Cruise news (Holland America-tagged)
- 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 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America partners with The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation
HAL-Holland America announced it will partner with The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit organization that is dedicated...
October 24, 2022 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America Line's newest ship MS Rotterdam recreates the company’s first voyage
On October 15, 1872, a group of sixty immigrants boarded a HAL-Holland America ship and set sail for NYC New York. This was HAL's very first voyage...
October 17, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Alaska's Huna Totem Corp. breaks ground on $80M cruise dock in Whittier AK
On Monday, October 10, Alaska Native village company Huna Totem Corp. broke ground on a new US$80 million infrastructure development project for a...
October 12, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Panama Canal marks the start of 2022-2023 cruise ship season
On October 4, the Panama Canal announced the transit of CCL-Carnival Cruise Line’s ship Carnival Spirit, thus marking the start of cruise...
October 7, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Damen Brest Shipyard (France) chosen to refurbish CFC Renaissance ship
CFC-Compagnie Francaise des Crocieres (new French cruise brand line) has chosen Damen Brest Shipyard to carry out the refurbishment/technical...
October 6, 2022 - Accidents
73-year-old woman medevaced from Holland America's ship ms Westerdam
A 73-year-old woman with symptoms of a mild cardiac infarction was medevaced from a HAL-Holland America cruise ship close to Port Angeles (Washington...
October 4, 2022 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America pleased with the lifting of Canadian COVID border restrictions
HAL-Holland America announced it was pleased with the announcement of the lifting of Canada's pandemic border restrictions. Canadian border...
October 2, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Holland America's ms Volendam returns to cruising after 6-month hotel ship charter for ~1500...
After two and a half years HAL-Holland America Line's ship ms Volendam returned to cruising on September 24 in Trieste/Venice (Italy). The vessel...
September 29, 2022 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America boasts positive results of industry's first long-term biofuel test on MS...
HAL-Holland America completed the industry's first multiweek test of biofuels onboard ms Volendam at Port Rotterdam (Netherlands). The 20-day test...
September 20, 2022 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America's ms Nieuw Amsterdam is the first cruise ship to dock in Anchorage (Alaska)
Anchorage Alaska residents welcomed the first cruise ship that docked at the Alaskan port for the first time in 2 years. On Thursday morning...
September 17, 2022