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ms Nieuw Statendam accidents and incidents

ms Nieuw Statendam cruise ship
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Length (LOA)
297 m / 974 ft

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CruiseMapper's ms Nieuw Statendam cruise ship accidents, incidents and law news reports relate to a 3214-passenger vessel owned by Holland America. Our ms Nieuw Statendam accidents page contains reports made by using official data from renown online news media sources, US Coast Guard and Wikipedia.

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  • deaths - 2019 (passenger drowned at Half Moon Cay Bahamas)
  • medevacs - 2025

17 March 2025Coast Guard Medevacs

(CruiseMapper-emailed report from Mateo Arenas/received March 22, 2025)

A medevac occurred on March 17th, 2025, onboard Nieuw Statendam. I have videos, but no information regarding why the passenger was medevaced. The Captain made an announcement stating "A passenger became ill early this morning".

The incident occurred during the 7-day "Western CaribbeanCruise" (itinerary March 15-22, roundtrip from Port Everglades/Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA) visiting The Bahamas (Half Moon Cay/Mar 16), Jamaica (Ocho Rios/Mar 18), Grand Cayman Island (George Town Harbour/Mar 19) and Mexico (Cozumel/Mar 20).

15 February 2019Crew / Passenger Deaths

On February 11, 2019, a male passenger drowned ashore while the liner was berthed at Half Moon Cay (Holland America Line's private island in the Bahamas). The police reported that the incident occurred ~3 pm. The man (Canadian) was found floating and unresponsive. CPR was rendered but he didn't regain consciousness. He was transported to a clinic on Eleuthera Island, where was pronounced dead.

The ship was on 7-day Western Caribbean cruise (itinerary Feb 10-17) roundtrip from homeport Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades) to Bahamas (Half Moon Cay), Jamaica (Ocho Rios), Grand Cayman Island and Mexico (Cozumel).

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