A SMILING ship greeted Greenock with a grin as she arrived at the ocean terminal this morning. 

AIDAbella arrived early this morning amid a 14 day round-trip of Great Britain and Ireland. 

She is capable of carrying 2,500 passengers and has a crew of 646.

The 14-deck vessel is scheduled to depart Greenock at 6:30pm this evening, bound for Edinburgh. 

She will then go on to Skagen, Denmark, before finishing her trip in Kiel, Germany.