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HAL Holland America Line

United States · Carnival Corporation · HQ: Seattle

153 years at sea — the transatlantic dynasty that became cruising's quiet classicist.

Ships here1
Biggest shipRotterdam
Group / allianceCarnival Corporation
Founded1873
MarkHAL
The whole fleet

Every Holland America Line ship, in brief

Holland America Line sails 11 ships as of mid-2026: the three Pinnacle-class flagships (Rotterdam, Nieuw Statendam, Koningsdam), two Signature-class, four Vista-class, and the smaller R-class pair Volendam and Zaandam — a deliberately mid-size fleet in an era of giants.

We profile the flagships in full below — the rest of the fleet joins ships.fyi class by class.

The fleet

What Holland America Line operates

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Rotterdam

Fincantieri · In service

Longer itineraries and grand voyages — she recreated the line's original 1872 Rotterdam–New York crossing for its 150th anniversary in 2022.

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Good to know

Holland America Line, in a few facts

  • Founded in 1873 as a Netherlands–America shipping line; it carried hundreds of thousands of emigrants to the New World before it ever carried a holidaymaker.
  • Seven ships named Rotterdam since 1872 — the current flagship recreated the original's maiden crossing for the line's 150th anniversary.
  • Deliberately caps its biggest ships near 100,000 GT, betting on space, itineraries and live music over scale.
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