German shipbuilder Meyer Werft has actually drifted out the globe’s initial LNG-powered cruise liner from its protected building dock in Papenburg.

The float-out of AIDAnova occurred Tuesday night from the shipbuilder’s 504-meter structure dock II The vessel was after that berthed at the outfitting pier, where its pole and also channel cladding will certainly be fitted.

AIDAnova is arranged to make the journey down the river Ems to Bremerhaven in lateSeptember There, the cruise liner will certainly undertake last outfitting and also indoor installations, while additional screening will certainly be executed on the ship’s LNG-powered engines complied with by sea tests.

AIDAnova is the initial of 3 LNG-powered ships prepared for Carnival Corp.’s AIDA brand name. The ship is arranged to sign up with AIDA Cruises’ fleet this Fall as the first-ever cruise liner on the planet to be completely powered by LNG. The AIDAnova will certainly have more than 2,600 guest cabins, a gross tonnage of over 180,000, a size of 337 meters and also a size of 42 meters.

The 2nd ship in the collection will certainly be christened in the springtime of 2021, complied with by the 3rd in 2023.

As of previously this year, Carnival had arrangements in position with Meyer Werft and also its Finish sibling lawn Meyer Turku to develop 9 LNG-powered cruise liner throughout 4 of Carnival’s 9 international cruise ship brand names with shipment days in between 2018 and also 2023

A video clip of the float-out is listed below: