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Per an article in The Points Guy, "one of the world’s most storied cruise lines is significantly shrinking in size as it manages the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic." Holland America announced that 4 of its 14 ships in its fleet will be sold in the coming months. The Holland...
The online newspaper, IrishCentral.com, reports that the owner of an Irish travel agency died from Coronavirus. The article, Limerick man dies after coronavirus strikes cruise ship in Florida, reported that "Peter Dolan, a businessman from Co Limerick, has died in Florida from COVID-19 after contracting it on the Zaandam cruise...
Various new outlets report that a woman has gone missing from the MS Amsterdam cruise ship as it was heading from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. According to CruiseHive.com, it is believed the woman – a 69 year old U.S. citizen – went overboard after she was noticed to...
Lila "Lisette" Kohn Gale, a 65 year old Highland Park, Illinois resident has filed a federal lawsuit against Holland America Cruise Line, claiming negligence and incompetence on the part of the cruise line. Gales was traveling from Fort Lauderdale to the Panama Canal in March of 2018 when she lost...
A news release from the U.S. Coast Guard stated a woman was medevaced from a Holland America cruise ship near Ketchikan, Alaska on Thursday (Sept. 13th). According to the statement, A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Ketchikan medevaced the 71-year-old passenger displaying stroke symptoms and brought her...
The National Parks Traveler reports that "A 69-year-old passenger of a Holland America cruise ship has been lost overboard at Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska." At this point, there has been no further information on why or how the passenger went overboard (if that is the case)....
A jury in a U.S. District Court in Seattle recently awarded an Illinois man $21 million in damages resulting from an injury to his head after being struck by an automatic sliding door on the Holland America ship. James Hausman was injured when the sliding doors on the M/S Amerstadam...
Holland America Cruise Line ended up on the wrong end of another lawsuit recently, this time to the tune of a $21 million verdict. An Illinois man was awarded $21 million in damages resulting from an injury to his head after being struck by an automatic sliding door on the...
9 passengers from the Holland America Line cruise ship Westerdam were killed on Thursday, June 25 as the sightseeing plane they were traveling on crashed into an Alaska mountainside. View the video coverage from in Seattle. Read the full report here as well. Nine people were killed when a sightseeing...
Reports from various media sources, including WSVN in Miami, indicate that three passengers were removed from the Holland America cruise ship Ryndam on Monday night, April 20. Officials described the injuries as 'medical emergencies' requiring the passengers be transported from the cruise ship, by Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue to Miami...
