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AIDAnova: First engine room module on Neptune shipyard finished

The first floating part with four dual-fuelengines is ready for shipment from Rostock to Papenburg

Today, Thursday, September 21,2017, an AIDAnova module has been released into the water for the first time atthe Neptun shipyard in Rostock, which belongs to the Meyer Group. This is thefirst of two floating parts, so-called Floating Engine Room Units (FERU), whichwas placed onto the Warnow river with a special lowering device. The complexmodule stretching over 120 meters long and 42 meters wide, as well as threedecks high, is carrying the four dual-fuel engines by Caterpillar and hence theheart of AIDAnova.

AIDAnova is the first cruise shipin the world, which – starting in the fall of 2018 – will be able to operateboth in ports and at sea with the most environmentally friendly and lowest-emissionfossil fuel thanks to the operation of four dual-fuel engines. By using LNG,emissions of fine dust and sulfur oxides are almost completely prevented andemissions of nitrogen oxides and CO2 are permanently reduced.

The shipment of the firstAIDAnova module from Rostock to the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg isscheduled to take place from September 25–28, 2017, depending on the weatherconditions. It's time to set sail as planned next Monday, September 25, 2017, at10.00 am at the Neptun shipyard in Rostock with a course set for the KielFjord. In the early morning hours of September 26, 2017, around 7.00 am, thefloating part will begin the passage through the Kiel Canal from Kiel toBrunsbüttel. After a twelve-hour journey, the floating module will arrive inBrunsbüttel on September 26, 2017, at around 7 pm. From Borkum, it will carryon towards Emden with an expected arrival time of 9.00 am on September 27,2017. The last passage will take the part from Emden to Papenburg, where thefour dual-fuel engines will arrive around 7 pm on September 28, 2017.

With the construction of theengine room modules at the Neptun shipyard in Rostock and the investment inCaterpillar engines, AIDA Cruises not only strengthens regional cooperation butis also a key driver of the local economy. More than 500 shipyard workers and500 external employees from other service providers are currently employed atthe Neptun shipyard. In addition, there are 120 Caterpillar employees, who areassembling the engines.

Bookingsare now available

Starting in December 2018,AIDAnova will offer trips around the Canary Islands. Before the start of theCanary season, the new ship will make a stop in Hamburg. On December 2, 2018,the new ship will visit the Hanseatic City on the Elbe. From here, it will setoff towards Gran Canaria.

All AIDAnova cruises can bebooked at travel agencies, the AIDA Customer Center at +49 (0)381/202 707 07 orat www.aida.de. More information and impressions are available ataida.de/genaumeurlaub.

Rostock, September 21, 2017

AboutAIDA Cruises:

AIDA Cruises is one of thefastest growing and commercially most successful tourism businesses in Germany.The company employs about 9,000 people from 40 countries on shore and on boardAIDA ships. AIDA Cruises operates one of the world's most state-of-the-artfleets, currently comprising 12 cruise ships. Two new ships built at the Meyershipyard in Papenburg (Germany) will join the fleet by 2021. With its "GreenCruising" concept, AIDA Cruises will be the first cruise company in the worldthat can power its new generation of ships entirely with LNG (liquid naturalgas) from 2018. More information at www.aida.de.

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