MS Nieuw Statendam

Nieuw Statendam has 12 passenger decks, a length of , a draft of , and a beam of . Main propulsion is via two ABB Azipods, each driven by a electric motor. The system gives the vessel a service speed of and a maximum speed of . On two of the four engines, open loop exhaust gas cleaning systems are installed. The ship also carries 14 lifeboats and six tender boats built by Hatecke, each with a capacity of 150 passengers. All infrastructure and IT systems were provided by Lufthansa Systems. File:Nieuw Statendam - Restaurant.jpg|Main Dining Room File:Nieuw Statendam - Swimming pool.jpg|Lido Deck File:Nieuw Statendam - Bridge.jpg|The bridge File:Nieuw Statendam - MaK V12 engine.jpg|One of the four MaK V12 engines == Construction ==

On 19 December 2014, Carnival Corporation announced it had ordered two new ships for their brands, with one being the second Pinnacle-class ship for HAL. The ship would be designed as the sister ship to MS Koningsdam, with similar dimensions and similar features that were introduced on Koningsdam. On 20 May 2016, the day Koningsdam was christened, HAL announced that the second Pinnacle-class ship would be named Nieuw Statendam, in honor of the name's history within the company. On 12 July 2016, HAL celebrated the steel cutting of Nieuw Statendam, marking the beginning of her construction. The ceremony was performed in Fincantieri's Palermo shipyard, but the block being built there was subsequently re-located to the Marghera shipyard, where the rest of the ship would be constructed. The first block of the ship to be built, it measured long, wide, and weighed approximately . Anne Marie Bartels served as the Madrina for the event, in which she welded an 1898 Dutch guilder to the ship's forward mast. She first left Marghera on 10 August for two days before arriving at Fincantieri's Trieste shipyard to review the sea trial's data and perform hull maintenance. She was christened by Oprah Winfrey on 2 February 2019 at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after performing a three-night sailing to Half Moon Cay hosted by Winfrey and Gayle King. == Service history ==

Following her delivery, Nieuw Statendam sailed from Marghera to Rome, with a visit to Venice, to perform her inaugural voyage on 5 December 2018, a transatlantic crossing from Rome to Fort Lauderdale. The voyage called in Cartagena, Málaga, and Funchal. Nieuw Statendam sails Caribbean itineraries from Fort Lauderdale during the winter and re-positions in the spring to Europe to cruise from Amsterdam to Northern Europe and from Rome around the Mediterranean in the summer. == Media Appearances ==

The ship is featured prominently in the 2025 documentary series Supercruising: Life at Sea, which follows Nieuw Statendam and her sister ship on three voyages to destinations including the Caribbean, Panama Canal, and North Africa. The series offers a behind-the-scenes view of the ship's crew, operations and guest experience as they strive to deliver a high-end cruise holiday. ==References==