AIDA CRUISES, AIDAdiva - AQUATERRAS APPLICATION
QUICK STATS
| Vessel Owner | AIDA Cruises / Carnival Maritime GmbH |
| Location | Marseille, France |
| Vessel Type and Tonnage of Vessel (DWT/GT) | Cruise Ship, 69,203 GT |
| Type of Application | Drydocking |
| Products | AQUATERRAS |
| Applied Vessel Area | Aquaterras Vertical Bottom (2022) Aquaterras Vertical & Flat Bottom (2025) |
| Date of Application | May 2022 / March 2025 |
HEAR FROM OUR CUSTOMERS
“We couldn’t be happier with the performance of AQUATERRAS. The results of this latest performance prove how important it is to select the best coating solution to fit the operational needs of your vessel.
At a time when the industry is working hard to reduce its impact on the environment, having a hull coating that promotes fuels savings, whilst also being biocide-free, is a fantastic asset that supports our ambition to ensure our operations have as little impact on the environment as possible.”
Carnival Maritime GmbH
PROJECT DETAILS
In May 2022, during a drydocking period in Bremerhaven, Germany, the bottom of AIDAdiva was coated in AQUATERRAS. At the time, this application to AIDAdiva represented the third vessel in the Carnival Group’s fleet to be fully coated with AQUATERRAS.
THE CHALLENGES
As a cruise vessel, the AIDAdiva is required to operate in challenging environmental conditions, including the Caribbean and Europe, which means the vessel faced an increased risk of fouling. As a result, Nippon Paint Marine’s technical team recommended AQUATERRAS as a high-performance SPC coating which also has the dual benefit of being the world’s first SPC biocide-free solution.
THE RESULTS
The vessel entered drydock in Marseille in 2025, and was in exceptional condition, with the entire underwater area free of any fouling, despite the fact that the vessel hadn’t received any underwater cleaning or grooming during its three-year service period. The arrival photos were taken before HP washing was done. AQUATERRAS’s leading protection from biofouling reduced the vessel’s environmental impact by both lowering emissions and reducing propulsive power demands, and its biocide-free composition also helped to lower the ship’s impact on the marine environment.
The ship was fully re-applied with AQUATERRAS in 2025 and is next planned to dry-dock in 2030.
