Last week, Holland America Line took delivery of its newest ship, the 86,273 GT, 2,104-berth Eurodam. Beginning today (27 June) the ship is in Southampton for a series of introductory events. On Sunday, 29 June she’ll sail to her home port of Rotterdam where there will be more festivities, culminating on her naming by HM [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Holland America Line’
Monday, 10 September 2007
Veendam: A Modern Classic
Yesterday I enjoyed a lovely visit and luncheon aboard Holland America Line’s Veendam. The 55,758 gross ton, 1,266-passenger Veendam was built in 1996 as the last of the four Statendam-class ships, following sisters Statendam (1993), Maasdam (1993) and Ryndam (1994). The first ships built for HAL after the company was acquired by Carnival Corporation and [...]
Tuesday, 14 August 2007
John Heald Interviews Stein Kruse
Concluding today’s trio of HAL stories, John Heald continues his series of interviews with senior Carnival Corporation & plc executives with an interview with Holland America Line President & CEO Stein Kruse.
Mr. Kruse offers an interesting summary of his career with Norwegian America Cruises, Sea Goddess Cruises, Cunard, Seven Seas Cruise Line, Radisson Seven Seas [...]
