WATCH An American Ship Get Locked Down In China
by John Konrad (gCaptain) In November American Merchant Marine officer Madeleine Wolczko left her island home and took a Washington State Ferry to Seattle then caught a flight south to...
The above photo is the first hull section of Holland America Line’s cruise ship Nieuw Amsterdam at the Marghera Shipyard in Italy. As bloggers we are excited by the news of her keel laying as Holland America is committed to documenting the daily lives of all their vessels via online blogs. This means, like the Eurodam before her, we shall get an inside, day-by-day look into how a mega-cruise-ship is built.
Here are the links to follow:
gCaptain’s Nieuw Amsterdam Tag
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