EURODAM

Today we have the newly built Holland America Line cruise ship Eurodam (IMO: 9378448, Port of Registry: Rotterdam) featuring as the Ship of the Day. The ms Eurodam can accomodate up to 2,104 passenger on 11 passenger decks. She is featured with a topside Pan-Asian restaurant and lounge surrounded by panoramic views, an Explorer's Lounge Bar, an Italian restaurant adjacent to the Lido, elegant luxury jewelry boutique, atrium bar area, an enhanced show lounge and a photographic and imaging center. The Eurodam is 285 metres long, 36 metres wide and has a gross tonnage of 86,723. The ship is propelled and powered by four 12-cylinder V-type and two eight-cylinder in-line engines, manufactured by Germany’s Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co. These MaK brand engines are turbocharged, fuel-injected machines with Flexible Camshaft Technology that reduce visible smoke and nitrogen oxide emissions to levels below International Maritime Organization regulations. The engines are capable of producing 1,000 kilowatts of electricity per cylinder, with a total output of 64 megawatts.

The Eurodam is currently in port Rotterdam where she had her dedication ceremony last Sunday. The vessel will depart on Wednesday afternoon for her 3-day maiden trip with destinations Hamburg and Copenhagen. From Copenhagen she will start her first longer journey (20 days) with the following destinations: Oslo, Norway; Alesund, Norway; Vik, Norway; Flam, Norway; Stavanger, Norway; Newcastle upon Tyne, England; S Queensferry (Edinburgh), UK; Invergordon, Scotland; Tallinn, Estonia; St. Petersburg, Russia; Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden; Warnemunde (Berlin) Germany; Arhus, Denmark.