{"id":60746,"date":"2021-03-01T10:52:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T15:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/ms-rotterdam\/ramping-up-to-rotterdam-february-edition\/"},"modified":"2022-11-11T15:49:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T21:49:59","slug":"ramping-up-to-rotterdam-february-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/whats-new\/ramping-up-to-rotterdam-february-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramping Up to Rotterdam: February Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you tune in to Holland America Line Brand Ambassador Seth Wayne\u2019s \u201cRamping Up to Rotterdam<\/a>\u201d update last week on our Facebook<\/a> page? Once again he spoke with Stan Kuppens, new builds projects, hotel, who offered insight into where the ship is at in the building process. Here are some photos shared by Stan and Seth, plus a few more to show you the progress of the ship in several areas. <\/p>\n

The hero photo shows the starboard side of the ship, which is the non-dock side. On the dock side, we have the hustle and bustle of cranes and containers. This side is more peaceful. Sometimes there may be barges arriving with items. As you can see, everything is painted in our colors, however over time the colors will fade so the ship will get a final coat of paint in drydock. At the bottom of the ship we have shell doors that we use for tender operations. They are on both sides of the ship, and on the water side we place a pontoon for a supply barge so we are loading the ship from both sides. <\/p>\n

“It is going to be another beautiful vessel for Holland America Line. We are going to do everything we can do deliver the ship in the best possible way.” \u2014 Stan Kuppens<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Throughout the ship we are at 85% of installed cabling. That is 2.7 million meters of cable! If you put the cables in one long rope and started in Seattle, you could now reach the city of Minneapolis. By the end, you could reach the east coast. <\/p>\n

When asked about changes from previous Pinnacle Class ships to Rotterdam, Stan said that from Koningsdam to Nieuw Statendam there were 500 improvements in the Hotel Department. These were all made from Nieuw Statendam to Rotterdam plus additional improvements, and when Koningsdam and Nieuw Statendam go into drydock, all of Rotterdam’s improvements will be incorporated. <\/p>\n

BRIDGE & ENGINE ROOM: <\/p>\n

\"RODM<\/a><\/p>\n

The gray tube hanging down is air supply and exhaust, because the official ship duct system isn’t in working order yet. This sucks away any smell from grinding or welding. Basically, it’s a ventilation system. We need to make sure every space has sufficient ventilation. <\/p>\n

\"RODM<\/a><\/p>\n

By sea trials, all of the technology will be installed on the bridge. Some screens are already there and being connected. The people on the bridge you see are from the company W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 and they are responsible for making sure that the systems talk to each other so when you move the handle forward, the ship actually moves forward. The equipment needs to give orders to the system to make sure the automation is completely set. <\/p>\n

\"Rotterdam's<\/a>

Rotterdam’s engine control room.<\/p><\/div>\n

STATEROOMS:<\/strong>
\nInstalling staterooms is like the game Tetris. The staterooms are being built in two locations: on the ship and off the ship. On the ship, they receive a complete package (walls, etc.) and then they put it together on the ship. We also have a warehouse in the yard. They build the entire stateroom as a whole in the warehouse, then it is placed on board and aligned exactly with where it needs to go. The bathroom units are delivered to the yard, already a fixed unit, and placed inside the stateroom, then placed on board. A stateroom consists of walls only, and all of the components are hanging on the walls of the ship (vanity, closet doors, bed backboard, etc.). Electrics are built into the walls before it is installed. The ceiling is separate and it is not part of the boxed package. <\/p>\n

\"Rotterdam<\/a><\/p>\n

Prior to final delivery, we do six inspections per stateroom, \u2014 and we have more than 1,900 staterooms including crew! We need to make sure all of the connections (air conditioning, light fixtures) are properly put together. <\/p>\n

SEA TRIALS: <\/strong>
\nStan was asked if the bridge and engine room are first to be complete? The answer is yes, at end of April for sea trials everything has to work. We don’t need all of the floor panels to be in place or the ceiling, but the operational part of the ship needs to function. Rotterdam needs to be able to accelerate, and we have to steer and stop the ship. <\/p>\n

The lower levels of the ship are being completed in that priority. People on sea trials need to be able to eat, shower, have hot water, drinkable water, air conditioning to an extent, and the speaker system needs to function so we can make announcements. Crew moves on board in July, so crew cabins are completed first. Preliminary inspections (step four of the six-step process) are starting to be completed. <\/p>\n

AROUND THE SHIP:<\/strong>
\n\"Rotterdam<\/a><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The ship’s Atrium from Deck 1.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Lido Pool area as seen from Tamarind.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Rotterdam<\/a><\/p>\n

COMING UP IN MARCH:<\/strong>
\nThe first Holland America Line crew members have arrived at the yard. The rest of the team is still working at home. We will progress into moving more team members to the yard so we can build up the team in March, including the arrival of our very own Stan at the yard! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Did you tune in to Holland America Line Brand Ambassador Seth Wayne\u2019s \u201cRamping Up to Rotterdam\u201d update last week on our Facebook page? Once again he spoke with Stan Kuppens, new builds projects, hotel, who offered insight into where the ship is at in the building process. Here are some photos shared by Stan and Seth, plus a few more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1876,"featured_media":60747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,40],"tags":[4191],"class_list":["post-60746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fleet-features","category-whats-new","tag-cruise-ship"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1876"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68002,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60746\/revisions\/68002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}