Holland America Line Vessel To Become Temporary Home For Ukrainian Refugees
A Rotterdam-class cruise ship dubbed Volendam belonging to Holland America Line is ready to provide shelter for Ukrainian refugees in the Netherlands.
A Rotterdam-class cruise ship dubbed Volendam belonging to Holland America Line is ready to provide shelter for Ukrainian refugees in the Netherlands.
The Panama Canal has been called one of humankind’s greatest engineering achievements, and for the 2022-23 cruise season four Holland America Line ships will feature itineraries that include a full transit between Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Holland America Line took delivery of Rotterdam today, July 30, 2021, officially making it the 11th ship in the fleet. A handover ceremony took place at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard in Italy the evening of July 29.
The Panama Canal facilitated this Sunday the transit of Holland America’s MS Zaandam and MS Rotterdam cruise ships, under extraordinary conditions and for humanitarian reasons.
Out of an abundance of caution, we have now asked all guests to remain in their staterooms until we have more information. There are 1,243 guests and 586 crew on board.
The steel cutting ceremony of the third ship which Fincantieri is building for Holland America Line, a brand under Carnival Corporation & plc, the world’s largest cruise operator, took place at the shipyard in Marghera (Venice).
Emergency crews recovered on Friday the bodies of nine people from the wreckage of a sightseeing plane that remains teetering on a steep rock face after crashing in Alaska, a rescue official said.