Cruise news (Holland America-tagged)
- Accidents
Auckland NZ ferry services disrupted due to mooring line failure on HAL's ship ms Noordam
Auckland ferry services were disrupted for an hour on Friday, January 27th, after a mooring line problem on the HAL-Holland America's cruise ship ms...
January 28, 2023 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America's 2024 Canada & New England season offers 29 sailings
HAL-Holland America's 2024 Canada & New England season offers 29 sailings that range from week-long getaways to longer journeys. The close-to...
January 26, 2023 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America introduces 2023-2024 West Coast USA cruises
San Diego (California USA) has been a West Coast homeport for HAL-Holland America since the 1990s. Season 2023-2024 is highlighted by two solar...
January 20, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Carnival Corporation expanding next-generation Wi-Fi connectivity with SpaceX's Starlink
Carnival Corporation (the world's largest cruise shipowner) signed a deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corporation) to...
January 19, 2023 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America returns to Asia with MS Westerdam ship
HAL-Holland America is back with sailings in Asia with its ms Westerdam ship. In her first Asian visit since the 2020 shutdown, ms Westerdam was...
January 18, 2023 - Cruise Industry
HAL's ships MS Zuiderdam and MS Volendam leave Port Everglades (Florida USA) on roundtrip World...
81000+ bottles of wine will be poured onboard two of HAL-Holland America Line's ships, in celebration of what could possibly be the second-longest...
January 6, 2023 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America debuting a new 28-day Arctic Circle itinerary
A new 28-day Arctic Circle itinerary leads the 2024 Alaska season sailings of HAL-Holland America Line. The voyage (on ms Westerdam out of Seattle...
January 4, 2023 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America sailing special transatlantic cruises for its 150th anniversary
HAL-Holland America is celebrating the end of 2022 with a sale offering savings on fares, free stateroom upgrades, and other perks. The sale, which...
December 27, 2022 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America's 2024 Europe season to feature new itineraries & homeports
For HAL-Holland America's 2024 Europe season, the line is adding a number of new itineraries that combine regions, increasing the number of sailings...
December 26, 2022 - Accidents
World's largest cruise shipowner Carnival Corporation dialing back new vessel orders
The world's largest cruise shipowner Carnival Corporation - is also the debt-laden parent company of major cruise company brands like CCL...
December 25, 2022 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America is the latest cruise line to increase daily gratuities
HAL-Holland America Line is the latest cruise line to announce that it will soon be increasing daily gratuities/“crew appreciation&rdquo...
December 15, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Holland America’s ship ms Westerdam restarts cruising in Japan
For the first time in 2 and a half years, cruising is resuming in Japan after on November 15th, the government announced that it had again opened up...
December 1, 2022 - Accidents
HAL's cruise ship MS Rotterdam rescues styrofoam raft with 14 Cuban migrants in the Caribbean
A cruise ship rescued a styrofoam raft that had 14 people on it in the dead of night in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. 13 men and 1 woman were...
November 11, 2022 - Cruise Industry
MS Westerdam ship arrives in Sydney (Australia) on first cruise call for HAL-Holland America
HAL-Holland America’s ship ms Westerdam arrived in Sydney (NSW Australia) on November 7 and became HAL's first vessel to visit Sydney Harbour...
November 9, 2022 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America eliminates COVID testing requirement for unvaccinated passengers
Cruise companies continue to eliminate COVID health protocols and HAL-Holland America is the latest to eliminate their COVID testing requirement for...
October 29, 2022