Carnival Corporation's AIDAnova Supplied with LNG in Mediterranean

Carnival Corporation announced last week its Germany-based AIDA Cruises brand celebrated the first-time arrival of the AIDAnova in Barcelona.

Upon arrival the AIDAnova, the newest vessel from AIDA Cruises, was fueled for the first time in the Mediterranean with LNG. With Carnival Corporation's partnership with Shell, the cruise ship will be regularly supplied with LNG at the Spanish city.

Commissioned on Dec. 12, 2008, with four dual-fuel engines and three gas tanks on board, AIDAnova will be operated in port and at sea with LNG. Two of the tanks each have a length of around 35 meters, a diameter of 8 meters and a capacity of 1,550 cubic meters. A third, smaller tank with a diameter of 5 meters, is 28 meters long and has a capacity of approximately 520 cubic meters.

Carnival Corporation and AIDA Cruises started investing in LNG propulsion technology 10 years ago. Two additional ships of this new AIDA generation will join the AIDA fleet in 2021 and 2023.