''AIDAmar'' is a Sphinx-class

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, built at

Meyer Werft Meyer Werft is one of the major German shipyards, headquartered in Papenburg at the river Ems. Founded in 1795 and starting with small wooden vessels, today Meyer Werft is a builder of luxury passenger ships. 700 ships of different types have be ...

for

AIDA Cruises AIDA Cruises is a German cruise line founded in the early 1960s and organized as a wholly owned subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc since 2003. Based in Rostock, Germany, AIDA Cruises caters primarily to the German-speaking market; as seago ...

. She is the sixth Sphinx series ship, preceded by sisters ''

AIDAdiva ''AIDAdiva'' is a ''Sphinx'' class cruise ship operated by the German cruise line AIDA Cruises. The ship was built at Meyer Werft in Papenburg Papenburg (; East Frisian Low Saxon: ''Papenbörg'') is a city in the district of Emsland, Lower Sax ...

'', ''

AIDAbella ''AIDAbella'' is a cruise ship operated by AIDA Cruises. Built at Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous count ...

'', ''

AIDAluna ''AIDAluna'' is a Sphinx class cruise ship, owned by US based Carnival Corp and operated by AIDA Cruises. Built by Meyer Werft shipyards in Papenburg, Germany, she is the third ship of the class, preceded by ''AIDAdiva'' and ''AIDAbella'', and i ...

'', ''

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'', ...

'', ''

AIDAsol ''AIDAsol'' is a Sphinx class cruise ship, built at Meyer Werft for AIDA Cruises. She is the fifth Sphinx series ship, preceded by sisters ''AIDAdiva'', ''AIDAbella'', ''AIDAluna'', and ''AIDAblu'', and followed by ''AIDAmar''. ''AIDAsol'' was d ...

'' and followed by '' AIDAstella''. ''AIDAmar'' was delivered to the shipping company by Meyer Werft on 3 May 2012.M/S AIDAmar, Fakta om fartyg
''AIDAmar'' was christened in

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on 12 May 2012.

Concept and construction

2011-08-26 Papenburg Meyer-Werft Baudock 1 AIDAmar

''AIDAmar'' was ordered on 13 December 2007 from Meyer Werft by

Carnival Corporation & plc Carnival Corporation & plc is a British-American cruise operator with a combined fleet of over 100 vessels across 10 cruise line brands. A dual-listed company, Carnival is composed of two companies – Panama-incorporated, US-headquartered Carniv ...

, the parent company of AIDA. At Playa de Las Teresitas, Tenerife 2021 050

On 1 April 2012 ''AIDAmar'' was floated to Meyer Werft in Papenburg. ''AIDAmar'' is fifth in a series of six ships ordered by the German company AIDA Cruises, the ship measuring long and wide. Displaying a gauge 71,300 tons, it has 1,096 cabins. Facilities included are an additional deck, an onboard brewery and a

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facility. The ''AIDAmar'' is a sister ship of ''AIDAblu'' and ''AIDAsol'', delivered in 2010 and 2011 respectively. These ships are slightly larger than the first three series units, ''AIDAdiva'', ''AIDAbella'' and ''AIDAluna'' (68,500 tons, 1,025 cabins), completed in 2007, 2008 and 2009 by Meyer Werft. After leaving the hall building covered in Papenburg, ''AIDAmar'' went down the

Ems River The Ems (german: Ems; nl, Eems) is a river in northwestern Germany. It runs through the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony, and discharges into the Dollart Bay which is part of the Wadden Sea. Its total length is . The state b ...

in mid-April to reach the

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and to conduct its tests before its release in May of the same year. The last ship of the class, the ''AIDAstella'', was delivered by Meyer Werft in late 2013.

References

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