Aida Cruises’ new flagship AIDAprima was christened in Germany over the weekend in a grand ceremony happening throughout the Port of Hamburg’s 827th anniversary celebration.

AIDAprima was launched because the Aida’s most environmentally pleasant ship and the primary cruise ship on this planet to be geared up with a dual-fuel engine that may be powered by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). On Saturday, the cruise ship accomplished a full check run for its LNG operation, which means the ship will be capable of function utilizing LNG whereas in port.

The 124,100-ton vessel will be capable of accommodate 3,300 passengers and is the primary to be homeported year-round in Hamburg, Germany. The ship was delivered by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in March following a number of development delays. The ship can also be the primary cruise ship to get Mitsubishi’s Air Lubrication System designed for elevated gasoline effectivity.

“The christening was an emotional moment for me – I’m very proud of our new ship,” stated Felix Eichhorn, president of AIDA Cruises. “With AIDAprima and the next three new ships to be built for our line, we are once again charting new territory in the tourism industry, and we will continue to drive growth in the German cruise market.”

Carnival Corporation, mother or father to Aida Cruises, has now taken supply of three new ships in 2016, which have already included Carnival Cruise Line 3,954-passenger Carnival Vista on April 28 and Holland America Line’s 2,650-passenger MS Koningsdam on April 2. Carnival is scheduled to obtain its fourth new ship supply of 2016 when the Seabourn Encore joins the fleet later this 12 months.

Including the Encore, Carnival Corporation now has a complete of 15 new ships scheduled to be delivered between 2016 and 2020. This contains Carnival Corporation’s 4 next-generation cruise ships for Costa Cruises and AIDA Cruises set to be delivered in 2019 and 2020 that would be the first within the trade to be powered at sea by LNG. Different from AIDAprima, these new ships will use LNG to generate 100% of the ship’s energy each in port and at sea.

Here’s some video of the AIDAprima’s arrival and christening in Hamburg: