Two Holland America Ships to Be Featured in 8-Part TV Series

Holland America Line’s ships Rotterdam and Nieuw Statendam are about to develop into TV stars. The vessels will likely be featured on a brand new eight-part TV collection known as “Supercruising: Life at Sea.”

The present will likely be produced by British manufacturing firm Crackit TV and air on UK public community Channel 4. It can comply with the lives of company and crew aboard the 2 ships throughout three voyages within the Caribbean, South America, North Africa, and the Canary Islands. Every hour-long episode will deliver viewers under deck to see what it takes to function a passenger cruise ship across the clock. The cameras may even comply with alongside as company take shore excursions whereas in port.

“The collection will take viewers on a journey to a few of the world’s most lovely locations but in addition giving them perception into all of the laborious work it takes to ship the vacation of a lifetime to 1000’s of company,” stated commissioning editor Deborah Dunnett.

Nieuw Statendam and Rotterdam are each a part of Holland America’s Pinnacle-class, and debuted in 2018 and 2021, respectively.

Karen Farndell, Holland America’s UK director of gross sales and advertising, stated that this system got here at a “well timed” second for the road, as cameras captured its first season departing from the UK in a decade.

The primary episode of “Supercruisers: Life at Sea” will air on Channel 4 on July 3, 2025. Channel 4 is accessible to viewers in the UK and Eire — it’s not identified whether or not it will likely be accessible to stream in different components of the world, although right here within the U.S. on the time of writing, I’m able to view the series webpage here.

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