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About 1am Saturday (October 23), AIDAcosma, AIDA's second LNG-powered ship, left Meyer Werft at Papenburg for its conveyance down the ri...

Meyer Werft floated out AIDAcosma at their Papenburg (Germany) yard on Saturday (July 10, 2021). Like its sister, AIDAnova, AIDAcosma is com...

Meyer Werft cut the first steel today at their Papenburg yard for the second ship in AIDA's Nova-class The ship will be a sister to AI...

If you bring home a coffee mug you could break it or lose it. If you bring home a t-shirt it will wear out. Come home from AIDAnova and you ...

The cruise industry took a major step forward today when AIDAnova arrived in Barcelona to begin its summer Mediterranean season and was the ...

AIDAluna returned to service today after a two-week stay in Blohm+Voss' floating dry dock at Hamburg. The 69,000-ton ship had a number...

Before it left on its inaugural cruise of the Canary Islands this weekend, AIDA's new LNG-powered AIDAnova had to gas up (literally). As...

After a delay which canceled its first scheduled sailing, Meyer Werft delivered AIDAnova at Bremerhaven today. At 183,900 gross tons, it...

Meyer Werft advised today that there will be a further delay in delivering AIDAnova due to continued testing necessary on the LNG propulsion...

Meyer Werft advised Carnival/AIDA today that AIDAnova will not be delivered as early as expected. In a statement, the company didn't poi...

AIDAnova has been patiently waiting at Eemshaven at the mouth of the Ems river waiting for fuel, and last Thursday it finally came. The Ge...

CND subscribers also read about: AIDAnova has completed its journey down the Ems River and is ready for sea trials. MSC Grandiosa has ope...

AIDAnova's 7am departure from the Meyer yard in Papenburg was delayed today due to lack of water in the river. The yard waited for the n...

Meyer Werft plans to send the 183,900-ton AIDAnova off down Ems River early Monday morning. The plan is for the ship to begin maneuvering ...

CND subscribers also read about: A new show aboard AIDAluna Grand Celebration has again been chartered for two months to house relief wor...

CND subscribers also read about: A German pop singer went overboard from AIDAluna off the coast of Newfoundland.  Disney is considering e...

As you read in Friday's edition, AIDAnova was named in the Meyer Werft yard Friday night during a really splashy party, and it will go i...

THE place to be in Germany tonight was at the Meyer Werft yard in Papenburg, because THAT was the site of AIDA Open Air, and it just so happ...

AIDA will take delivery of Carnival Corp's first LNG-powered ship AIDAnova, in mid-November. Operating an LNG-powered ship is a bit diff...

The 180,000-ton LNG-powered AIDAnova made its debut at Meyer Werft on Tuesday when the yard floated it out of the covered building hall to t...