Engineering:Blue Dream Melody
 AIDAvita leaving Argostoli, Kefalonia on April 20th 2019
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| History | |
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| Name: |
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| Owner: | 2002–2022: Costa Crociere |
| Operator: | 2002–2022: AIDA Cruises |
| Port of registry: | |
| Builder: |
Aker MTW, Wismar,  Germany[2] |
| Cost: | $350 million[2] |
| Yard number: | 3[1] |
| Laid down: | 21 November 2000[1] |
| Launched: | 15 November 2001[1] |
| Completed: | 30 April 2002[1] |
| In service: | 2002–2020[2] |
| Out of service: | 2020 |
| Identification: |
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| Status: | Laid up |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | |
| Length: | 202.85 m (665 ft 6 in)[1] |
| Beam: | 35.5 m (116 ft 6 in)[1] |
| Draught: | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)[1] |
| Decks: | 10[2] |
| Installed power: | 18,800 kW (25,200 hp)[1] |
| Propulsion: | 2 × diesel-electric motors[2] |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)[1] |
| Capacity: | 1,266 passengers |
| Crew: | 426 |
AIDAvita is a cruise ship, built by Aker MTS at Wismar, Germany in 2002 and operated by AIDA Cruises until the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022 she was sold to Turkish buyers and renamed Avitak, remainiing laid up, and resold in 2024 for operation by Chinese line, Blue Dream International Cruise as Blue Dream Melody.
History
AIDAvita was the second ship in AIDA Cruises' fleet, and identical to AIDAaura. She was built in 2002 by the Germany shipyard Aker MTW in Wismar.[1]
Out of service during the COVID-19 pandemic, she was laid up at Tallinn, Estonia in November 2021.[3] In June 2022, AIDA Cruises announced that the ship would not return to service for AIDA Cruises and had been sold to an undisclosed buyer.[4] Later, she was renamed Avitak but remained laid up in Tallinn, Estonia.[3] and listed as owned by Beta Marine Ltd. of Majuro, Marshall Islands, and managed by Istanbul-based Sealife Denizcilik Ltd. Sti.[5]
In January 2024, the ship was sold to China Development Bank, Hong Kong for lease to Chinese operator Blue Dream International Cruise of Shanghai. Reported renamed Blue Dream Melody while still at Tallinn, is expected to enter service after refurbishment in China.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 "AIDAvita (G94690)". Germanischer Lloyd. http://vesselregister.dnvgl.com/VesselRegister/vesseldetails.html?vesselid=G94690.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Ward, Douglas (2005). Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships. Singapore: Berlitz. ISBN 978-9812467393. https://archive.org/details/berlitz2006compl00doug.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "One Year Later, Former AIDAvita Remains Docked in Estonia". Cruise Industry News (New York). 15 June 2023. https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2023/06/one-year-after-later-former-aidavita-remains-docked-in-estonia/.
- ↑ "Another Carnival Corp. Ship Sold; AIDAvita to Leave Fleet". Cruise Industry News (New York). 14 June 2022. https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/27678-another-carnival-corp-ship-sold-aidavita-to-leave-fleet.html.
- ↑ "Avitak". Det Norske Veritas. https://vesselregister.dnv.com/vesselregister/details/G94690.
- ↑ Boonzaler, Jonathan (16 January 2024). "CDB Financial Leasing buys former Carnival Corp ship on behalf of Chinese cruise operator". Tradewinds (London). https://www.tradewindsnews.com/cruise-and-ferry/cdb-financial-leasing-buys-former-carnival-corp-ship-on-behalf-of-chinese-cruise-operator/2-1-1583664.
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