
Technical Specifications
Overview
MS Zaandam is a cruise ship owned and operated by Holland America Line, named for the city of Zaandam, Netherlands, near Amsterdam. She was built by Fincantieri in Marghera, Italy and delivered in 2000. Zaandam is part of the Rotterdam class and a sister ship to Volendam, the former Rotterdam, and former Amsterdam. The ship was denied access to the Panama Canal and then to Fort Lauderdale after an outbreak of COVID-19 early in the 2020 pandemic. Four passengers and crew died of COVID-19 during or after that voyage.
Intelligence
Verified reported figure. Band is peer-relative, not official IMO CII.
Compliance
On 22 August 2024, the passenger vessel "ZAANDAM" reported having sustained a total failure of one of its engines in Johnstone Strait off Thurlow, BC. The vessel resumed its voyage using its remaining engine.
On 08 June 2023, the passenger ship "ZAANDAM", while under the conduct of a pilot, reported having experienced a close-quarters situation in fog with the sailing vessel "LITTLE WING II" while proceeding in Halifax Harbour, NS. The sailing vessel did not respond to radio calls from the pilot, who took evasive actions to avoid the sailing vessel.
On 09 June 2022, the passenger vessel "ZAANDAM" reported a close quarters situation with the pleasure craft "SUMMERSET" and had to take evasive actions to avoid a collision.
On 20 September 2019, the passenger vessel "ZAANDAM" reported the failure of one of its main engines off Pointe-au-Pic, QC. The vessel continued its voyage towards Québec, QC with reduced propulsive power.
On 10 May 2007, the Cruise ship "ZAANDAM" reported a close quarters situation with the F/V "LORELI II" near Chatham Point, B.C.
On 28 May 2005, the P/F 'QUEEN OF BURNABY" reported a close quarters situation with the cruise ship 'ZAANDAM" in Georgia Strait, off Cape Lazo, B.C.
Recorded marine occurrences naming this vessel.
Composite Risk
Multiple adverse factors, or a hard ship-specific signal, lift this hull above the fleet norm.
A coverage-weighted blend of the single component we could read for this hull; the weights renormalise over only the components present, so a thin read is never inflated and a hull is never credited a “safe 0” for a signal it has no row for. This headline is flagged low-confidence (a thin or structural-only read) and should not be treated as a verdict. Higher means riskier. Derived in-house from government-open port-State-control, flag, sanctions and our own vessel data; weight it by the coverage above.
Commercial
Price it in the Route Planner between any two commercial ports: ballast and laden legs, two fuels at live bunker prices, port and canal costs, the weather on the way, and the TCE set against the market.
Fleet Management

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