Today, HAL’s President and CEO Stein Kruse visited us here at the shipyard to check the status of Nieuw Amsterdam.

He toured all of the ship’s public spaces, galleys and the engine room with several members of Fincantieri’s senior management, architects and Carnival Corporation Shipbuilding staff.

Mr. Kruse, center with white hard hat, on Nieuw Amsterdam's deck.

From left: Mr. De Micco, Mr. Kruse, and Director of Newbuilds Pieter Rijkaart on the open deck.

Touring Nieuw Amsterdam's engine room.

Pieter Rijkaart and Mr. Kruse.

Pieter Rijkaart and Architect Frans Dingemans standing at the Pinnacle Grill's reservation desk.

Mary Moore is a blog contributor based at the yard.