 Zaandam in Glacier Bay, Alaska
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Zaandam |
| Owner | Carnival Corporation & plc |
| Operator | Holland America Line |
| Port of registry |  Rotterdam[1] |
| Builder | Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiana SpA, Marghera, Italy |
| Yard number | 6036 |
| Laid down | 26 June 1998[1] |
| Launched | 29 April 1999 |
| Christened | May 2000 |
| Completed | 6 April 2000[1] |
| Identification |
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| Status | Operating |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Rotterdam-class (R-class) cruise ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 237 m (778 ft)[1] |
| Beam | 32.28 m (105.9 ft)[1] |
| Draught | 8.1 m (27 ft)[1] |
| Decks | 10 decks |
| Installed power | 42,000 kW[1] |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Capacity | 1,432 passengers |
| Crew | 615 |
MS Zaandam is a cruise ship owned and operated by Holland America Line, named for the city of Zaandam, Netherlands near Amsterdam. She was built by Fincantieri in Marghera, Italy and delivered in 2000. Zaandam is part of the ''Rotterdam'' class and a sister ship to Volendam, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam.
The ship was denied access to the Panama Canal and then to Fort Lauderdale after an outbreak of COVID-19 early in the 2020 pandemic. Four passengers and crew died of COVID-19 during or after that voyage.[3]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Zaandam (9156527)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Zaandam (9156527)". LeonardoInfo. Registro Italiano Navale. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ Sullivan, Helen (10 April 2020). "Coronavirus live news: global deaths pass 95,000 as 1 in 10 Americans lose their jobs". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2020.