AIDAnova Makes Maiden Call in Canary Islands as World’s First LNG-Powered Cruise Ship
Carnival Corporation has actually noted the begin of its procedure of the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Cruise Terminal in the Canary Islands with the first phone call of AIDAnova, the globe’s very first completely LNG-powered cruise liner.
Carnival Corporation just recently revealed a contract with the Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife to be the very first concession-holder to run the Canary Islands’ and also Mid Atlantic ´ s latest cruise ship terminal.
AIDAnova came to the incurable under LNG power Tuesday mid-day, where it was boarded by AIDA Cruises’ head of state, Felix Eichhorn, Fernando Clavijo Batlle, head of state of the Canary Islands, and also Pedro Su árez López de Vergara, head of state of the Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, as several of the very first visitors aboard.
The brand-new LNG-ready Santa Cruz de Tenerife Cruise Terminal concession in the Canary Islands run by Carnival Corporation can suit next-generation “green” cruise liner powered by LNG, consisting of AIDAnova. The initially LNG bunkering at the port occurred upon AIDAnova’s arrival, implemented by a supply contract checked in 2016 in between Carnival Corporation and also Shell Western LNG B.V. (Shell).
“We are looking forward to a successful premiere season in the Canary Islands,” claimedEichhorn “AIDAnova is a milestone for our company and the entire cruise industry by offering entirely new vacation experiences. With our new ship, we will contribute to further economic growth of the local tourism and maritime industry. With an extraordinary variety of individual vacation options on board and ashore, we are providing new and exciting reasons for people to enjoy a cruise vacation, one of the vacation industry’s fastest-growing sectors. Furthermore, with our pioneering LNG technology, we start a new era of even more environmentally friendly cruising.”
In total amount, adhering to AIDAnova, Carnival Corporation has an added 10 next-generation “green” cruise liner on order that will certainly be powered by LNG in port and also mixed-up, with anticipated shipment days in between 2019 and also 2025, leading the cruise ship market’s use LNG to power cruise liner.
