AIDAblu is a Sphinx-class cruise ship, operated by the German cruise line AIDA Cruises. AIDAblu is the seventh ship in the cruise line. The vessel was delivered by Meyer Werft on 4 February 2010.[5] She is a sister ship to AIDAdiva, AIDAbella, AIDAluna[6] with a half deck more, and is followed by similar AIDAsol and AIDAmar. She has a passenger capacity of 2,050.
The name of AIDAblu was used for a former AIDA ship from 2004 to 2007.
Facilities
AIDAblu has six restaurants, ten bars,[4] 8120 m2 of outer deck area and 3000 m2 theatrium.[4]
It also has the first brewery installed on a cruise ship, where the beers served in the ship are brewed.[5]
AIDAblu has 1096 cabins, 374 on the inside and 722 on the outside.[5] 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]
External links
References
- retrieved 2013-11-11^
- AIDA Cruises orders new cruise ship Meyer Werft, 6 December 2006, retrieved 8 July 2009^
- AIDAblu Christened Successfully Cruise Industry News, 2010-02-10, retrieved 2010-03-31^
- New club ship generation with MaK engines from Caterpillar Caterpillar Marine Power Systems, 2005, retrieved 2009-07-08^
- Delivery of AIDAblu Meyerwerft website, 4 February 2010, retrieved 21 February 2010^
- New Cruise Vessel, AIDAblu Maritime News, 2009-06-01, retrieved 2009-07-08^
- Costa Capt. Crashed Before: Report The Daily Beast, 2 March 2012, retrieved 27 January 2015^
- Filipino Crew Member Found Dead in His Cabin on Aida Cruise Ship 18 May 2020^