Blue-Dream-Melody

Blue Dream Cruises, the new owner of the former 'AIDAvita', is sending the 'Blue Dream Melody' through the Red Sea despite the current poor security situation. The cruise ship is currently being transferred to China without passengers in order to be converted there for the Chinese shipping company. Blue Dream Cruises has opted for a trip through the Red Sea en route to the Far East. In the night of Feb 12, 2024, the ship passed through the Suez Canal and is currently in the northern Red Sea. The destination as per AIS was given as “Chinese Ship&Crew” as an attempt to signal to possible attackers that the ship does not belong to the “Western world” and is therefore not an enemy of the Houthi rebels. Blue Dream Cruises seemed to consider the situation to be safe enough for passage. In the next few days, the Blue Dream Melody will sail through the area where ocean-going ships were recently attacked several times by the Houthi rebels. On Feb 21, the 'Blue Dream Melody' is scheduled to arrive at the port of Colombo, where the ship will make the next stop on the way to China. .

The former 'AIDAvita' which that left the German AIDA company a few months ago, will continue its career in China. The ship has remained tied up in the port of Tallinn since Nov 29, 2023, after finishing her career with AIDA, and since then there have been several rumors about her future. Eventually Blue Dream acquired it, and the ship has been renamed 'Blue Dream Melody' on Jan 17, 2024. It will start its voyage to China in the next few days where it will be refurbished for the new role.

The new founded Beta Marine, registered on the Marshall Islands, is the owner of the former 'Aidavita', which had been laid up in Tallinn recently. The ship has now been officially registered under the Liberian flag as 'Avitak'. A Turkish crewing agency was searching for personnel for the ship which has berths reserved in Piraeus in summer.