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The Aida Bella at the pier in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)

• Societa di Crociere Mercurio S.r.l. (2004-2010)
• Costa Crociere (since 2010)

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Germanischer Lloyd

IMO no. 9362542

The Aida Bella is a cruise ship of Carnival Corporation & plc. It is used for driving under the specially focused on the German market corporate brand AIDA Cruises. It is operated under the Italian flag by Costa Crociere in Genoa.

The Aida Bella is the fifth " club ship " of the AIDA fleet and except for some minor differences identical to her seven sister ships of the Sphinx class, especially with the year before or after you put into service new buildings Aida Diva and Aida Luna.

History

The Aida Bella was built as her sister ships from the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg. She was the second completed for Costa Crociere new construction and expansion completed in October 2004 with the shipyard contract. Therefore, your project name was AIDA SPHINX III. As SPHINX II, the Aida Luna placed in operation after the initial order only in 2009 was counted. The keel-laying ceremony took place on 10 March 2007. On 27 March 2008 the transfer of the vessel on the river Ems from Papenburg to Emden was. On 14 April 2008, the shipyard delivered the 69,200 gt cruise ship in Emden from the shipping company AIDA Cruises ( Rostock). The German fashion model Eva Padberg was on 23 April 2008, the godmother at the naming ceremony on the Warnow River, Warnemunde. On April 24 launched the maiden voyage of Warnemünde and resulted in seven days over Bergen, Oslo, Gothenburg and Copenhagen back to Warnemünde.

Technical data and equipment

The ship will be powered by diesel electric. The four main engines of Caterpillar MaK (type: 9M43C ) shall each 9,000 kW. The two driving motors from Siemens (type: 1DM5650 - 8DS06 -Z) have a total capacity of 25,000 kW. The traction motors act on two fixed-pitch propellers. At the helm is a "full balanced twisted rudder ".

The ship has a plurality of transverse beam control systems, two with a capacity of 2,300 kW in the bow and two with a capacity of 1,500 kW at the rear.

There are 1,025 passenger cabins on board. For the passengers are, inter alia, seven restaurants with a total area of ​​3,985 m², eleven bars and "Body & Soul " areas with an area of ​​2,300 m² and 6,400 m² sun deck available.

Routes

The ship is traveling through 2013 throughout the year, the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands on different routes. In the summer of 2013, it is used in the Baltic Sea, in the fall of 2013 in Canada and New England, the year in the Caribbean.