A-Rosa Viva
A-Rosa Viva in Deutz harbor in Cologne.
- IMO no. 9524188
- ENI -No. 04808020
A-Rosa Viva is a 2009/2010 built river cruise ship in the A-ROSA river ship GmbH in Rostock. The ship is used for the official commissioning on 26 March 2010 alongside the identical sister ship A-Rosa Aqua for river cruises on the Rhine, Main and Mosel. On 17 February 2011 was handed over to the shipping company with A-Rosa Brava another structurally identical ship.
History
The A-ROSA river ship GmbH commissioned 2008, the Neptune shipyard in Rostock -Warnemünde with the construction of two identical cabin passenger vessels for use on the Rhine, Main and Mosel. After the shell of the first build A-Rosa Aqua was completed in March 2009, the keel laying of the second ship on April 23, 2009. On 19 February 2010 the eighth river cruise ship of the company during a solemn ceremony in the presence of the Minister of Transport of Mecklenburg- Vorpommern was Volker Schlotmann passed. The following week A-Rosa Viva drove under its own power on the Baltic Sea, North Sea-Baltic Canal, the North Sea, the IJsselmeer and the Rhine to the port Deutz in Cologne. The risk of fracture parts were protected for security for the transfer with wood paneling. In March, the final equipment of the vessel took place. On 26 March 2010, the Miss Switzerland 2007 Amanda Ammann christened the ship in Basel during a ceremony in the name of A-Rosa Viva.
Equipment
The A-Rosa Viva is a three- deck - cabin ship the 4-star category with 99 double cabins each 14,5 m². The cabins are air conditioned and are equipped with a shower and flat screen TVs. The 70 units on the Middle and Upper Deck have French balconies. Four cabins can be equipped with an extra bed. The two lower decks are designed as a purely residential areas for passengers. The 32 crew cabins are located forward and aft on the lower deck. Bow side a wellness area was furnished with outdoor relaxation area and hot tub on the upper deck, followed by loss of 26 double cabins. In the middle of the ship -board shop and a sales office for shore excursions is. The dining area and lounge, wine bar, restaurant with open kitchen and bar are located in the rear half of the ship. On the open deck located in the back part of the outer area of the restaurant with 56 seats. In the center of the vessel, a putting green, shuffleboard and a chess field was applied. On the front half of the ship travelers are behind the wheelhouse about 80 sun loungers available. Large areas of open decks can be covered with solar panels.
Technology
The A-Rosa Viva is powered by four diesel engines Volvo Penta D12 - 450MH (KC ) had four double-wing Schottel rudder propellers, in addition the ship has a bow thruster type pump jet - SPJ 82 of Schottel, which is driven by a 405 kW diesel engine. The ship is 135 m long and 11.40 m wide. The depth is given as 1.60 m, the height above water with 6.50 m. By lowering of the wheelhouse, and folding of railings and awning the height for trips can be reduced to waters with low bridge crossings, such as the Moselle and the Main -Danube Canal. For the electrical system to power the auxiliary machinery and the hotel operation are the driving two auxiliary diesel generators with 2 x 525 kVA and in port operating a diesel generator with 280 kVA available.
Shipping routes
The three ships of the A-ROSA - Rhine fleet operate depending on the season on 30 different routes. Northernmost is at Danger goal is Harlingen on the Wadden Sea, the southernmost Basel. The Mosel is traveled to Trier. The ships are waiting in port Deutz in Cologne and Frankfurt am Main. Your home port in Rostock reach the ships since the shipyard transfer no more.