MS Zaandam
Zaandam in Glacier Bay, Alaska | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Zaandam |
| Owner | Carnival Corporation & plc |
| Operator | Holland America Line |
| Port of registry | Rotterdam |
| Builder | Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiana SpA, Marghera, Italy |
| Yard number | 6036 |
| Laid down | 26 June 1998 |
| Launched | 29 April 1999 |
| Christened | May 2000 |
| Completed | 6 April 2000 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Operating |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Rotterdam-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 237 m (777 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 32.28 m (105 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 8.1 m (26 ft 7 in) |
| Decks | 10 decks |
| Installed power | 42,000 kW (56,000 hp) |
| 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, the former Rotterdam, and former 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.