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

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 ...

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...

In less than a week, AIDAnova should be “out the door” at Meyer Werft in Papenburg. The yard has scheduled the ship to leave the covered bui...

Now you can tell AIDAnova is an AIDA ship. Meyer Werft has painted AIDA's iconic trademark on the line's newest ship, AIDAnova, the ...

A lot more goes on behind those walls in the cavernous building at Meyer Werft in Papenburg than you thought. For the first time on Wednesda...

CND subscribers also read about: AIDA's unusual plans for christening AIDAnova Seabourn chooses a godmother for Seabourn Ovation D...

Meyer Werft will deliver AIDAnova about two weeks early, and AIDA has scheduled a series of four-night “pre-premier” cruises (a term only a ...

Earlier this month we told you about a section of AIDAnova being floated out of the covered building dock at Meyer Werft. AIDA has now given...

The huge stern section of AIDAnova was floated out of the covered building dock at Meyer Werft on Monday to make room for the next equally-s...