Cruise ship AIDAnova fueled with LNG for the first time

AIDA Cruises announced this week the AIDAnova became the first cruise ship in the world to be fueled with LNG. In Eemshaven in the Netherlands, the tanker “Cardissa” filled the three tanks on the AIDAnova with a total of around 3,500 cubic meters of LNG.

Two of the tanks have a length of about 35 meters, a diameter of 8 meters, and a capacity volume of 1,500 cubic meters each. A third, small tank with a diameter of 5 meters is 28 meters long and has a capacity volume of approx. 520 cubic meters. With one LNG tank filling, AIDAnova can be powered for up to two weeks.

AIDAnova is setting sail as the first cruise ship in the world that can be operated with LNG at port and at sea. By 2023, two further AIDA ships of this new generation are planned also built at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg.