AIDAblu

Key Particulars

Gross Tonnage: 71304

Net Tonnage: 45123

Displacement: 37375

Deadweight: 7889.30

Designer: -

Classification: GL 100 A5 IW ERS BWM MC AUT RP3-50% EP

Length: 253.33m oa; 226.70m load; 225.00m pp

Breadth: 37.60m ext; 32.20m moulded

Draught: 7.30m actual; 7.20m design

Air draught: -

Depth: 9.60m moulded

Decks: 17 overall, 12 continuous, 12 passenger

Complement: 3190 (2570 pax dbl occ, 620 crew)

Cabins: 1285 (374 inboard, 911 outboard)

Yard Data

Meyer Werft GmbH S.680

Godmother: Jette Joop

Operating Data

Owner: Costa Crociere S.p.A.

Manager: Carnival Maritime GmbH

Registry: Genoa, Italy

IMO: 9398888

MMSI: 247 282 500

Call Sign: IBWX

Timeline

19 June 2006 AIDA Cruises and Meyer Werft enter into a contract for a fourth Sphinx ship,

albeit with an additional half deck forward.  There is also 50% more deck

space compared to the previous ships, increased to 8120m2 on this ship.

She would also boast the first shipboard brewery, with a daily output of

500 liters.

25 July 2007 Keel laid for newbuilding 680, the first of 55 blocks that would make up the ship.

11 July 2009 S.680 is floated out from the building dock to the fitting out berth.

4 February 2010 Meyer Werft completes the ship at a cost of US $420 million.

2010 Costa Atlantica entered the port of Warnemunde, Germany, at too high a speed,

causing damage to AIDAblu.  It was an omen of things to come, as Costa

Atlantica was commanded by Francesco Schettino, who ran Costa Concordia

aground in 2012.

2016 First refit.

Engineering Notes

Machinery:

4 Caterpillar MaK 9M43C

Propulsion devices:

2 Siemens 1DM5650-8DS06-Z

2 five-bladed MMG fixed-pitch brass propellers (5200mm dia. / 1200kg ea. / 130 rpm)

Speed (service/max): 19.50 / 21.80

Bow thrusters:

2 Brunvoll (2300kW ea.)

Stern thrusters:

2 Brunvoll (1500kW ea.)

Main-engine driven alternators:

2 VEM (12500kW ea.)

Boilers:

2 TPK Nova d.o oil/exhaust gas (10bar/107m2, 190m2 ea.)

Bunkers: HFO

Drive shafts:

2 35m

Rudders: 2

Roll stabilization equipment: 1 pair of fin stabilizers

Bridge control system: SAM Electronics NACOS Platinum (capable of one-man operations)

Integrated bridge system: SAM Electronics NACOS Platinum

Safety Notes

Lifesaving equipment:

10 lifeboats

6 tenders

2 rescue boats

2 Viking MES vertical escape chutes (1820 ea. / 3640 total)

Watertight bulkheads: 17