Zuiderdam

**Zuiderdam**
Ship data
flag	Netherlands
Ship type	Cruise ship
class	Vista class (type ship)
home port	Rotterdam
Shipping company	Holland America Line
Shipyard	Fincantieri , Marghera
Build number	6075
Launch	December 14, 2001
takeover	November 15, 2002
Ship dimensions and crew
length	285.42 m ( Lüa )
width	32.25 m
Draft	Max. 7.80 m
measurement	82,305 GT
Machine system
machine	Diesel-electric
Machine ; performance	51,840 kW (70,483 hp)
Service ; speed	22 kn (41 km / h)
Top ; speed	24 kn (44 km / h)
Transport capacities
Load capacity	10,965 dwt
Permitted number of passengers	2,388
Others
Classifications	Lloyd's Register of Shipping
Registration ; numbers	IMO 9221279

The Zuiderdam is a cruise ship of the Holland-America Line and the lead ship of the Vista class .

history

The ship was built as the first ship of the eleven-ship Vista class by Fincantieri in Marghera until 2002 . In February 2005, the ship served as a hotel ship at the Super Bowl in Jacksonville .

Blockade by climate activists

Blockade of the cruise ship Zuiderdam by climate activists

In a protest on June 9, 2019, climate activists from the group "SmashCruiseShit" prevented the Zuiderdam from leaving the Kiel cruise port for over six hours . By cruising with boats in front of the bow and climbing mooring ropes and a nearby construction crane. They criticized the increasing climate-damaging emissions from the cruise industry, the often poor working conditions on board and the negative social and ecological consequences of mass tourism on the cruise destinations.