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HAL sailing in with two grand cruises
10:40am Tuesday 19th June 2012 in Business
By Keith Hamilton, Shipping & Heritage Reporter
SOUTHAMPTON BOUND: HAL's Rotterdam
Premium cruise operator Holland America Line (HAL) is to begin operating from Southampton.
In a move that is a first for HAL, the company is to deploy the 61,849-ton Rotterdam, which entered service in 1997, in Southampton later this year.
HAL refused to be drawn on whether the city’s docks will see further departures by the company’s ships, but the operator is keen to “test the water’’ in Southampton with these two voyages.
On November 3, Rotterdam will set sail from Southampton on a 32-night voyage across the Atlantic to the Caribbean and back.
After calling at the Azores, the ship stops off at the Caribbean ports of Tortola, St Maarten, St Lucia, Trinidad, Barbados and all three “ABC” islands, Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, before returning to Southampton on December 5, via a call in Funchal, Madeira.
Then passengers will be able to embark on Rotterdam’s 88-night passage to the Far East departing from Southampton on January 10 next year.
The round-trip UK voyage takes an easterly route to Asia, passing through the Suez Canal and calling at destinations in Spain, Greece and India after a far-reaching journey to the Far East.
Rotterdam will undertake several overnight stays and extended time in port during calls throughout Dubai, Malaysia and Singapore.
Another highlight includes an in-depth two-week exploration of Indonesia, home to many HAL crew.
Lynn Narraway, HAL’s managing director for UK and Ireland, who is based in Southampton’s Carnival House, said: “We are delighted to be able to offer these two spectacular, inaugural voyages from Southampton during winter 2012 and 2013.
“Holland America Line has always been a leader in Grand Voyages, offering as many as four of these extended sailings in one year, including the 114-night annual World Voyage, however full voyage departures have always been from USA ports.
“Now with our presence in Southampton, for the first time, we can offer British guests the opportunity to take a no-fly voyage with us.”
HAL has been a part of the Miami-based Carnival Corpor-ation, which also includes Southampton-based Cunard, and P&O Cruises, since 1989.
It was founded in 1737 as the Netherlands-America Steamship Company, which had its headquarters in Rotterdam.
Comments(17)
peasant
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12:00pm Tue 19 Jun 12
southy
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12:13pm Tue 19 Jun 12
loosehead
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12:56pm Tue 19 Jun 12
southy wrote:Thought you would have been against more tourism?
Not the first time Holland America as used Southampton port, its good to see them back after being absent for many years.
Surely you would have wanted them to go to Liverpool?
Lone Ranger.
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1:40pm Tue 19 Jun 12
loosehead wrote:Why would he want that??
southy wrote:Thought you would have been against more tourism?
Not the first time Holland America as used Southampton port, its good to see them back after being absent for many years.
Surely you would have wanted them to go to Liverpool?
Georgem
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1:54pm Tue 19 Jun 12
Lone Ranger. wrote:Tourism is a symptom of capitalism, which is the root of all evil. We should all be too busy ploughing fields with our bare hands and living on rationed potatoes, to go on cruises.
loosehead wrote:Why would he want that??
southy wrote:Thought you would have been against more tourism?
Not the first time Holland America as used Southampton port, its good to see them back after being absent for many years.
Surely you would have wanted them to go to Liverpool?
OSPREYSAINT
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4:29pm Tue 19 Jun 12
Georgem wrote:Tourism creates jobs, Capitalism creates misery, no comparison.
Lone Ranger. wrote:Tourism is a symptom of capitalism, which is the root of all evil. We should all be too busy ploughing fields with our bare hands and living on rationed potatoes, to go on cruises.
loosehead wrote:Why would he want that??
southy wrote:Thought you would have been against more tourism?
Not the first time Holland America as used Southampton port, its good to see them back after being absent for many years.
Surely you would have wanted them to go to Liverpool?
Baybrit
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5:09pm Tue 19 Jun 12
X Old Bill
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7:30pm Tue 19 Jun 12
They may all be Carnival ships but they all cater for a different customer base.
arizonan
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7:57pm Tue 19 Jun 12
BTW, the Liverpool Cruise Terminal is a temporary structure that does not operate in the Winter.
loosehead
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9:19pm Tue 19 Jun 12
Lone Ranger. wrote:So you haven't followed Southy's posts in the past then?
loosehead wrote:Why would he want that??
southy wrote:Thought you would have been against more tourism?
Not the first time Holland America as used Southampton port, its good to see them back after being absent for many years.
Surely you would have wanted them to go to Liverpool?
loosehead
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9:21pm Tue 19 Jun 12
arizonan wrote:I apologise this wasn't a swipe at Liverpool this was a swipe at the poster & the comments he has come out with in the past so once again Sorry if I gave you the wrong impression
Why mention Liverpool? This is a Southampton news story.
BTW, the Liverpool Cruise Terminal is a temporary structure that does not operate in the Winter.
flatulence hero
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6:56am Wed 20 Jun 12
Great news for the wonderful port of Southampton.
Scousers one right up your Mersey chaps!!
southy
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9:38am Wed 20 Jun 12
loosehead wrote:Nore have you by the looks off things.
Lone Ranger. wrote:So you haven't followed Southy's posts in the past then?
loosehead wrote:Why would he want that??
southy wrote:Thought you would have been against more tourism?
Not the first time Holland America as used Southampton port, its good to see them back after being absent for many years.
Surely you would have wanted them to go to Liverpool?
southy
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9:43am Wed 20 Jun 12
loosehead wrote:You all ways do give the wrong impression its in your nature to do so, But then you have a dislike to any one that are real Socialist and your kind been trying to drive them away and stop them from posting and letting others know the what is going on.
arizonan wrote:I apologise this wasn't a swipe at Liverpool this was a swipe at the poster & the comments he has come out with in the past so once again Sorry if I gave you the wrong impression
Why mention Liverpool? This is a Southampton news story.
BTW, the Liverpool Cruise Terminal is a temporary structure that does not operate in the Winter.
Like OSPREYSAINT said "Capitalism creates misery" and you deal in Human misery.
southy
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9:45am Wed 20 Jun 12
arizonan wrote:Your get use to that they like to take of course and when it go's wrong for them like it often do, they will blame me for doing it or one of the other real socialist.
Why mention Liverpool? This is a Southampton news story.
BTW, the Liverpool Cruise Terminal is a temporary structure that does not operate in the Winter.
loosehead
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12:07pm Wed 20 Jun 12
southy wrote:Well I don't give a **** if Osprey tells me off for this but you are nothing but a brain dead socialist.
loosehead wrote:You all ways do give the wrong impression its in your nature to do so, But then you have a dislike to any one that are real Socialist and your kind been trying to drive them away and stop them from posting and letting others know the what is going on.
arizonan wrote:I apologise this wasn't a swipe at Liverpool this was a swipe at the poster & the comments he has come out with in the past so once again Sorry if I gave you the wrong impression
Why mention Liverpool? This is a Southampton news story.
BTW, the Liverpool Cruise Terminal is a temporary structure that does not operate in the Winter.
Like OSPREYSAINT said "Capitalism creates misery" and you deal in Human misery.
You have written in the past about how Liverpool should get cruises back & I have told you to go & live there if you love it so much.
Your style of socialism is dead & any Labour Party that stuck to those policies would have been unelectable that's why Blair changed it but you think he was a Tory don't you?
I have listened to you tried to debate with you & you come out with this C*ap?
Ginger_cyclist says...
11:37am Tue 19 Jun 12