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Another cruise ship has made its maiden call to Qatar – Germany's AIDAcosma, following Italy's Costa Toscana on Sunday. It docked yesterday at the Doha port where it stayed for a day.
The Qatar ports Management Company or Mwani Qatar made this announcement on its social media account. It explained that there are 3,624 visitors and 1,385 crew members on board, on debut to Qatar.
“This is the ship's first trip among the 13 scheduled trips during the 2022/23 cruise season, which lasts until next April.”
AIDAcosma is under the fleet of AIDA Cruises. It belongs to the latest ship class and is the sister ship of AIDAnova. It was built by the well-known Meyer Werft from Papenburg in Germany. Some parts of the ship were built in the Neptun Werft in Rostock, also in Germany.
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It is 345 metres long and 54 metres wide and built in 2021 and launched in early 2022. It is one of the new class of ships that is dual fuelled by liquefied natural gas and traditional fuel oil, which is intended to make them more environmentally friendly. AIDAcosma current cruise is 14 days which started on January 7 and will end on January 21. It departed from Dubai Port Rashid-Dubai Harbour, UAE last week and has docked at Abu Dhabi, UAE; Mina Salman-Manama, Bahrain Khalifa Bin Salman Port; Sir Bani Yas Island, UAE private island; Dubai, Port Rashid-Dubai Harbour, UAE; Abu Dhabi, UAE from January 7 to 14, until it docked in Doha Qatar on January 16.
Its next call is in Muscat, Oman on January 18, followed by Dubai Port Rashid-Dubai Harbour, UAE on January 19, and will finish its trip at Dubai, Port Rashid-Dubai Harbour, UAE on January 21.
The two-year old AIDAcosma can accommodate up to 6,600 passengers. Overall, it has 2,600 cabins, and 11 decks with cabins.
Mwani Qatar and Qatar Tourism earlier revealed that they are expecting 200,000 passengers this 2022/2023 cruise season which started December last year and will continue until the end of April. Approximately, there will be 58 cruise liners which will dock at the Doha Port.
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Among the cruise liners who made call to Doha Port are Le Bougainvillea, MSC World Europa, Artania, Costa Toscana, and the latest is AIDAcosma.
Today, Emerald Azzura is expected to make call. February last year, Qatar Tourism has signed a partnership with the Swiss-based superyacht luxury cruises.
Emerald Azzurra offers seven-night and eight-day itineraries from Doha, with stops at Sir Bani Yas Island, Abu Dhabi; Khasab, Oman; Fujairah, UAE; Zighy Bay, Oman and Dubai and vice versa.
Meanwhile, tomorrow, January 18, Le Bougainville will be back anew, followed by MSC World Europa on January 19, Mein Schiff 6 on January 20, Costa Toscana on January 22. AIDAcosma will be back anew on January 23.