Chief Head Baker, Alex Dedios, right, and his Assistant Baker John Servelo make French bread, rolls and other breads for dinner aboard ms Veendam. Everything is made fresh daily aboard the ship. The machine Alex is using quickly cuts the kneeded dough into the correct portions and shapes of the rolls. On a daily basis,… read more of “Fresh Bread…”
This story was written by Leigh Maloney of Maloney Communications, Holland America Line’s PR agency in Australia. It was 26th January, 1950, Australia Day. A nervous 19-year-old walked down the gangplank of the former troop ship, Volendam, at Fremantle, Western Australia, putting his foot on Australian soil for the very first time. After buying a… read more of “The Purgatory to…”
I thought this might be of interest to anyone who sails on HAL ships on the way to/from Alaska. This is a video of the destruction of Ripple Rock in the Seymour Narrows. We thoroughly enjoyed our 2008 14-day cruise to/from Alaska on the ms Volendam and this spot was of great interest to us…. read more of “Video: Ripple…”
As I write this the Eurodam is halfway across the North Atlantic Ocean on her way to Europe. After a very successful Caribbean season we are now getting ready to take on Europe again. The Eurodam will spend one month in the Mediterranean before heading up to the more familiar waters of the Baltic. The… read more of “Captain’s…”
Here is the Maasdam that sailed for the line from 1952 to 1968. She was sold to Poland and sailed under the name of Stefan Batoury for many years. The ship also went to the breakers, as you can see. Johan Onnink is Holland America Line’s manager of nautical operations in the headquarter office.
Ann Kennedy, Holland America Line’s manager of marketing services, is aboard Eurodam this week for a video and photo shoot. Greetings from the ms Eurodam, my office for a week. The water is a beautiful Kool-Aid blue today and we are docked along a beautiful beach in Grand Turk. While the video crew is disembarking… read more of “Cruise Diary: A…”
It is very refreshing to see the number of talented people we have on board ms Noordam. We see them on a daily basis performing their job duties they were hired for, but many of them have special talents that most of us know nothing about. Andy Chandra Kosim is one of the laundry attendants… read more of “Noordam’s Got…”
World sit ski champion Josh Dueck — former HAL employee in Dawson City — represented Canada in the recent Paralympics where he took a silver medal in the men’s sitting slalom. Since a skiing accident left him paralyzed six years ago, Dueck has ascended to the top of the sit skiing world, including world champion… read more of “Former HAL Employee…”
