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The Holland America Line cruise ship, on a 128-day world cruise to and from Fort Lauderdale, sailed into the Port of Fremantle in Perth on Saturday (March 21). The Amsterdam was considered by ...
MS Zaandam is a cruise ship owned and operated by Holland America Line, named for the city of Zaandam, Netherlands near Amsterdam. She was built by Fincantieri in Marghera , Italy and delivered in 2000.
SS Nieuw Amsterdam was a steam ocean liner that was launched in Ireland in 1905, completed in 1906 and scrapped in Japan in 1932. Holland America Line (Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij or NASM) owned and operated her throughout her career.
Her keel was laid by Fincantieri in early 1992. [6] Throughout 1992 and 1993, the ship was completed and underwent sea trials, and on 3 December 1993, Maasdam was christened by actress June Allyson at Port Everglades, Florida. Upon her maiden voyage into the Caribbean Sea, she became the fifth Holland America Line ship to bear the name Maasdam. [5]
A Holland America cruise ship was on its way back to port Saturday after it was rejected by Mexican health officials following positive Covid-19 tests on board.
On 19 February, the last 233 passengers of the Westerdam cruise were cleared to disembark after all tests to determine the infection of COVID-19 in the 781 passengers of Westerdam gave negative results; [18] the 747 crew members remain on board pending a final decision from the owner Holland America Line. [19]
By 1988, Stefan Batory was one of the only trans-Atlantic passenger liners sailing regularly-scheduled voyages between Europe and North America. The ship was used briefly for ocean cruises until 1990, when it was sold to the Swedish government, renamed as Stefan and used to house asylum seekers in Gothenburg from 1990 to 1992.
In January 1916 Holland America Line (NASM) bought her and renamed her Blommersdijk. In October 1916 a U-boat stopped her in the Atlantic, inspected her cargo, ordered her crew to abandon ship, and sank her. Germany admitted it had been wrong to sink the ship, and paid full compensation. This was the first of two NASM ships to be called ...