AIDAblu

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.

This article is about the 2010 AIDA Cruises ship. For the former ship of the same name, see Karnika.
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
Identification:
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

The name of AIDAblu was used for a former AIDA ship from 2004 to 2007.

Facilities

AIDAbluhas six restaurants, ten bars,[4] 8,120 square metres (87,000 sq ft) of outer deck area and a 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 are 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
  1. "AIDAblu (112808)". DNV GL Vessel Register. Germanischer Lloyd. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  2. "AIDA Cruises orders new cruise ship". Meyer Werft. 6 December 2006. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
  3. "AIDAblu Christened Successfully". Cruise Industry News. 2010-02-10. Archived from the original on 17 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
  4. "New club ship generation with MaK engines from Caterpillar" (PDF). Caterpillar Marine Power Systems. 2005. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-07-10. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  5. "Delivery of AIDAblu". Meyerwerft website. 4 February 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  6. "Costa Capt. Crashed Before: Report". The Daily Beast. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  7. http://crew-center.com/filipino-crew-member-found-dead-his-cabin-aida-cruise-ship


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