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AIDA Partners With Fraunhofer to Assess Carpet Recycling Impact
Fraunhofer UMSICHT will begin with AIDA’s existing carpet-recycling methods, using life-cycle assessments and material-flow analyses before studying other materials.
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Viking Libra Opens Scotland’s 2027 Cruise Season in January
Scotland's next cruise season begins ahead of the customary spring opening, when Viking Libra calls at Rosyth in January 2027 after embarking guests at Greenwich.
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AIDAnova Rescues Four Fishermen After Skagerrak Boat Fire
The fishermen entered a liferaft before AIDAnova launched a rescue boat; a Norwegian helicopter turned back after all four survivors were accounted for.
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AIDAnova Rescues Four From Burning Fishing Vessel in Skagerrak
The fishermen had abandoned the vessel for a liferaft before AIDAnova’s boat arrived, while Norwegian and Danish helicopters and SuperSpeed 1 also responded.
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L’Austral Makes First Call at Port of Baltimore
Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King joined an earlier leg of L’Austral’s anniversary sailing for discussions on civil rights and the King family’s legacy.
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Stornoway Port Records 70,000 Cruise Passengers in 2026
In its third full season, Stornoway's £50 million Deep Water Terminal can accommodate vessels up to 360 metres long; only four calls were cancelled in poor weather.
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AIDA Adds Cabins to AIDAperla and AIDAprima in 2027-28 Refits
AIDAperla will return May 2, 2027, on a 10-day Mediterranean Highlights roundtrip from Mallorca, while AIDAprima resumes service May 21, 2028.
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AIDA Cruises Opens Winter 2028-29 Bookings With Santo Domingo Departures
AIDAstella will depart Singapore on December 21, 2028, for a 14-day Thailand and Malaysia sailing, spending New Year's Eve off Phuket before returning to Singapore.
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Brønnøysund Adds Hands-On Cruise Excursions for 2027
The port plans a mooring dolphin north of Gårdsøya so ships up to three hundred meters can berth, while a Trollfjell visitor center is slated to open.
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AIDA Names 2026 Innovation Hub Winners From 150 Proposals
Nine finalists presented to a five-member jury in Rostock on September 16, before AIDA said winners could move to feasibility studies or shipboard pilots.
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AIDAperla Stays in Le Havre After Winds Snap Moorings
About five hundred passengers returning from shore excursions waited aboard buses after gangways fell into the harbor and tugs worked to secure the vessel.
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AIDA Rebrands 2026-27 Repositioning Cruises as Time-Out Voyages
AIDAbella is scheduled to leave Kiel for Barbados on October 25, 2026, with its return Atlantic crossing beginning March 27, 2027.