Carnival Corporation's AIDA Cruises Introduces Cruise Ship Powered by LNG

Carnival Corporation and its AIDA Cruises brand held a naming ceremony to welcome AIDAnova into their fleet on August 31st, 2018. AIDAnova will be powered at sea and in port by LNG.

AIDAnova is the first of 11 next-generation cruise ships from Carnival Corporation between 2018 and 2025 able to generate their power at sea and in port from LNG. The LNG ships are part of Carnival Corporation's ongoing fleet enhancement strategy with 20 new vessels scheduled for delivery between 2018 and 2025.

AIDAnova will embark on its first voyage at the end of September and will head for Eemshaven in the Netherlands. Once the ship has received its final fittings and has completed various sea trials, AIDAnova will be delivered to AIDA Cruises in an official handover ceremony from the Meyer Werft shipyard on November 15, 2018, in Bremerhaven, Germany. AIDAnova will begin its maiden voyage from Hamburg to the Canary Islands on December 2, 2018.

As of 2023, more than half of AIDA Cruises' guests will be spending their vacation on a cruise ship that runs on LNG.