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- Dec 12, 201895% CONFIDENCEfrom meyerwerft.de
Meyer Werft Delivers the AIDAnova, the World's First LNG-Powered Cruise Ship
- Meyer Werft handed AIDAnova to AIDA Cruises on 12 December 2018 in Bremerhaven, calling it the world's first LNG cruise ship and the largest cruise ship built in Germany[2][3]
- Its four Caterpillar dual-fuel engines can run 100% on LNG at sea and in port; it passed three North Sea sea trials[2]
- Delivery slipped twice from mid-November, due to the complex propulsion plant and a fire during outfitting at Eemshaven (arson not ruled out)[3]
- It sailed without passengers for Lisbon then the Canary Islands; first passengers were to embark Dec. 19 at Tenerife[3]
- First of three new AIDA ships, the others due at end of 2021 and 2023; innovation grants came from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and Lower Saxony[2][3]
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- [1]90%youtube.com/watch?v=L8a9IsQIvL8youtube.com· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Dec 12, 2018· 100% of score
Meyer Werft’s[2] own press release "AIDAnova handed over to AIDA Cruises" gives 12 December 2018 as the delivery date, corroborated by Seatrade Cruise[3] News.
- [2]95%AIDAnova handed over to AIDA Cruisesmeyerwerft.de· Published Dec 12, 2018· Starts Dec 12, 2018 ✓· 0% of score
Meyer Werft's own press release, dated 12 December 2018, states the ship was handed over to AIDA Cruises that day in Bremerhaven after being built at the Papenburg yard.
- [3]85%Meyer Werft delivers world's first LNG-propelled cruise ship, AIDAnovaseatrade-cruise.com· Published Dec 12, 2018· 0% of score
Seatrade Cruise News independently corroborates the December 2018 delivery and describes the two delays and onboard fire during outfitting.
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