Dozens of Cruise Ship Passengers Injured in Sliding Door Accidents

This was not an isolated incident Apparently, the sliding doors that injured James Hausman -- a cruise ship passenger on Holland America's M/S Amsterdam -- had a record of hitting and injuring other passengers. According to evidence presented to a jury in the U.S. District Court in Seattle, dozens of other...

Holland America Cruise Ship Rescues 8 Crewmembers From Sinking Vessel Near Aruba

News reports tell of the Holland America cruise ship Zuiderdam rescuing  crewmembers from a sinking vessel in the Caribbean waters near Oranjestad, Aruba on January 3. Per an article in MarineLink.com... At 2:10 a.m. Jan. 3, 2015, while en route to Oranjestad, Aruba, Holland America Line’s ms Zuiderdam answered a...

Holland America Cruise Ship Suffers Engine Room Fire – All Passengers Safe

According to news reports, a Holland America cruise ship returned to port in Seattle because of an engine room fire. The boat was Holland America's Westerdam. Fortunately, none of the 3,000+ passengers or cruise ship crew members were hurt or injured because of the fire. Evacuation of the cruise ship...