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Holland America Line’s ms Statendam Achieves Third Consecutive Perfect Score of 100 on United States Public Health Inspection
Seattle,Wash., June 17, 2015 — On a recent routineUnited States Public Health inspection conducted by the U.S. Centers forDisease Control and Prevention, Holland America Line’s ms Statendam achieveda perfect score of 100, marking the ship’s third consecutive perfect score.
The unannounced inspection was conducted June 5, 2015, while the ship was atJuneau, Alaska, during a 14-day cruise roundtrip from Seattle, Washington.Prior to that inspection, Statendamreceived a score of 100 in February 2015 during a call at Hilo, Hawaii, as wellas a perfect score in June 2014 during a call at Ketchikan, Alaska.
“Achieving a perfect score on a U.S.P.H inspection is not easy, and wecongratulate everyone on the team who worked diligently toward this success,”said Orlando Ashford, president of Holland America Line. “We always aim for ascore of 100, and for Statendamto continue its perfect streak for the third consecutive time is something wecelebrate with great pride.”
Recently, ms Eurodam achievedits eighth consecutive score of 100, and in the past year ms Nieuw Amsterdam, ms Noordam, ms Ryndam, ms Zuiderdam and ms Westerdam alsoearned perfect scores of 100.
CDC inspections are part of the Vessel Sanitation Program, which was introducedin the early 1970s and is required for all passenger ships that call at a U.S.port. The inspections are unannounced and are carried out by officials from theUnited States Public Health Service twice a year for every cruise ship. Thescore, on a scale from one to 100, is assigned on the basis of a checklistinvolving dozens of areas of assessment, encompassing hygiene and sanitation offood (from storage to preparation), overall galley cleanliness, water,shipboard personnel and the ship as a whole. The Holland America Line shipsreceived perfect scores in all of those areas.
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Holland America Line’s fleet of 15 ships offers more than 500 cruises to 415ports in 98 countries, territories or dependencies. One- to 110-dayitineraries visit all seven continents and highlights include Antarctica, SouthAmerica, Australia/New Zealand and Asia voyages; four annual Grand Voyages; andpopular sailings to ports in the Caribbean, Alaska, Mexico, Canada/New England,Europe and the Panama Canal. The line currently has a new 2,650-guest ship, ms Koningsdam, onorder for delivery in April 2016 from Fincantieri shipyard, as well as a secondPinnacle Class ship due for delivery in November 2018.
Fleetwide, the company features Signature of Excellence enhancements, acommitment totaling more than $500 million, that showcase the Culinary ArtsCenter presented by Food & Wine magazine — a state-of-the-art onboard showkitchen where more than 60 celebrated guest chefs and culinary experts providecooking demonstrations and classes — Explorations Café powered by The New YorkTimes, Digital Workshop powered by Windows, teens-only activity areas andall-new stateroom amenities highlighted by flat-panel TVs and plush Euro-topMariner’s Dream Beds.
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