Three new 30-day South America trips will be undertaken by the 1316-passenger Rotterdam in 2010 and two more in 2011. The round trips will leave from Fort Lauderdale and San Diego.

 

Up to 15 ports along the coasts of Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia, Honduras, and Peru will be visited... The 1432-passenger Volendam will return to Asia in 2011 with a series of 14- and 18-day voyages. Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, and Singapore will be among the principal countries to be visited.

 

The ship will be there for the first half of the year... Holland America has set up a web site for fans to follow construction and features of its newest ship, the 2104-passenger Nieuw Amsterdam, which launches in July. It's at the Quick Links section of www.hollandamerica.com... HAL has scheduled four "Grand Voyages" for 2011. Its 1380-passenger Amsterdam and 793-passenger Prinsendam will visit some 121 ports of call in 65 countries. There will be a 110-day world cruise from Fort Lauderdale in January, a 70-day Asia and Australia voyage in the fall, a 66-day South America and Antarctica circuit in January, and a 62-day Africa and Mediterranean trip, departing Fort Lauderdale in March... It'll be a busy summer in Europe this year for Holland America.

 

It is increasing sailings from its home ports in Dover and Rotterdam and will place seven ships on the continent, plying the Med, Baltic, and Northern Europe... Alaska this summer will see 50 round-trip cruises from Seattle and 38 round-trip departures from Vancouver, plus 18 one-way Gulf of Alaska trips.