Nieuw Amsterdam
Holland America Line · Cruise · In service · built by Fincantieri
Nieuw Amsterdam entered service in 2010 at around 86,700 GT, the larger of the two Signature-class ships.
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How big is it, really?
The Nieuw Amsterdam's length overall, against things you already know the size of.
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The numbers
| Length overall | ≈285.3 m |
|---|---|
| Beam | ≈32.2 m |
| Gross tonnage | ≈86,700 GT |
| Passengers | ≈2,106 (double) |
| Crew | ≈929 |
| Decks | 12 passenger decks |
| Speed | ≈23.9 kn |
| Entered service | July 2010 |
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What makes it different
Nieuw Amsterdam is the second Signature-class ship, a stretched development of the Vista design that added around 4,000 gross tons and a couple of hundred passengers without changing the essential proportions.
Her name carries weight in the line's history, the 1938 Nieuw Amsterdam was Holland America's most celebrated liner, a ship that served as a troop transport through the Second World War and returned to Atlantic service afterwards. This is the fourth to carry it.
A 2023 refit gave her Morimoto by Sea, built with chef Masaharu Morimoto, which no other ship in the fleet has as a permanent venue. Otherwise the work was the unglamorous kind, carpets, soft furnishings, the parts of a fourteen-year-old ship that wear out.
The Nieuw Amsterdam line
Signature class
Morimoto by Sea
Who operates the Nieuw Amsterdam
All 1 operator of record, verified 2026-07-15. Figures marked ≈ are approximate.
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