line AIDA Cruises has taken delivery of its second liquified natural gas (LNG) powered cruise ship AIDAcosma from the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany.

  • COVID-19 cases found on board AIDA ships in Rostock

    27 July 2020
    Human Capital, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Several COVID-19 cases have been confirmed on two cruise ships operated by German cruise line AIDA Cruises that are currently docked in Rostock.

  • LNG-powered AIDAcosma completes river conveyance

    25 October 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    AIDAcosma, the second LNG-powered cruise ship built for German cruise line AIDA Cruises, has completed its river conveyance along the river Ems.

  • Europe’s largest shore power plant opened

    11 May 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    A new shore power plant for cruise ships has been officially inaugurated in Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany.

  • AIDAnova on track to get its methanol-operated fuel cell in 2021

    13 November 2020
    Certification & Classification, Environment, Equipment, Transition, Vessels

    The methanol-operated fuel cell system set to be installed on a cruise ship operated by AIDA Cruises, a Carnival Corporation brand, has reached a new milestone having secured an Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV GL. As a result, AIDA Cruises will be the world’s first cruise company to test the use of fuel cells […]

  • AIDAsol uses shore power in nearly all ports during a voyage

    25 April 2023
    Green Marine, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    The robust expansion of shore power infrastructure in Northern Europe has enabled German cruise line AIDA Cruises to connect its flagship AIDAsol to shore-side facilities in nearly all ports during a voyage. Namely, during its voyage from April 16 to 21, 2023, AIDA’s flagship vessel, AIDAsol, became the first cruise ship in the fleet to […]

  • Costa Cruises’ 2nd LNG-fueled ship completes sea trials, coin ceremony

    26 October 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Work continues on the construction of Costa Toscana, Costa Cruises’ second cruise vessel powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG).

  • Costa Cruises in Italy’s first LNG bunkering operation

    27 October 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    Costa Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation has ticked off another milestone with its first LNG-powered liner, Costa Smeralda.

  • Costa Cruises christens 2nd LNG-powered cruise ship

    17 June 2022
    Vessels

    Italian cruise line Costa Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation, has christened its newest flagship, Costa Toscana, powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG).

  • LNG-fueled cruise ship Costa Toscana starts maiden voyage

    7 March 2022
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Carnival’s Italian brand Costa Cruises says its second LNG-fueled cruise ship Costa Toscana has started its maiden voyage from Italy.

  • Costa Cruises takes delivery of 2nd LNG-fuelled ship

    6 December 2021
    Vessels

    Carnival’s Italian brand Costa Cruises has taken delivery of its second LNG-powered cruise ship Costa Toscana at Finnish shipyard Meyer Turku.

  • Carnival to install air lubrication on 10 more ships

    27 October 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Technology, Vessels

     Carnival Corporation & plc, the world’s largest cruise company, is expanding the installation of air lubrication systems to the majority of the cruise line brands in its fleet through 2027. The cruise major expects to generate significant savings in fuel consumption and carbon emissions by reducing hull drag by approximately 5% per ship. Carnival is currently […]