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AIDAprima – First containers on their way to Japan

The new cruise ship AIDAprima is currentlygetting the basic equipment for its operation. The first containers departedthe Hamburg port for Nagasaki on the freighter “Antwerpen Express” on June 3,2015. <?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"?>

The 31 containers are carrying equipment forthe hotel and technical areas. This includes thefirst kitchen utensils for the crew mess hall with pots, cups, glasses, cutleryand plates, for example. The beds, pillows, covers and towels for the crew areaare also being brought to Japan by sea for AIDA’s new addition to the fleet.

Maik Ebeling, AIDAprima’sprovisions manager, is in charge of the entire logistics of the ship equipment.“The containers will reach the port of Nagasaki at the end of July and then theAIDAprima crew will move them onto the cruise ship,” Ebeling said.

AIDAprima is startingits maiden voyage from Yokohama, Japan, on October 1, 2015. The cruise ship will complete seven-day routes from Dubaiand Abu Dhabi through the Orient in the following winter season. AIDAprima’sfirst seven-day journey from Hamburg to Western European cities will start onApril 30, 2016. In the future, this route will be on the cruise schedulethroughout the year.

You canfind additional information about AIDAprima at www.aida.de/aidaprima.

Rostock, June 3, 2015.

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