page_title: Holland America Line
section_title: As a US-based cruise line (1989–present)
hierarchical_section_title: Holland America Line / History / As a US-based cruise line (1989–present)
caption_attribution_description: English: Holland America Lines MS Rotterdam at pier 26 and MS Eurodam at pier 27 docked at Tallinn Estonia cruise port (Tallina vanasadama kruisikai 26-27 ehitatud 2014. aastal) 10 July 2014
context_page_description: Holland America Line is a British–American-owned cruise line, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States.
  Holland America Line was founded in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and from 1873 to 1989, it operated as a Dutch shipping line, a passenger line, a cargo line and a cruise line operating primarily between the Netherlands and North America. As part of the company's legacy, it was directly involved in the transport of many hundreds of thousands of emigrants from the Netherlands to North America.
context_section_description: In 1989, the Holland America Line was purchased by Carnival Corp, thus becoming an American owned cruise line headquartered in Seattle in the United States.
  In the summer of 2011, MS Rotterdam did two transatlantic crossings, the first traditional transatlantic runs made by the line in more than 40 years.
  Beginning in September 2012, Rotterdam was based year-round out of Rotterdam, sailing to Europe, the Caribbean, as well as Asia, before returning to more varied itineraries and home ports by 2016.
  MS Amsterdam makes annual "Grand Voyages" lasting more than 60 days, including a grand circle of the Pacific Ocean each fall and a World Voyage sailing around the world, usually ranging from January to April/May.
  The line currently operates five different classes of ship: the smaller and older S class vessels, the slightly newer and larger R class, the Vista class, the Signature class, and the newest and largest Pinnacle Class.
  All HAL ships have a dark blue hull with white superstructure, with the company's logo featured prominently on the functional smoke stacks.
  Holland America also owns the following:
  the Westmark hotel chain operating in Alaska and the Yukon
  Half Moon Cay, a private Caribbean island (known officially as Little San Salvador Island) with most Caribbean cruises spending a day there.
  On October 26, 2012, it was announced that a memorandum of agreement had been signed with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for the construction of a 2,660-passenger ship for Holland America Line scheduled for delivery in spring 2016. The MS Koningsdam, which became a new class of vessel for the line (The Pinnacle Class), and the first new Holland America ship since the Nieuw Amsterdam, delivered in 2010. Also noted was that the addition of new ships would maintain passenger capacity if some of the older Carnival Corporation ships are sold.
  The Holland America Group of HAL and Princess Cruises have a letter of understanding to buy the Yukon White Pass Railways from Skagway to the US-Canadian border. The purchase will close July 31, 2018.
  On July 15, 2020 it was announced by Holland America, that MS Maasdam, MS Veendam, MS Rotterdam, MS Amsterdam were sold to two undisclosed buyers. The ships have been sold in pairs, with the Maasdam and Veendam transferring to one company in August 2020, while the Amsterdam and Rotterdam will move to another company in fall 2020. One pair will be going to a new cruise brand and the other to an existing brand.
caption: The MS Rotterdam and MS Eurodam docked in Tallinn Estonia
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