Carnival Corp. Receives Its Latest LNG-Powered Cruise Ship From Meyer Werft

Carnival Corp. brings within the eighth LNG-powered cruise ship to its fleet. The ship, “Arvia”, constructed by the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany has been handed over to P&O Cruises underneath Carnival.

The ship is 344.5m lengthy, 42m vast, and measures over 185,000 gross tons. It encompasses a vary of conventional facilities similar to intensive sports activities, leisure areas, and about 30 eating areas for passengers on board. The ship additionally has brand-new options similar to an escape room, a rum distillery, and a top-deck ropes course. It has 2,659 cabins which might accommodate 5,200 passengers.

The ship is of the Excel Class and has been described as future-proof, as it will likely be in a position to run on carbon-neutral e-LNG as soon as the mentioned gas is extra extensively accessible.

The Arvia is to sail on its maiden voyage for P&O on December twenty third from England to the Canary Islands. Following this, it’s going to head over to the Caribbean after which to its homeport in Barbados for the approaching winter season. The ship might be formally named on March sixteenth, 2023 in a first-of-its-kind beachside ceremony in Barbados.