Rotterdam ribbon ceremony

Rotterdam casts off on maiden voyage to Florida to prepare for inaugural Caribbean season

Holland America Line’s new flag ship, Rotterdam, set sail yesterday (20 October) on its highly anticipated 14-day maiden voyage from Amsterdam to Florida and her inaugural season in the Caribbean. Her departure was celebrated with fanfare, cheering crew and a ribbon cutting, top of page,  to welcome guests on board the transatlantic cruise. The 2,668-guest

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Rotterdam takes over as flagship of Holland America fleet and prepares for debut in the Caribbean

Rotterdam has become Holland America Line’s new flagship, officially making it the 11th ship in the fleet. The handover ceremony took place at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard in Italy last week (29 July), attended by the ship’s master, Captain Werner Timmers, and Holland America and Fincantieri representatives. “Rotterdam looks stunning and will certainly live up to

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New ship Rotterdam spearheads Holland America’s wide-ranging 2021-2022 Caribbean season

Holland America Line’s 2021-2022 season, scheduled to kick off in October pandemic permitting, offers a range of seven to 21-day cruises featuring six premium, mid-sized ships including, for the first time, Rotterdam, pictured left, in her debut season in the Caribbean. Between October 2021 and April 2022, cruises ranging from three to 14 days itineraries

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Lucky Seven as Holland America Line switches name of its newbuild to Rotterdam

Holland America Line is changing the name of its newbuild from Ryndam to Rotterdam and designating it the new flagship of the fleet when she arrives in July 2021. The seventh ship to bear this historic name, Rotterdam, pictured, will be delivered on 30 July, 2021, pushed back slightly from its original delivery of May

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