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(London — June 11, 2008) A new era in expedition cruising began this morning when Silversea Cruises’ eagerly anticipated Prince Albert II sailed under the landmark Tower Bridge to welcome her first guests aboard.

In a display of the importance of this special event, all officers and crew stood on the bow of the [...]

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SEATTLE, May 7 — Guests on Holland America Line’s new ms Eurodam who want to enjoy the outdoors in the comfort of their own private haven will delight in the cabanas on the Observation and Lido decks of the company’s first Signature-class ship. The airy, tented cabanas are located on Observation Deck in an [...]

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SEATTLE, March 12 — Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands will name Holland America Line’s new Signature-class ship, ms Eurodam, in a ceremony in Rotterdam on July 1, 2008. The 2,104-guest ship is being built by Italian shipyard Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. in Marghera, Italy.

“The upcoming naming ceremony of ms Eurodam will be a [...]

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SEATTLE, Dec. 12 — Norway’s famed fjords and Scotland’s Highlands are highlights of the ms Eurodam’s 10-day maiden voyage of northern Europe, set for July 5, 2008. The 2,104-guest Eurodam, under construction at Fincantieri’s Marghera, Italy, shipyard, will be Holland America Line’s newest ship and the first in the Signature Class series. Holland America [...]

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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (April 19, 2007) - Royal Princess, the newest ship to join the Princess fleet, welcomed its first passengers today, as it set sail on its maiden voyage from Barcelona, Spain under the command of the line’s senior master, the recently appointed Commodore Michael Fatchen.

The intimate 710-passenger vessel, which takes the name of [...]

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