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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has delivered the new AIDA Cruises AIDAprima cruise ship
It is completed with a year of delay regarding the date of completion originally previewed
March 14, 2016
Today, with a year of delay regarding the date of completion originally previewed, the navalmeccanico group Japanese Mistubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHOS) has delivered to the AIDAprima cruise ship to the crocieristica company German AIDA Cruises who, through Costa Crociere, is under responsibility of the group American Carnival Corporation. The construction of AIDAprima, before two ships of 125.000 ordered tons of tonnage to the Japanese yard, is begun in June 2013 and the ship would have had to be completed from the ship yard of Nakasaki in March 2015 (second in March 2016); however the date of completion of the unit initially was postponed to the next september, therefore newly it was sli to December 2015 in order then to arrive today.
"Given the nature of vanguard of the ship - the president has explained and managing director of MHOS, Shunichi Miyanaga - the construction has been challenging, but - it has emphasized - at the end we have realized a cruise ship, that it offers characteristics of comfort and entertainment of excellence for the passengers". Miyanaga however has admitted the inexperience of own group in the construction of ships of this type: the construction of the AIDAprima - it has confirmed - "has supplied us many important instructions useful to the improvement of the procedures of construction of the ships that will follow, to begin from the twin ship of AIDAprima".
To the delivery ceremony they have participated the managing director of the Costa Crociere group, Michael Thamm, and the president of AIDA Cruises, Felix Eichhorn.
AIDAprima, that it fly Italian flag, is long 300 meters, wide 37,6 meters, has 18 bridges and 1,643 cabins in a position to receiving 3,286 passengers.
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Today, with a year of delay regarding the date of completion originally previewed, the navalmeccanico group Japanese Mistubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHOS) has delivered to the AIDAprima cruise ship to the crocieristica company German AIDA Cruises who, through Costa Crociere, is under responsibility of the group American Carnival Corporation. The construction of AIDAprima, before two ships of 125.000 ordered tons of tonnage to the Japanese yard, is begun in June 2013 and the ship would have had to be completed from the ship yard of Nakasaki in March 2015 (second in March 2016); however the date of completion of the unit initially was postponed to the next september, therefore newly it was sli to December 2015 in order then to arrive today.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
