AIDAblu

AIDAblu is a "Sphinx"-class cruise ship, operated by the German cruise line, AIDA Cruises. "AIDAblu" is the seventh ship in the cruise line. The vessel was delivered by Meyer Werft on 4 February 2010. She is a sister ship to "AIDAdiva", "AIDAbella", "AIDAluna" with a half deck more, and is followed by similar "AIDAsol" and "AIDAmar". She has a passenger capacity of 2,050.
The name of "AIDAblu" was used for a former AIDA ship from 2004 to 2007.
Facilities.
"AIDAblu"has six restaurants, ten bars, of outer deck area and a theatrium.
It also has the first brewery installed on a cruise ship, where the beers served in the ship are brewed.
"AIDAblu" has 1096 cabins, 374 are on the inside and 722 on the outside.
The callsign is IBWX . IMO 9398888 . MMSI 247282500.
Incidents.
In 2010 Francesco Schettino, the captain of the ill-fated Costa Concordia before, was the captain of the Costa Atlantica, also a Carnival Corporation ship as it entered the port of Warnemünde, Germany, at too high a speed, allegedly causing damage to the "AIDAblu".
On 18 May 2020, whilst the ship was docked in Hamburg, a male Filipino crew member of "AIDAblu" who had worked in the galley department was found dead in his cabin. The crew member was not suspected to have died of COVID-19. 