AIDAprima

AIDAprima in Rotterdam
History
Italy
Name	AIDAprima
Owner	AIDA Cruises
Operator	AIDA Cruises
Port of registry	Genoa,  Italy
Route	North Europe
Builder	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Launched	May 3, 2014
Acquired	March 14, 2016
Maiden voyage	May 7, 2016
In service	2016–present
Identification	IMO number: 9636955 MMSI number: 247353800 DNV ID: g117060
Status	In service
General characteristics
Type	Hyperion-class Cruise ship
Tonnage	125,572 GT[1] 9,700 DWT
Length	299.95 m (984.1 ft)[1]
Beam	37.65 m (123.5 ft) (max)[1] 37.60 m (123.4 ft) (waterline)[1]
Draught	8.25 m (27.1 ft)[1]
Decks	18
Installed power	3 × Cat 12VM43C (3 × 9,450 kW)[1] dual-fuel Cat 12VM46DF (5,400–8,685 kW)[1] Cat 3516B (2,250 kW)[1]
Propulsion	Diesel-electric 2 × ABB Azipod X thrusters[1] 3 × Brunvoll FU-115-LTC-3000 maneuvering thrusters[1]
Speed	22.0 knots (41 km/h) (cruising)
Capacity	3,300 passengers
Crew	900

AIDAprima is the flagship of AIDA Cruises, built by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding at their shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan. The cruise ship entered service on April 25, 2016, after suffering several construction delays.^[2] She is the first AIDA vessel not to be built in Meyer Werft since the completion of AIDAaura in 2003. She is also the first Carnival Corporation & plc vessel to be built in Mitsubishi since the completion of the Sapphire Princess in 2004.