Colourful Cruiseship Calls to Dublin & Liverpool

17th August 2013

#AIDAcruises - AIDAcara (1996/38,000grt) with her bold livery of colourful facial features splashed over the hull, is more easily recognisable to cruise-goers and enthusiasts alike as a fleet member of AIDA Cruises, writes Jehan Ashmore.

The Rostock based operator's 196m long vessel departed Dublin Port last night and is currently spending a port of call in Liverpool today.

Finnish-built AIDAcara is one of 9 ships of Aida Cruises fleet which began operations in 1994. The company employ almost 7,000 staff from 25 nations and where 6,000 work onboard and 900 are shored-based personnel.

In 2012, the company's ships in total carried more than 632,000 passengers.

The majority of the fleet (see the list) are of the 'Diva' class series which number seven vessels. Newbuilds have been ordered and by 2016 the fleet is to increase to 12 vessels.

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Jehan Ashmore

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Jehan Ashmore is a marine correspondent, researcher and photographer, specialising in Irish ports, shipping and the ferry sector serving the UK and directly to mainland Europe. Jehan also occasionally writes a column, 'Maritime' Dalkey for the (Dalkey Community Council Newsletter) in addition to contributing to UK marine periodicals.

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