Excellence-class cruise ship

AIDAnova, the first ship in the class
Class overview
Builders:
Operators:
Preceded by: Vista class
Planned: 9
Building: 3

The Excellence-class is a class of upcoming cruise ships ordered by Carnival Corporation that will enter service for several Carnival brands from 2018.

History

In March 2015, Carnival Corporation entered into a strategic partnership with Meyer Werft to build new ships between 2019 and 2022.[1] In June 2015, four ships were ordered for delivery between 2019 and 2020.[2][3] In September 2016, three more ships were ordered for Carnival Cruise Line and P&O Cruises for delivery in 2020 and 2022.[4] Carnival Cruise Lines and P&O Cruises will be referring to their version of this class as the XL class.[5]

The Excellence-class will be the first cruise ships in the world to be dual fueled by liquefied natural gas (LNG) and traditional Fuel oil, which is intended to make them more environmentally friendly than traditional, diesel-powered ships.[3] Each ship is expected to cost $950 million.[6]

Ships

BuiltShipOperatorBuilderGross tonnage[6]FlagIMO-numberNotesImageNewbuilding no.
2018AIDAnova[7]AIDA CruisesMeyer Werft183,9009781865Construction Started on 21 February 2017[8]S.696
2019Costa SmeraldaCosta CrociereMeyer Turku183,9009781889Construction Started on 13 September 2017[9]NB 1394
2020IonaP&O CruisesMeyer Werft183,900Construction Started on 25 April 2018[10]S.710
2020Carnival ReflectionCarnival Cruise LineMeyer Turku183,900NB 1396
2021UnnamedAIDA CruisesMeyer Werft183,900originally planned for 2020S.709
2021UnnamedCosta CrociereMeyer Turku183,9009781891originally planned for 2020NB 1395
2022UnnamedCarnival Cruise LineMeyer Turku183,900S.1397
2022UnnamedP&O CruisesMeyer Werft183,900S.716
2023UnnamedAIDA CruisesMeyer Werft183,900

References

  1. ↑ "Carnival Corporation Enters into Strategic Partnerships to Add Nine Cruise Ships to its Fleet over a Four-Year Period Starting in 2019". 2015-03-24. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  2. ↑ "Carnival Corporation orders two cruise ships from Meyer Turku". 2015-06-15. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  3. 1 2 "Carnival Corporation Finalizes Contract with Meyer Werft to Build Four Next-Generation Cruise Ships". 2015-06-15. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  4. ↑ "Carnival Corporation to Build Three New LNG-Powered Cruise Ships with Meyer Werft and Meyer Turku". 2016-09-06. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  5. ↑ http://www.carnivalcorp.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=200767&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2330312
  6. 1 2 "Cruise ship ordeerbook". Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  7. ↑ "AIDAnova heißt das neue Schiff der nächsten AIDA Generation" (in German). 2017-05-31. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
  8. ↑ "The world's first LNG cruise liner". 2017-02-21. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  9. ↑ "Construction work begins on Costa Smeralda". World of Cruising. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "P&O Cruises marks first construction milestone for newest ship with steel cutting ceremony in Papenburg". Meyer Werft. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
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