Blue Dream Melody
ClassCruise Ship | Flag stateLiberia |
Maiden Voyage Date2002 | Cruise Age23 |
Cruise LineBlue Dream Cruises China | Category- |
Ship statistics
Gross Tonnage42,289t | Deck Levels12 | Crew-to-Passenger Ratio33 |
Length203m/666ft | Decks with cabins5 | Passengers-to-space ratio- |
Width28m/92ft | Cabins633 | Ice Class- |
Passengers1,582 | Displacement- | Inflatable boat- |
Current position
Call sign5LKV2 | Draught of a vessel6.3 | Bow heading114 |
IMO9221554 | Lat31°24'59.9"N | Lon121°30'49.5"E |
MMSI636022869 | Nav statusUnderway (Engine Driven) | |
Deck plans
There are 10 floors
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Introduction to the cruise
History
Owner
2002–2022: Costa Crociere
2023–2024: Beta Marine Ltd.
2024: Blue Dream Cruises
Operator
2002–2022: AIDA Cruises
2024: Blue Dream Cruises
Port of registry
2002–2004: London, United Kingdom
2004–2023: Genoa, Italy
2023: Madeira, Portugal
2023–present: Monrovia, Liberia
Builder: Aker MTW, Wismar, Germany
Cost: $350 million
Yard number: 3
Laid down: 21 November 2000
Launched: 15 November 2001
Completed: 30 April 2002
In service: 2002–present
Out of service: 2020
Identification
Call sign: 5LKV2
IMO number: 9221554
MMSI number: 636022869
DNV ID: G94690
Status: Laid up
General characteristics
Type: Cruise ship
Tonnage
42,289 GT
20,877 NT
4,232 DWT
Length: 202.85 m (665 ft 6 in)
Beam: 35.5 m (116 ft 6 in)
Draught: 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
Decks: 10
Installed power: 18,800 kW (25,200 hp)
Propulsion: 2 × diesel-electric motors
Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity: 1,266 passengers
Crew: 426
AIDAvita is a cruise ship, built by Aker MTW at Wismar, Germany in 2002 and was operated by AIDA Cruises until the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022 she was sold to Turkish buyers and renamed Avitak, remaining laid up, and resold in 2024 for operation by Chinese line, Blue Dream International Cruise.
History
AIDAvita was the second ship in AIDA Cruises' fleet, and identical to AIDAaura. She was built in 2002 by the German shipyard Aker MTW in Wismar.
Out of service during the COVID-19 pandemic, she was laid up at Tallinn, Estonia in November 2021. In June 2022, AIDA Cruises announced that the ship would not return to service for AIDA Cruises and had been sold to an undisclosed buyer. Later, she was renamed Avitak but remained laid up in Tallinn, Estonia. and listed as owned by Beta Marine Ltd. of Majuro, Marshall Islands, and managed by Istanbul-based Sealife Denizcilik Ltd. Sti.
In January 2024, the ship was sold to China Development Bank, Hong Kong for lease to Chinese operator Blue Dream International Cruise of Shanghai. The ship is to be renamed Blue Dream Melody and is expected to enter service after refurbishment in China. The ship arrived in March 2024 in China.
Owner
2002–2022: Costa Crociere
2023–2024: Beta Marine Ltd.
2024: Blue Dream Cruises
Operator
2002–2022: AIDA Cruises
2024: Blue Dream Cruises
Port of registry
2002–2004: London, United Kingdom
2004–2023: Genoa, Italy
2023: Madeira, Portugal
2023–present: Monrovia, Liberia
Builder: Aker MTW, Wismar, Germany
Cost: $350 million
Yard number: 3
Laid down: 21 November 2000
Launched: 15 November 2001
Completed: 30 April 2002
In service: 2002–present
Out of service: 2020
Identification
Call sign: 5LKV2
IMO number: 9221554
MMSI number: 636022869
DNV ID: G94690
Status: Laid up
General characteristics
Type: Cruise ship
Tonnage
42,289 GT
20,877 NT
4,232 DWT
Length: 202.85 m (665 ft 6 in)
Beam: 35.5 m (116 ft 6 in)
Draught: 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
Decks: 10
Installed power: 18,800 kW (25,200 hp)
Propulsion: 2 × diesel-electric motors
Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity: 1,266 passengers
Crew: 426
AIDAvita is a cruise ship, built by Aker MTW at Wismar, Germany in 2002 and was operated by AIDA Cruises until the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022 she was sold to Turkish buyers and renamed Avitak, remaining laid up, and resold in 2024 for operation by Chinese line, Blue Dream International Cruise.
History
AIDAvita was the second ship in AIDA Cruises' fleet, and identical to AIDAaura. She was built in 2002 by the German shipyard Aker MTW in Wismar.
Out of service during the COVID-19 pandemic, she was laid up at Tallinn, Estonia in November 2021. In June 2022, AIDA Cruises announced that the ship would not return to service for AIDA Cruises and had been sold to an undisclosed buyer. Later, she was renamed Avitak but remained laid up in Tallinn, Estonia. and listed as owned by Beta Marine Ltd. of Majuro, Marshall Islands, and managed by Istanbul-based Sealife Denizcilik Ltd. Sti.
In January 2024, the ship was sold to China Development Bank, Hong Kong for lease to Chinese operator Blue Dream International Cruise of Shanghai. The ship is to be renamed Blue Dream Melody and is expected to enter service after refurbishment in China. The ship arrived in March 2024 in China.
