MS Zaandam

Zaandam in Glacier Bay, Alaska
History
Name	Zaandam
Owner	Carnival Corporation & plc
Operator	Holland America Line
Port of registry	Rotterdam[1]
Builder	Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiana SpA, Marghera, Italy
Yard number	6036
Laid down	26 June 1998[1]
Launched	29 April 1999
Christened	May 2000
Completed	6 April 2000[1]
Identification	Call sign PDAN IMO number: 9156527 MMSI no: 246442000
Status	Operating
General characteristics
Class and type	Rotterdam-class (R-class) cruise ship
Tonnage	61,396 GT[1] 31,457 NT[1] 6,150 DWT[1]
Length	237 m (778 ft)[1]
Beam	32.28 m (105.9 ft)[1]
Draught	8.1 m (27 ft)[1]
Decks	10 decks
Installed power	42,000 kW[1]
Propulsion	Diesel-electric 2 × Variable-pitch propellers[2]
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Capacity	1,432 passengers
Crew	615

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, Rotterdam, and 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.^[3]