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LNG Hybrid Barge “Hummel” recognized with GreenTec Award of the DRV

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For the LNG Hybrid Barge project developed together withAIDA Cruises, Becker Marine Systems was honored on May 21, 2015, with theGreenTec Award 2015 of the DRV (German Travel Association) in the category“Travel.”

AIDAsol is the world’s first cruise ship powered during thetime spent in port with environmentally friendly and low-emission electricityfrom liquefied natural gas, which is produced on the LNG Hybrid Barge.Currently the final tests are being conducted in the port of Hamburg.

“Together with our partners Becker Marine Systems, we arepleased about the award. With this unique pilot project, which is thus farunique worldwide, we are opening a new chapter for environmental protection inthe port of Hamburg,” said AIDA President Michael Ungerer.

The 76.7 m long and 11.4 m wide LNG Hybrid Barge functionsas a floating power plant. In the gas processing plant, the liquid natural gasis heated and then passed on to the generators, which generate the electricitythat is fed into the ship while it is docked. The power that can be provided bya total of five natural gas motors on the LNG Hybrid Barge is 7.5 megawatts.

Thanks to the use of liquefied natural gas in the energysupply of ships, emissions and particle discharge will be significantlyreduced. Compared to the use of conventional marine diesel with 0.1 percentsulfur content, no sulfur oxides and no soot particles are emitted. Nitrogenoxide emissions will be reduced by up to 80% and carbon dioxide emissions by30%.

In the spring of 2016, the first ship of the new AIDAgeneration, AIDAprima, will be moored for the first time in its future homeport of Hamburg.

AIDAprima is the first cruise ship with a shore powerconnection, a comprehensive system for exhaust gas aftertreatment, and a dualfuel engine. It can be operated with conventional fuel or directly with LNG,depending on availability.

Detailed information on the environmental commitment of AIDACruises can be found at www.aida.de/aidacares.

Rostock, May 22, 2015

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