Yesterday, we received information from a passenger aboard Holland America Line’s Volendam that the cruise ship ran aground on a sandbar on the Amazon River between Macapá and Santarém in Brazil.
The passenger, who did not wish to be identified, is a retired 
Coast Guard officer. He stated:
“Volendam ran aground on a sandbar
The State of Alaska yesterday fined Holland America Line (HAL) around $17,000 for dumping untreated grey water from one of its cruise ships.
NPR reported that HAL’s Westerdam cruise ship was visiting the national park a year ago, on September 11, 
2018, when a crew member illegally discharged grey water. Details of the illegal dumping
Today a resident of Alaska notified me that there are videos posted on Facebook showing the M/S Eurodam continuing to proceed toward a group of whales feeding in the water ahead of it as the Holland America Cruise Ship (HAL) cruise ship headed toward Juneau.
A smaller vessel reportedly radioed the bridge of the Eurodam
A guest is reportedly missing from the M/S Amsterdam operated by Holland America Line (HAL).
The Amsterdam left Glengariff, Ireland yesterday evening, heading on a transatlantic cruise to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Earlier today, the captain of the ship made an announcement for the missing passenger.
A passenger on the ship is stating that a lady
The Sun Sentinel recently reported on a lawsuit filed against Holland America Line arising out of a stroke suffered by a 65 year old woman while aboard the M/S Zuiderdam in March of 2018.
Lila Graciela Kohn Gale reportedly suffered a hemorrhagic stroke shortly after the HAL cruise ship left Ft. 
Lauderdale at the start
A cruise passenger on board Holland America Line’s Maasdam was killed on November 7th when she slipped and fell between a tender and the HAL cruise ship. At the time of the incident, the ship was in Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.
The source of the information is a passenger, wishing to remain anonymous, who
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) issued air quality violations to eight cruise ships and water quality violations to nine cruise ships last week, according to the Juneau Empire.
In an article by Kevin Gullufsen, the newspaper reported that four Holland America Line (HAL) cruise ships, two Princess Cruises ships, and one cruise
Rowan Moore, a journalist for The Guardian newspaper in London, used the words “misery machines” in describing giant cruise ships in an opinion piece last Sunday. He writes:
“Giant cruise ships look to me like misery machines. They don’t make residents happy in the places they visit. They don’t make their
A crew member is reported missing from a Holland America Line cruise ship in Alaskan waters, according to the Alaska Anchorage News.
The 35-year-old crew member went overboard from the Holland America Line’s Amsterdam yesterday evening.
The male crew member was reportedly last seen on the cruise ship around 6 P.M. on Thursday. The
A passenger from a Holland America Line (HAL) cruise ship has gone overboard in the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska, according to the National Parks Traveler nonprofit media organization.
The Park Service issued a press release Saturday night that it had suspended its search for the missing passenger who reportedly disappeared from