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AIDAbella accidents and incidents

AIDAbella cruise ship
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Former names
MS Seetours

Length (LOA)
251 m / 823 ft

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CruiseMapper's AIDAbella cruise ship accidents, incidents and law news reports relate to a 2500-passenger vessel owned by AIDA Cruises. Our AIDAbella accidents page contains reports made by using official data from renown online news media sources, US Coast Guard and Wikipedia.

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  • allision/collision - 2022 (with the dock in Hamburger Hafen)

20 March 2025Crew / Passenger Injuries and Overboards

On March 20, 2025, while the ship was docked at Port Cartagena (Colombia), an excursion boat carrying 38 passengers (36 German and 2 Austrian) capsized off the coast (near the Isla Baru).

According to local reports, the tour boat encountered adverse weather (strong winds and high waves) which led to its capsizing during the return trip back to Cartagena.

The Colombian Coast Guard coordinated the rescue operations. Medevacs were conducted as a precaution. No serious injuries or fatalities were reported.

The incident occurred during the 14-day "Karibik Mittelamerika Ab Dominikanische Republik Cruise" (itinerary March 8-22, roundtrip from La Romana, Dominicana) visiting Antigua (St Johns), St Kitts (Basseterre), St Maarten (Philipsburg), Tortola Island BVI (Road Town), Dominicana (Samana), Jamaica (Montego Bay), Costa Rica (Puerto Limon), Panama (Colon) and Colombia (Cartagena/Mar 20th, port stay 10-17 UTC).

08 December 2022Ship Collision / Allision

On December 8, 2022, while maneuvering for docking in Hamburger Hafen/Port Hamburg (Germany), the ship collided with Steinwerder Terminal's quay. The collision happened at ~8 am local time (~7 am UTC) and resulted in minor hull damage (at the stern/aft) above the waterline.

Reportedly, the cause was a technical defect.

No injuries or pollution were reported. AIDAbella was temporarily suspended by the city's water police, and the next voyage (43-day "Grose Winterpause Karibik 1" itinerary/Transatlantic crossing roundtrip from Hamburg to the Caribbean) was delayed by 2 days - it departed on Dec 10th instead of the scheduled Dec 8th departure.

The accident occurred at the end of the 26-day "Grose Winterpause Kanaren 1" voyage (itinerary Nov 12 - Dec 8, roundtrip from Hamburg) with call ports in the UK (Weymouth/Isle of Portland), Portugal (Leixoes/Oporto, Funchal Madeira), Spain's Canary Islands (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Santa Cruz de la Palma, San Sebastian de la Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Puerto del Rosario/Fuerteventura, Arrecife/Lanzarote), as well as Lisbon, La Coruna, Honfleur, and Rotterdam.

Note: Actually, this type of marine accident is called “allision” (striking a fixed object) as opposed to “collision” (striking another vessel).

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